East Liverpool, Ohio
East Liverpool is a city in
Columbiana County,
Ohio,
United States. The population was 13,089 at the 2000 census. It is located along the
Ohio River and borders the
states of
Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
Long known as the "Pottery Capital of the World," East Liverpool and the immediate area are still home to three major potteries. The city is perhaps best known as the hometown of former
University of Notre Dame football coach
Lou Holtz, and as the city to which the body of slain bank robber
Pretty Boy Floyd was taken for
embalming. The
Point of Beginning is just east of the city, on the
Ohio-
Pennsylvania border.
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Spliced panoramic photo of East Liverpool, Ohio, from the east, taken August 11, 2000. |
East Liverpool was originally named St. Clair by Thomas Fawcett, land owner, in 1800 after Authur St. Clair, who at that time was Govenor of the Northwest Territory. It was called Fawcettstown by the local residents. It was incorporated as East Liverpool in 1834 because the town and its pottery industry reminded the English settlers of Liverpool, England.
James Bennett, an English potter, led the pottery industry in East Liverpool to make it the community's leading industry. East Liverpool became known as "Crockery City." East Liverpool once produced more than half of America's annual ceramics output. Some well-known potteries located in or near East Liverpool include
Knowles China Company,
Hall China Company, and
Homer Laughlin China Company (Newell, WV.).
In the last few decades the pottery industry in East Liverpool has steadily declined due to increased modernized international competition. The city has recently renovated its downtown district, with depression-era lightposts, a new center of town called Devon's Diamond, and the reconstruction of the old High School's clocktower, which is now home of the East Liverpool High School Alumni Association.
The establishment of the Waste Technologies Industries (WTI, later
VonRoll WTI) waste disposal plant near a public school in the city's East End was an environmental issue during the
1992 U.S. presidential campaign.
Al Gore, then the
Democratic Party's nominee for
Vice President of the United States, pledged that he would stop the plant's opening if elected, but failed to do so. Gore was occasionally picketed by East Liverpool opponents of the plant for several years thereafter.
The Blue Lady is a local folklore story about a young girl who died in the city's Thompson Park and is now said to haunt the park at night as a blue glowing ghost. There have been several alleged sightings of the Blue Lady over the years.
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Location of East Liverpool, Ohio |
East Liverpool is located at (40.628510, -80.569063).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.7
km² (4.5
mi²). 11.3 km² (4.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (3.97%) is water.
As of the
census of 2000, there were 13,089 people, 5,261 households, and 3,424 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,161.8/km² (3,010.3/mi²). There were 5,743 housing units at an average density of 509.7/km² (1,320.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.85%
White, 4.81%
African American, 0.24%
Native American, 0.08%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 0.21% from
other races, and 1.76% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population.
There were 5,261 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were
married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,138, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $27,346 versus $18,990 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $12,656. About 21.5% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 35.2% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.
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