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Van Wert, OH - History
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Welcome to the Van Wert Home page. The Van Wert Home page provides as much information as possible on Van Wert. Knowing Van Wert’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Van Wert’s Home page, you will also find Van Wert’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Van Wert has a population of 10531. 46.1% of Van Wert’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.9 are female. 50.7% of Van Wert is married and 65.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $94,583, and the average rent is $670. Household median income in Van Wert is $47,012, and the individual median income is $29,878. Van Wert’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.3%), Hispanic(5%), Multiple(3.3%), Black(1.4%), Asian(0.7%), Other(0.3%), Native(0.1%).
Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 77 mi (123 km) SW of Toledo and 34 mi (54 km) SE of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The population was 10,846 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, Ohio Combined Statistical Area. Van Wert is named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War.
A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library. It also has a thriving community art center, the Wassenburg Art Center, and the award-winning Van Wert Civic Theatre.
The home office of Central Insurance Companies is located in Van Wert.
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