Millbury, Ohio
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Millbury is a village in Wood County
Wood County, Ohio
Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Millbury is located at 41°33′50"N 83°25′27"W (41.563950, -83.424028).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 1 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,161 people, 421 households, and 340 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,181.1 people per square mile (457.4/km²). There were 435 housing units at an average density of 442.5 per square mile (171.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.14% White, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races
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, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population.

There were 421 households out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $54,306, and the median income for a family was $62,386. Males had a median income of $42,000 versus $26,513 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $22,157. About 1.5% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

2010 tornado

At around 11:15 PM on June 5, 2010, an EF4 tornado
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 tore through the town, destroying at least 50 homes and killing 7 people. This tornado also destroyed the Lake Township
Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio
Lake Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,350 people in the township, 6,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Administration Building and Police Department, and Lake High School
Lake High School (Millbury, Ohio)
Lake High School is a public high school near Millbury, Ohio in Lake Township. It is the only high school in the Lake Local School District, serving about 500 students in grades 9 to 12.- Athletics :...

. Consequently, Governor Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

declared a state of emergency. http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12602130
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