Hilliard (Ohio)

Franklin County

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Hilliard is a city in Franklin County in the center of the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 24,230 at the census in 2000. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area of ​​28.9 square kilometers.

Geography

Hilliard is a suburb in the north- west of the capital, Columbus. Apart from the capital district of Downtown Columbus with its skyline, visible from many points raised in Hilliard from, nor limits other communities in Hilliard: Dublin North, Upper Arlington to the east and Galloway in the south. To the west of the city is still open farmland. The only major highway access in Hilliard is the one. Connected to the I -270 which runs slightly east of the city center from north to south through the city The railway line, which meant the recovery of Hilliard in the 19th century, is closed down since 1962.

History

1852 John Reed Hilliard bought from Hoseah High and Abraham Wendell 40,000 square meters of land in Franklin County. This land between the Big Darby Creek in the west and the Scioto River to the east seemed to him suitable to build on a city. As a railway line, the Piqua and Indiana Railroad, was built through the country, the railway company built a station here. Hilliard 's Station, as the station was called, was a suitable hub for the agricultural products of the farmers in this area and provided them with all the necessary goods. On September 1, 1853 John Hilliard submitted the plans to build a city.

Until the mid-20th century, the railway station and the main street were the center of the city. 1854 a post office was built and Hilliard 's station called himself only Hilliard. On 13 July 1869, the community was officially recognized. Hilliard then had 280 inhabitants. In 1962, the railway line was closed. The original station building was renovated and re-erected in the historical Weaver Park.

The location of Hilliard as a suburb of the capital Columbus brought in the 1950s, a rapid increase in the number of inhabitants with it. Three new residential areas were built. In the census of 1960 5.633 inhabitants were counted. Hilliard was on December 12, 1960 officially the status of a city, as the total population of 5,000 inhabitants had been exceeded. In the 1960s, Hilliard was connected to the water supply and the sewage network of Columbus, which enabled further development. By following the I-270 freeway belt in the 1980s was another rapid rise in population.

Education

The Hilliard City School District esrstreckt to the city of Hilliard and the entire area of the townships Norwich and Brown.

The School District includes 14 elementary schools, two Sixth Grade Schools, three Middle Schools and two High Schools, the Hilliard Davidson High School Hilliard Darby High School and the. A third high school, the Hilliard Bradley High School, is due to the increasing student numbers in the area north of Brown Elementary School in Brown Township opened in school year 2009 /2010. Forecasts indicate that the Hilliard City School District / 2011 17.000 students will attend in the school year 2010, in the school year 2014/2015 this will rise to 19,000. In the school year 2008/2009 there were 15,850 students.