ZIP Code 44047

Jefferson is a village and the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,120 at the 2010 census. The village was officially founded by Gideon Granger, U.S. Postmaster General during Thomas Jefferson's administration, in 1803. Modern-day Jefferson sports the world's only perambulator museum and a historical complex including several restored 19th-century buildings. John Brown spoke in the village, and several of its houses acted as stations on the Underground Railway. During the American Civil War, it trained Union recruits at Fort Giddings, which stood at the current site of the fairgrounds. It is located at 41°4414N 80°4619W (41.737118, 80.772019).According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.52 square miles (6.53 km²) The village's principal watercourse is Mill Creek. In the village there are 1,290 households, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size was 2.89. The gender makeup of the village was 54% female and 45% male, with the median age at 43.6 years of age or older.

History

Jefferson is the primary city name, but also New Lyme are acceptable city names or spellings, Lenox on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The official name is Jefferson, Ohio. Jefferson was officially founded by Gideon Granger, U.S. Postmaster General during Thomas Jefferson's administration, in 1803. The settlement's first permanent residents arrived only in 1805: the Samuel Wilson family. John Brown spoke in the village, and several of its houses acted as stations on the Underground Railway. During the American Civil War, it trained Union recruits at Fort Giddings, which stood at the current site of the fairgrounds. In 1811, Jefferson became the county seat of newly formed Ashtabula County in 1811. The village's two most famous sons were Congressman Joshua Gidding and Senator Benjamin Wade, two prominent Republican abolitionists. Both were instrumental in the foundation of the Republican Party and defied the "Gag Rule" barring discussion of slavery prior to theAmerican Civil War. The two men formed a law practice in Jefferson and worked together until GiddING was elected to Congress in 1838. Wade later was merely one vote shy of assuming the (acting) Presidency due to the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson in 1851. The town is now home to the Ohio State Fair, which runs through the end of the 20th century. The fair is open to the public, but it is not open to non-residents of the state or the federal government. It is located on the Ohio River, which flows through the town of Jefferson and into the city of Ashtahabula, about 50 miles north of Cleveland. The Fair is open from September to December.

Geography

Jefferson is located at 41°4414N 80°4619W (41.737118, 80.772019).According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.52 square miles (6.53 km²), all land. The village's principal watercourse is Mill Creek. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the village's population at 1,788. The population of Jefferson was 1,856 at the 2010 census. It has a population of 1,917. The United States Geological Survey has mapped the village to 2,637 square miles of land. It is located on the Mississippi River, which runs through the village. The town has a post office with the ZIP code of 7053. It also has a school, Jefferson High School, and a community center with the zip code of 6054. It was the site of the first recorded African-American settlement in the area, in 1805. The first recorded white settlement in Jefferson was in 1806, when the village was founded. The last white settlement was in 1861, when it was founded by German settlers. The current population of the village is around 1,800. It lies on the banks of the Mill Creek, which is a major watercourse in the town. The river is known as Mill Creek and is a tributary of the Arkansas River. It flows through the town and into the Little Cottonwood River, the main watercourse of Jefferson.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,120 people, 1,290 households, and 809 families living in the village. There were 1,400 housing units at an average density of 555.6 per square mile (214.5/km²) The racial makeup of the village was 97.1% White, 1.1%. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0%. The median income for a household in theVillage was $36,883, and the median income. for a family was $46,313. Males had a median income of $34,341 versus $25,036 for females. About 3.9% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 8.3% ofThose age 65 or over. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was2.99. The median age in the Village was 43 years. The village has a population density of 1,238.1 inhabitants per squaremile (478.0/ km²) and a median age of 43.5 years. There are 1,357 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 51.1%) were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2%) were non-families. The town's population was 3,572 as of the Census of 2000.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio = 13. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 53. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Jefferson = 3.4 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 8,702 individuals with a median age of 38.1 age the population dropped by -0.98% in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,271.58 residents per square mile of area (491.04/km²). There are average 2.42 people per household in the 1,348 households with an average household income of $42,787 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 12.80% of the available work force and has dropped -5.24% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 16.72%. The number of physicians in Jefferson per 100,000 population = 74.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Jefferson = 41.8 inches and the annual snowfall = 73.3 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 143. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 162. 81 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 14.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 51, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio which are owned by the occupant = 58.08%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 43 years with median home cost = $123,350 and home appreciation of -9.02%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $10.64 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,187 per student. There are 17.8 students for each teacher in the school, 769 students for each Librarian and 718 students for each Counselor. 4.59% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 14.05% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 5.40% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).