Leavittsburg, Ohio | |
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 Location of Leavittsburg in Trumbull County, Ohio. | |
| Coordinates:41°14′52″N80°52′37″W / 41.24778°N 80.87694°W /41.24778; -80.87694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Trumbull |
| Township | Warren |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.56 sq mi (4.03 km2) |
| • Land | 1.48 sq mi (3.84 km2) |
| • Water | 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,571 |
| • Density | 1,058.9/sq mi (408.86/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 44430 |
| Area codes | 234/330 |
| FIPS code | 39-42308[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393095[2] |
Leavittsburg (/ˈlɛvɪtsbɜːrɡ/LEV-its-burg[4]) is acensus-designated place inTrumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,571 at the2020 census. Located directly west ofWarren, Ohio, it is part of theYoungstown–Warren metropolitan area.
Leavittsburg is named for the Leavitt family ofSuffield, Connecticut, a prominent early mercantile New England family originally fromHingham, Massachusetts.Thaddeus Leavitt Esq. was one of the eight original purchasers of theWestern Reserve lands from the state of Connecticut. (Leavitt and Suffield businessmenOliver Phelps,Gideon Granger, Luther Loomis and Asahel Hatheway owned between them one-quarter of all the lands in theWestern Reserve assigned to Connecticut.)[5] Leavitt was married to Elizabeth King, the daughter of William King and Lucy (Hatheway), two prominent Suffield families.[6][7] Leavitt had a fleet of ships that traded as far afield as theBritish West Indies and was aselectman for the town of Suffield. He was also the inventor of an earlycotton gin.
Humphrey H. Leavitt, aU.S. congressman from Ohio born in Suffield, was a member of this family, as wasJohn Leavitt, the owner of the first inn in Warren. Another member of the extended family wasHenry Leavitt Ellsworth who traveled to Ohio in 1811 to investigate family lands in the region.[8] (Ellsworth's fatherOliver Ellsworth had purchased over 41,000 acres (170 km2) in the Western Reserve, including most of present-dayCleveland.) The resulting volume was entitledA Tour to New Connecticut in 1811, and was published later after the manuscript was discovered in the Yale University library. A young Yale graduate of 19 when he made his first trip to New Connecticut (Ohio), Ellsworth went on to make several more trips to the west. AuthorWashington Irving accompanied Ellsworth on a subsequent trip over 20 years later, calling his journalA Tour on the Prairies.
Apost office with the name Leavittsburgh was established March 15, 1864; the spelling was amended to Leavittsburg with effect from July 19, 1893.[9] Leavittsburg was designated as the market town of Trumbull County, butWarren supplanted Leavittsburg, which remains mostly woodland.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (3.47%) is water.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2000 | 2,200 | — | |
| 2010 | 1,973 | −10.3% | |
| 2020 | 1,571 | −20.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[10] | |||
As of thecensus[3] of 2000, there were 2,200 people, 811 households, and 606 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,319.2 inhabitants per square mile (509.3/km2). There were 860 housing units at an average density of 515.7 per square mile (199.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.00%White, 0.36%African American, 0.32%Native American, 0.09% fromother races, and 0.23% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 0.91% of the population.
There were 811 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% weremarried couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,031, and the median income for a family was $42,150. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,472 for females. Theper capita income for the CDP was $16,572. About 8.4% of families and 8.9% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
Children in Leavittsburg are served by the LaBrae Local School District. The name LaBrae is a combination of the names Leavittsburg and Braceville, two separate school districts which were merged in 1970 to form the new school district.[11] The name was suggested by a local student. The current schools serving Leavittsburg are:
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