Click here for the statistics. Once comfortable in their isolation, some of Ohio's smallest towns say they need big bucks to preserve their way of life.
Increased traffic is the common enemy.
The mayors of those towns say enforcement of traffic laws is a matter of survival. Critics contend that some places, such as New Rome in Franklin County and Linndale in Cuyahoga County, survive too well. The village profits from traffic offenders, Mayor Alvin L. Cox said, but not too much. Harrisburg, with a population of 340, sits about 12 miles south of Columbus near Rt. Until 1989, the village had no police force and traffic in the area had diminished long ago when I-71 picked up the flow.