Grand Rapids 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

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, United States

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, along the Maumee River

Maumee River

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. The population was 1,002 at the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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. Grand Rapids is served by a branch of the Weston

Weston, Ohio

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 Public Library.

Grand Rapids is the hometown of Robyn Hancock, the 1996 Miss Ohio

Miss Ohio

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 who represented Ohio in the Miss America

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 contest. She previously held the title of Miss Crestline. The town was also the home of world-renowned glass sculptor Dominick Labino

Dominick Labino

Dominick Labino Dominick Labino was an internationally-known scientist, inventor, artist and master craftsman in glass. Labino's art works in glass are in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums throughout the world...

, whose working studio remains in operation.

On the second Sunday of October each year, the town hosts the Apple Butter Festival which has attracted as many as 70,000+ visitors.

Geography

Grand Rapids is located at 41.410801°N 83.866907°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (15.25%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 1,002 people, 402 households, and 266 families residing in the village. The population density

Population density

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 was 1,990.7 people per square mile (773.7/km²). There were 423 housing units at an average density of 840.4 per square mile (326.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.21% White, 0.20% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 1.60% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.89% of the population.
There were 402 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $42,014, and the median income for a family was $50,982. Males had a median income of $35,357 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the village was $19,796. About 2.6% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia

• At least two U.S. Presidents and one of the nation's preeminent explorers have spent time wandering near the village. Future President William Henry Harrison
  William Henry Harrison
  William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
  
   passed through the north side of the village with Gen. Anthony Wayne's forces on their way to the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Serving with Harrison was William Clark, who several months later would meet Meriwether Lewis
  Meriwether Lewis
  Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...
  
  , and form the friendship that would be the basis of their expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
• President Rutherford B. Hayes
  Rutherford B. Hayes
  Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
  
  owned a hunting lodge on the north side of the Maumee River.

External links

• Village website
• Chamber of Commerce
• Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, local history