Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Lake County

39-26306

Fairport Harbor is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The town lies at the mouth of the Grand River in Lake Erie. The population consisted of 3180 inhabitants in 2000.

Geography and cityscape

Located at the mouth of the Grand River in Lake Erie, the place has several ports in the area of the river, both in the river and in Lake Erie, which are used today or in part, for commercial purposes. Since the land is flat, it's the streets of Fairport in the typical North American rectangular street grid was possible to invest in north-south and east-west direction. The surface of the area consists of sand and gravel of the Grand River, which has formed a weakly trained river delta here. Influenced by the place bins on the banks and some industrial wasteland. Large areas of the shoreline to take a mooring for boats and yachts. The most famous sights Fairport are two historic lighthouses, Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light with fog horn from 1925 and the older tower Grand River Light in 1871, which now houses a museum.

Demographics

After the last extensive survey of the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, the population consisted of 3180 inhabitants. 99.9 % of the population are European stocky ( U.S. average 75.1 % ), 49 families (5.9%) lived below the poverty line in 1999 ( U.S. average of 9.2% ), the average annual income for a household was $ 32,205 ( U.S. average $ 41,994 ) and 85 residents Fairport in 2000 ( 2.7%) were foreigners ( U.S. average 11.1%).