Bolivar, Ohio
Overview
Bolivar is a village in Tuscarawas County
, Ohio
, United States
. The population was 894 at the 2000 census
. Bolivar is also home to Fort Laurens
, the only American Revolutionary War
-era fort in what is now Ohio.
Shingas
, a Delaware Indian leader, established a village known as Shingas Town in the general vicinity of present Bolivar in 1752.
In 1778 Fort Laurens
was built in this same area.
Bolivar itself was platted in 1830 as part of the growth occasioned by the development of the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Bolivar is located at 40°39.0′N 81°27.3′W (40.6500, -81.4546), along the Tuscarawas River
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it is land and 1.96% is water.
As of the census
of 2000, there were 894 people, 375 households, and 265 families residing in the village.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 894 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
. Bolivar is also home to Fort Laurens
Fort Laurens
Fort Laurens was an American Revolutionary War fort in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio.-Overview:The fort was built by General Lachlan McIntosh, in 1778, on the west bank of the Tuscarawas River, now in Tuscarawas County near the town of Bolivar. The fort was intended to be a staging point for...
, the only American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
-era fort in what is now Ohio.
Shingas
Shingas
Shingas , was a leader of the Delaware people in the Ohio Country and a noted American Indian warrior on the western frontier during the French and Indian War. Dubbed "Shingas the Terrible" by Anglo-Americans during the war, Shingas led devastating raids against white settlements...
, a Delaware Indian leader, established a village known as Shingas Town in the general vicinity of present Bolivar in 1752.
In 1778 Fort Laurens
Fort Laurens
Fort Laurens was an American Revolutionary War fort in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio.-Overview:The fort was built by General Lachlan McIntosh, in 1778, on the west bank of the Tuscarawas River, now in Tuscarawas County near the town of Bolivar. The fort was intended to be a staging point for...
was built in this same area.
Bolivar itself was platted in 1830 as part of the growth occasioned by the development of the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Bolivar is located at 40°39.0′N 81°27.3′W (40.6500, -81.4546), along the Tuscarawas River
Tuscarawas River
The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States...
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it is land and 1.96% is water.
As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 894 people, 375 households, and 265 families residing in the village.
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