New Richmond, Ohio
Location of New Richmond, Ohio
Coordinates: 38°57′18″N 84°16′54″W / 38.955, -84.28167
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Clermont
Area
- Total	3.5 sq mi (9.2 km²)
- Land	3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Elevation [1]	469 ft (143 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	2,219
- Density	644.6/sq mi (248.9/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	45157
Area code(s)	513
FIPS code	39-55384[2]
GNIS feature ID	1068211[1]

New Richmond is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, founded 1814, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,219 at the 2000 census and was estimated to be 2,483 as of July 1, 2006.

Geography

New Richmond is located at 38°57′18″N, 84°16′54″W (38.955086, -84.281720)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.2 km²), of which, 3.4 square miles (8.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (2.82%) is water.

Government

• The Mayor is Ramona Carr.
• The Village maintains its own police and fire departments.

Notable natives and residents

• Earl Cranston, an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Education

The New Richmond Exempted Village School (New Richmond High School) District consists of five schools. The School District and has been rated Effective by the Ohio Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year. The district operates three elementary schools: Locust Corner, Monroe, and New Richmond, and New Richmond Middle and High Schools.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 2,219 people, 788 households, and 580 families residing in the village. The population density was 644.6 people per square mile (249.1/km²). There were 888 housing units at an average density of 258.0/sq mi (99.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.26% White, 2.34% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population.

There were 788 households out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% 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 3.25.

In the village the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $44,271. Males had a median income of $34,318 versus $24,792 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,744. About 14.3% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 21.4% of those age 65 or over.

Community

Community associations for knothole, soccer, and basketball exist in New Richmond.^[4][5][6]

Flood of '97

As the main part of the village lies along the Ohio River, New Richmond was devastated in March of 1997 by flooding, the worst Ohio River flood since the Great Flood of '37. Houses were covered in nine feet or more of brown water, and the New Richmond School District closed all schools for at least seven days. Transportation consisted mostly of personal boats that carried people from rooftop to rooftop or out of the flooded area. During this time, New Richmond High School was used as a Red Cross shelter for flood victims, where they received a visit from Ohio Governor George Voinovich.

Villagers, no strangers to flooding in the previous 180+ years, returned to find homes covered in what the Cincinnati Enquirer referred to as "several feet of river slime" but rebounded as usual, encouraged by the support of other local communities and unsolicited donations from across Ohio directed toward New Richmond schoolchildren that had been victims of the flood.

See also

• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

References

1. ^ ^{a b} US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
3. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
4. ^ New Richmond Knothole Association
5. ^ New Richmond Soccer Association
6. ^ New Richmond Youth Basketball

External links

• Opera Hall, New Richmond, Ohio
• New Richmond School District

• New Richmond, Ohio is at coordinates 38°57′18″N 84°16′54″W / 38.955086, -84.28172 (New Richmond, Ohio)Coordinates: 38°57′18″N 84°16′54″W / 38.955086, -84.28172 (New Richmond, Ohio)

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