Oak Harbor is a

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in Ottawa County,

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, United States. Oak Harbor is 30 miles east of

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. The population was 2,759 at the 2010 census. It lies a short distance southwest of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, one of two

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s in Ohio.

Geography

Oak Harbor is located at (41.512773, -83.146578). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Portage River flows through Oak Harbor on its way to

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at Port Clinton.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,759 people, 1,153 households, and 738 families residing in the village. The

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was 1,780.0 inhabitants per square mile (687.3/km2). There were 1,262 housing units at an average density of 814.2 per square mile (314.4/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.5%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 0.1%

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, 0.5% from

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, and 1.4% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.9% of the population. There were 1,153 households, of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were

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living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.0% were non-families. In addition, 32.0% of all households and 18% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39, and the average family size was 3.03. The median age in the village was 39.2 years. 26.4% of residents were under 18; 8% were between 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 25.5% were from 45 to 64, and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 46.5% male and 53.5% female.

Education

Benton-Carroll-Salem School District operates one elementary school, one middle school and Oak Harbor High School. The village has a public library, the Oak Harbor Public Library Central Library.

Arts and culture

Oak Harbor is home to the annual Apple Festival which is held in early October. Many apple themed events are scheduled, including the "Apple Run", a five-kilometer race on the Sunday of the festival.

Notable people

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, 2021 US Olympic archery team silver medalist *

Joel Matthias Konzen Joel Matthias Konzen (born November 6, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta since 2018. Biography Early life Joel Konzen was born November 6, 1 ...

(born 1950), Roman Catholic bishop, was born in Oak Harbor.United States Conference of Catholic Bishops-Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta
/ref> *Charles H. Graves (born 1872), Ohio Secretary of State between 1911 & 1915, graduated from Oak Harbor High School * Crystal Bowersox, singer-songwriter, runner up on ''

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'' *Jessica Studer, participant on Season 10 of '' Married at First Sight'' *

Kenn Kaufman Kenn Kaufman (born 1954) is an American author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist, known for his work on several popular field guides of birds and butterflies in North America. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Kaufman began birding at the ...

(born 1954), naturalist, author,magazine columnist and conservationist *Kimberly Kaufman naturalist, coauthor, conservationist. She is the director of th
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
headquartered in Oak Harbor, and is married to Kenn Kaufman

References

1 https://www.cleveland.com/olympics/2012/07/oak_harbors_jacob_wukie_helps.html

External links

Village website

Chamber of commerce

Benton-Carrol-Salem School District
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