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We would like to provide the residents of  Ashtabula  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Ashtabula Home page. The Ashtabula Home page provides as much information as possible on Ashtabula. Knowing Ashtabula’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Ashtabula’s Home page, you will also find Ashtabula’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Ashtabula has a population of 18067. 45.7% of Ashtabula’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.3 are female. 37.8% of Ashtabula is married and 52.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $71,800, and the average rent is $673. Household median income in Ashtabula is $33,918, and the individual median income is $20,197. Ashtabula’s Ethnic is the following: White(85.2%), Hispanic(11.8%), Black(9.2%), Multiple(4.4%), Other(0.9%), Asian(0.3%).


Ashtabula ( ASH-tə-BYU-lə) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula micropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie, 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 17,975.


Like many other cities in the Rust Belt, it has lost population due to a decline in industrial jobs since the 1960s.The name Ashtabula is derived from ashtepihəle, which means 'always enough fish to be shared around' in the Lenape language. The city became an important destination on the Underground Railroad in the middle 19th century, as refugee slaves could take ships to Canada and freedom.


Even in the free state of Ohio, they were at risk of being captured by slavecatchers. Beginning in the late 19th century, the city became a major coal port on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River northeast of Cleveland. Coal and iron were shipped here, the latter from the Mesabi Range in Minnesota.


The city attracted immigrants from Finland, Sweden and Italy in the industrial period. Ashtabula hosts an annual Blessing of the Fleet Celebration, usually in late May or early June. As part of the celebration, a religious procession and prayer service is held at Ashtabula Harbor. The city was the site of the FinnFestUSA in 2007, a celebration of Finnish Americans.


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