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St. Henry is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in Mercer County,
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The population was 2,596 at the 2020 census.


History

St. Henry was laid out in 1837 by Johann Heinrich Römer (1805-1874). It laid in a tract of land sold to him by his brother Franz on July 7, 1837. The tract was surveyed on July 7, the town was platted on July 13, and the plat was recorded on July 15, the feast of St. Henry. At the center of the village is St. Henry's Catholic Church. Completed in 1897, the church is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
. A post office has been in operation at St. Henry since 1850. The village was incorporated in 1901.


Geography

St. Henry is located at (40.418715, -84.636054). The
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also starts near the city. According to the
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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.


Demographics

According to the Census Bureau, as of 2015 the median income for a household in the village was $80,000, and the median income for a family was $90,870. Males had a median income of $40,911 versus $27,102 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...
for the village was $28,932. About 0.9% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for t ...
, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 2,427 people, 862 households, and 646 families residing in the village. The
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was . There were 892 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.1%
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, 0.1%
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, 0.6% from
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, and 0.2% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 862 households, of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were
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living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.1% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.33. The median age in the village was 35.2 years. 29.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.


Education

St. Henry contains one public high school,
St. Henry High School St. Henry High School is a public high school located in St. Henry, Ohio, St. Henry, Ohio, United States. It is part of the St. Henry Consolidated Local Schools district. The school's teams are nicknamed the Redskins. The school is a member of the ...
. The St. Henry Redskins Football team has won state titles in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, and 2006 with two 2nd-place finishes in 1996 and 1999. St. Henry Football is tied with
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and their chief rival Coldwater for the second-most state championships (6) in Ohio (5 behind fellow MAC school Marion Local (Maria Stein) at 11) for a public school since the introduction of the current playoff system in 1972. St. Henry High School is part of the
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. St. Henry High School also holds seven girls volleyball state championships (2011, 2004, 1995, 1994, 1990, 1987, 1985), four boys basketball state championships (1979, 1990, 1991, 2004), and three baseball state championships (1999, 2000, 2003). St. Henry has a public library, a branch of the Mercer County District Library.


Notable people

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in the
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*
Jeff Hartings Jeffrey Alan Hartings (born September 7, 1972) is a former American college and professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football at Penn State University, and earn ...
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in the National Football League *
Bobby Hoying Bobby Hoying (born September 20, 1972) is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is the grandson of baseball player Wally Post, who played 15 years in the Major Leagues. Post was an outfielder for the Cincinnati Re ...
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in the National Football League *
Todd Boeckman Todd Boeckman (born June 8, 1984) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent on June 17, 2009. He played college football at Ohio State University. College career Boeckman was recruited i ...
, quarterback in the National Football League *
Wally Post Walter Charles Post (July 9, 1929 – January 6, 1982) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball.
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in
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.Wally Post still huge in tiny town
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See also

* Cranberry Prairie * Carthagena * Burkettsville * Coldwater


References


Further reading

* Alig, Joyce. ''A History of St. Henry, Ohio''. Otto Zimmerman, 1972.


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Henry, Ohio Villages in Mercer County, Ohio Villages in Ohio