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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Tiffin, Ohio
|settlement_type = [[City]]
|nickname = Fort Ball
|motto =
|image_skyline = Tiffinohioskyline.jpg
|imagesize = 300px
|image_caption = A view from the Kiwanis Manor in Tiffin, featuring the Sandusky River
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|map_caption = Location in Ohio
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|subdivision_name = [[United States]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Ohio]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]]
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|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = [[Aaron Montz]] (R)
|leader_title1 = Council President
|leader_name1 = Rich Cline (R)
|established_title = Fort Ball
|established_date = 1812
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|area_total_km2 = 17.87
|area_land_km2 = 17.51
|area_water_km2 = 0.36
|area_total_sq_mi = 6.90
|area_land_sq_mi = 6.76
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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_est = 17828
|pop_est_as_of = 2012<ref name="2012 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-06-17}}</ref>
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|population_total = 17963
|population_micro = 56745
|population_density_km2 = 1026.0
|population_density_sq_mi = 2657.2
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
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|longd = 83 |longm = 10 |longs = 44 |longEW = W
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|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 44883
|area_code = [[Area code 419|419]], [[Area code 567|567]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 39-76778<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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|website = http://www.tiffinohio.gov/
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[[File:Washington from Perry in Tiffin.jpg|thumbnail| Buildings on Washington Street (State Route 100) in downtown Tiffin, seen from the Perry Street intersection.]]
'''Tiffin''' is the [[county seat]] of [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca County]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 17,963 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census2010">[http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html American FactFinder]. U.S. Census Bureau. February 4, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.</ref> The [[National Arbor Day Foundation]] has designated Tiffin as a [[Tree City USA]].
It is the home of [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg University]] and [[Tiffin University]]. At one time it was noted as a glass and porcelain manufacturing center. Tiffin is home to several elementary schools, Tiffin Middle School, Calvert Catholic Schools, and Columbian High School.
==History==
The history of Tiffin dates back to 1812. The familiar bronze statue of "The Indian Maiden" on Frost Parkway, near Miami Street, marks the site of Fort Ball, a military depot of the war of 1812. Fighting an engagement of that war, Eratus Bowe first sighted the location upon which Tiffin now stands. In 1817, he returned to the site and built his Pan Yan Tavern, which later became a stagecoach stop, on the north sandusky river.
Early homesteaders followed soon after Bowe, and the settlement of Oakley sprang up around the Pan Yan. The main traveled road of the area followed the path of the stagecoaches through Oakley, which was called Fort Ball after 1824.
In 1821, Josiah Hedges purchased a piece of land on the south bank of the river opposite Oakley and founded another settlement. He named this village "Tiffin" in honor of [[Edward Tiffin]], first governor of Ohio and later member of the [[United States Senate]], and a man who had fought to finally win statehood for the Ohio Territory in 1803.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NT4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time | publisher=D. Campbell | author=Butterfield, Consul Willshire | year=1848 | pages=84}}</ref> Tiffin was incorporated by an act of the Ohio Legislature on March 7, 1835. These two communities, split by the Sandusky River, were rivals; however, in 1850, seeing that later their interests lay together, the villages merged to form Tiffin, with Fort Ball becoming a part of Tiffin in March of that year.
In 1824, with the establishment of Seneca County by the Ohio Legislature, Tiffin became a county seat. The county took its name from the Seneca Indians, who originally were native to the territory. The discovery of natural gas in the vicinity in 1888 gave new momentum to the city's industries; new enterprises located in Tiffin, making it a prosperous industrial city:
*The National Machinery Company moved from Cleveland to Tiffin in 1882.
*Webster Industries, Inc. moved from Chicago to Tiffin in 1906.
*and Clifford O. Hanson founded The Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company in Tiffin. It was acquired by Pettibone in 1966. Pettibone LLC, which today is an affiliate of The Heico Companies, renamed the business unit Tiffin Parts in 1997. Operating at the same site since the 1920s, the building on Miami Street is on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Tiffin Parts History">[http://www.tiffinparts.com/about-us/our-history.html "Tiffin Parts History"],.</ref>
*Tiffin was the home of Tiffin Glass Works from 1889 to 1980.
*Tiffin was the home of American Standard Company (formerly Great Western Pottery), maker of ceramic kitchen and bath products, from 1899 to 2007. It was the largest employer in the city.
Since the late 1970s, the city has lost industry.
In the spring of 1913, the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys were ravaged by one of the most devastating floods in the region's history. Among those communities which suffered the consequences of that flood was Tiffin, located on the Sandusky River in northwest Ohio. During that three-day period, Tiffin sustained more than $1,000,000 in property loss, 46 houses and 2 factories swept away, 10 factories damaged, 69 places of business heavily damaged, 6 bridges within the corporate limits destroyed, and—worst of all—19 lives lost.
Tiffin has been the home of Ballreich's Bros., a potato chip company, since 1920. While the company's retail market is Northern Ohio, its products have acquired a reputation that extends far beyond its local retail market and are available for shipping anywhere via the company's website.
Tiffin St. Paul's United Methodist Church was the first church in the world to be lit by [[Thomas Edison|Edison]]'s light bulb, and the first public building in the United States to be wired for electricity.<ref>{{cite web | title=East Ohio Conference United Methodist Archives Center | work=East Ohio Conference Historian's Page | url=http://www.cros.net/wdrown/archives.htm | accessdate=2006-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=St. Paul's Methodist has gift from Edison | work=The Advertiser Tribune | url=http://www.oweb.com/advertiser-tribune/Text/N121000b.html | accessdate=2006-03-26}}</ref> Tiffin is home to a large population of [[German-Americans]] and a smaller but significant population of [[Italian-Americans]]. In 1970 Tiffin's highest population was 21,896.
Tiffin is the home of the historic Ritz Theatre, built in 1928 as a [[vaudeville]] house with an Italian Renaissance design. The Ritz Theatre underwent extensive renovation and restoration in 1998.
In 2002, a F3 tornado hit southeast Tiffin, destroying several homes outside city limits.
A new Mercy Hospital of Tiffin was built and opened in July 2008.
Republican Aaron D. Montz, Tiffin's 2nd Ward Councilman, was elected Mayor of Tiffin on November 8, 2011. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Kenneth Gaietto.
==Geography==
Tiffin is located at {{Coord|41|7|1|N|83|10|44|W|type:city}} (41.116834, -83.179003).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|6.76|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-01-06}}</ref> The [[Sandusky River]] flows through the center of the city. It is located on [[U.S. Route 224]].
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850=2718
|1860=3992
|1870=5648
|1880=7879
|1890=10801
|1900=10989
|1910=11894
|1920=14375
|1930=16428
|1940=16102
|1950=18952
|1960=21478
|1970=21596
|1980=19567
|1990=18604
|2000=18135
|2010=17963
|estimate=17828
|estyear=2012
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37749197v1p37_ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2" /><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>
}}
===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="FactFinder">{{cite web|title=American FactFinder|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 17,963 people, 7,086 households, and 4,115 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2657.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,007 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1184.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.1% of the population.
There were 7,086 households of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.9% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91.
The median age in the city was 35.2 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 17.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 18,135 people, 11,330 households, and 9,471 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was (10,792.4/mi²) people per square mile (11,078.9/km²). There were 17,862 housing units at an average density of 11,210.6 per square mile (467.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.00% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|last1=American Fact Finder|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3976778|accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref>
There were 11,330 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 15.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,261, and the median income for a family was $41,329. Males had a median income of $31,207 versus $22,259 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,580. About 5.7% of families and about 11.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
==Education==
Tiffin is served by [[Tiffin City School District|Tiffin City Schools]]: [[Columbian High School (Tiffin, Ohio)|Columbian High School]], Tiffin Middle School, and C.A. Krout, Noble, and Washington Elementary Schools.
[[Weekday Religious Education]] has been offered to the city's elementary and middle schools since 1940.
Tiffin is also served by the Calvert Catholic Schools: [[Calvert High School (Tiffin, Ohio)|Calvert High School]] for grades 7-12, and one campus school, Calvert Elementary, for preschool through grade 6.
Other schools in Tiffin include the Sentinel Career Center, one of two charters schools, Bridges Community Academy, and North Central Academy.
Tiffin is the home of [[Tiffin University]], [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg University]], the Tiffin Academy of Hair Design, and formerly of the American Institute of Massotherapy.
Tiffin also has two Catholic churches. One is St. Mary's Catholic Church which has a Cathedral appearance and beautiful stained glass windows. This Church also had a school, and hosts the annual St. Mary's Catholic Church Fair. The other is St. Joseph's Catholic Church which happens to be the tallest and one of the oldest churches in Tiffin. St. Joe's was originally started with primarily German immigrants. St. Mary's originally started with primarily Irish and Italian immigrants.
==Government==
'''Mayor''': Aaron D. Montz (R)
'''City Administrator''': Debra A. Reamer (R)
'''City Council President''': Rich Cline (R)
'''Chief of Police''': Fred W. Stevens
'''Fire Chief''': William Ennis
'''Municipal Court Judge''': Mark Repp (R)
'''Director of Public Works''': Michael Hoffman
===City Council===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Office
! Name
! Party
|-
| President of Council
| Rich Cline
| Republican
|-
| Councilman-at-Large
| Mark Hayes
| Democrat
|-
| Councilman-at-Large
| Tyler Shuff
| Republican
|-
| Councilman-at-Large
| Steven Lepard
| Republican
|-
| 1st Ward Councilman
| Jim Roberts
| Republican
|-
| 2nd Ward Councilman
| Joseph Hartzell
| Democrat
|-
| 3rd Ward Councilwomen
| Lori Ritzler
| Democrat
|-
| 4th Ward Councilman
| Rich Focht
| Republican
|-
| Council Clerk
| Ann Forrest
| (Non-Partisan)
|}
<ref>[http://www.tiffinohio.gov/Boards/tiffincc.htm]</ref>
==Transportation==
Tiffin has only one airport, Tiffin Metro Airport (K16G). Tiffin also has 3 reliable taxi services. Tiffin is currently on 5 state routes, as well as U.S. Route 224, which skirts the city's southern edge. Tiffin is located on the southern terminus of Northern Ohio and Western Railway. CSX operates a busy line that travels east and west through the city. The city is still a very busy railhub for CSX because of its closeness to CSX's Willard Yard and the "Iron Triangle" in Fostoria.
==Culture==
===Media===
Tiffin is served by The Advertiser-Tribune, and it has 5 radio stations, 1600 [[WTTF]] AM, 103.7 [[WCKY-FM]], 103.3 [[WSJG-LP]] "St. John Paul The Great Radio," 93.3 COOL FM, and WTSC SenecaCountyRadio.com. It is also served by its local news/sport/entertainment channel, WTIF (Channel 21 on Cable, and is currently not carried by DirecTV or Dish Network).
===Sports===
The Tiffin Saints of the fledgling '''Independent Baseball League''' played an abbreviated inaugural season at the [[Tiffin University]] field in 2014. The Saints are Tiffin's first pro baseball team since the '''Tiffin Mud Hens''' played in the [[Ohio State League]] from 1936-41; affiliated with the nearby [[Toledo Mud Hens]] and the [[Detroit Tigers]], Tiffin won the OSL championship in 1936.
==Notable people==
* [[Jay Gruden]], head coach of the Washington Redskins
* [[Oliver Edwin Baker]], president of the Association of American Geographers, author of ''Geography of the World's Agriculture'', and editor of the ''Atlas of American Agriculture''
* [[George H. Brickner]], politician and businessman
* [[Oliver Cowdery]] One of the founders, with Joseph Smith, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the [[Mormons]]). Practiced law and politics in Tiffin 1842-1847.
* [[George Babcock Cressey]], Geographer
* [[Paul Gillmor]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] representing the Ohio 5th District from 1988 to 2007.
* [[John R. Goodin]], U.S. Representative from Kansas
* [[Sue Wilkins Myrick]], U.S. Representative from North Carolina and former mayor of Charlotte, NC. Myrick is a Tiffin native and Heidelberg College alumnus.
* [[John Quinn (collector)|John Quinn]], Tiffin native, New York lawyer, art patron, collector of historical manuscripts, and major supporter of [[William Butler Yeats]].
* [[George E. Seney]], U.S. Representative from Ohio
* [[Nate Washington]], wide receiver with the [[Tennessee Titans]], signed as an undrafted free with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] as a free agent out of [[Tiffin University]], with his first pro career reception in the 2005 [[AFC Championship Game]].
* [[Rodger Wilton Young|Rodger Young]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, [[World War II]]
Bill Groman, former wide receiver for Houston Oilers, graduate of Heidelberg College
Jim Boeke, former offensive lineman for L.A. Rams, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, drafted into NFL 1960, graduate of Heidelberg College
Bob Briggs, former defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, graduate of Heidelberg College
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.tiffinohio.gov/ City website]
* [http://www.tiffinohio.org/ Community Website]
* [http://www.heidelberg.edu/ Heidelberg University]
* [http://www.tiffin.edu/ Tiffin University]
* [http://www.tiffinglass.org/tiffin-glass-museum-history/ Tiffin Glass History]
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