Painesville, Ohio

Painesville, Ohio
Painesville is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Ohio, United States, located along the Grand River northeast of Cleveland. Its population was 20,312 at the 2020 census.
Painesville is the home of Lake Erie College, Morley Library, and the Historic Downtown Painesville Recreation Area.
History
Painesville was settled shortly after the American Revolutionary War. It was still considered part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. General Edward Paine (1746–1841), a native of Bolton, Connecticut, who had served as a captain in the Connecticut militia during the war, and John Walworth arrived in 1800 with a party of sixty-six settlers, among the first in the Western Reserve. General Paine later represented the region in the territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory.
In 1800 the Western Reserve became Trumbull County and at the first Court of Quarter Sessions, the county was divided into eight townships. The smallest of these townships was named Painesville, for General Paine, and encompassed what later became the townships of Perry, Leroy, Hambden, Concord, Chardon, Mentor, and Kirtland. The township government was organized in 1802. The post office in Painesville was opened in 1803 with John Walworth as postmaster.
In what was to become the commercial center of the township was a settlement called Oak Openings, its name being descriptive of the scrub oaks and sandy soil. It was here in 1805 that Gen. Henry Champion laid out a village plat and called it Champion, a name that it carried only until incorporation in 1832, when the name "Painesville" was chosen in honor of General Paine. Two of his descendants, Eleazer A. Paine and Halbert E. Paine, later served as Union Army generals during the American Civil War.
In 1840, Lake County was created from portions of Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties, and Painesville was made the county seat and a courthouse erected. In 1852, the community of Painesville became a village, and in 1902 the village attained city status.
Geography
Painesville is located at (41.722793, -81.249597).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.59%, are water.
Painesville and Concord townships, along with the village of Fairport Harbor and the city of Mentor, are adjacent to Painesville.
Climate
Painesville has a hybrid between a humid subtropical and humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa/Dfa). In spite of the mild winter days, lake-effect snow usually brings a lot of accumulation in winter. Summers have warm days and quite muggy nights. Precipitation is high year-round.
Demographics
Painesville's Hispanic population increased elevenfold between 1990 and 2010. New residents were primarily immigrants from León, Guanajuato, the ninth-largest metropolitan region in Mexico. They had settled in Painesville after finding work in its plant nurseries.
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Painesville led the state of Ohio in the percentage of people speaking Spanish at home, comprising 20.2% of the population.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,563 people, 7,095 households, and 4,381 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 7,867 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 68.2% White, 13.1% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 13.2% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.0% of the population.
There were 7,095 households, of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.3% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.33.
The median age in the city was 30.2 years. 28.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.9% were from 25 to 44; 20.5% were from 45 to 64; and 8.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,503 people, 6,525 households, and 4,032 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 6,933 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 76.99% White, 12.93% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 6.50% from other races, and 2.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.89% of the population. 15.2% were of German, 9.7% Irish, 9.4% Italian, 8.3% English and 5.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 85.6% spoke English and 13.2% Spanish as their first language.
There were 6,525 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,842, and the median income for a family was $41,000. Males had a median income of $31,082 versus $23,346 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,391. About 13.4% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Public education in the city of Painesville is provided by the Painesville City Schools, which includes Red Raider Preschool; Chestnut Elementary School, Elm Street Elementary School, and Maple Elementary School (all grades K–5); Heritage Middle School (grades 6–8) and Thomas W. Harvey High School (grades 9–12).
Hershey Montessori School is Painesville's independent school option that educates students from birth through sixth grade. Its seventh through twelfth grade campus is located in nearby Huntsburg, Ohio.
The city is also home to Lake Erie College, a private liberal arts college enrolling approximately 1,200 students. The college offers over 60 undergraduate programs and master's programs. The former Andrews Osborne Academy's Painesville campus became part of Lake Erie College in 2008.
Economy
The largest employers are the city government, county government, and the public school systems. Other notable employers include a number of manufacturing companies such as Avery Dennison, Mar-Bal Corp., Lubrizol, AeroControlex, Guyer Precision, Eckart America and Meritec.
Ranpak's headquarters was in Painesville until it moved to nearby Concord, Ohio.
In popular culture
The area in and around Painesville was used as the location for the filming of the 1964 feature film One Potato, Two Potato. The film, which was selected at that year's Cannes Film Festival, provides a glimpse of the era in the city's downtown, featuring its central park and surrounding architecture. The Lake County Courthouse and Painesville City Hall remain today. The Parmly Hotel, which is seen in the opening credits and occasionally throughout the film, has since been replaced by a shopping plaza and office complex.
Notable people
Josephine Penfield Cushman Bateham, social reformer, editor, writer
Minerva Dayton Bateham, poet, hymnwriter
Daniel Carter Beard, Boy Scouts of America co-founder
John S. Casement, Civil War general
Joe Dolce, singer-songwriter and poet
Harlan Ellison, author
Larry Foust, NBA player
Emma Sheridan Fry, actor, playwright
Shell Kepler, actor
George Trumbull Ladd, psychologist
Eschines P. Matthews, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Danny Nardico, boxer
Tom Orosz, NFL player
Byron Paine, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
Paul Ryczek, NFL player
Jason Short, NFL player
Don Shula, NFL player, coach
Charles W. Stage, Ohio state representative, baseball umpire
Pat Torpey, drummer
References
External links
Eastern Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Painesville Organization
Cities in Lake County, Ohio
County seats in Ohio
Populated places established in 1800
Ohio populated places on Lake Erie
Cities in Ohio