Barnesville (Ohio)

Belmont County

39-03926

Barnesville is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States and is part of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 2000 census, the village had 4225 inhabitants. Is named the village after settler James Barnes.

Geography

Barnesvilles geographical coordinates are 39 ° 59 'N, 81 ° 11' W39.988055555556 - 81.175555555556 ( 39.988129, -81.175483 ). The place is located at the intersection of Ohio State Route 147 and Ohio State Route 800 and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Cambridge and Bellaire. The North Creek form Captina entspring in the local area and strives in a southeasterly direction to the Captina Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 km ², and there are no significant water areas.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 4225 849.6 people. The population density was 1964 persons per km ². There were 395.0 housing units at an average 98.41 per km ². The population consisted 4225s to 0.71 % White, 0.07 % African American, 0.17 % Native American, 0 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0 % said other races, and 0.64 % from two or more races. 0.26 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents 4225s distributed to 1769 households out of which 28.9 % were living in children under 18 years. 45.5 % married couples living together, 13.9 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7 % were non-families. 33.7 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 18.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size is 2.94.

The population was spread out with 23.6 % under the, 8.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 25.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.7% 45-64 year olds and 20.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 82.0 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 77.4 men.

The median household income in 4225 amounted to 23 925 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 31 927 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 25,098 U.S. dollars, compared to 16,119 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 14,105 U.S. dollars. 22.1 % of the population and 21.2 % of families were below the poverty line, including 35.1 % of those affected and 14.6 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Elisha Gray, teacher, inventor and entrepreneur
• Isaac Charles Parker, notorious judge in the Wild West

• Location in Ohio
• Location in North America
• Belmont County