Moraine is a city in
Montgomery
County
, Ohio
, United States
. The population was 6,897 at the
2000 census.
The city is part of
the The Dayton
Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes
Montgomery county. Moraine, as part of the Dayton area, is
situated within the
Miami Valley
region of Ohio, just north of the
Cincinnati
metropolitan area.
The city is also home to the outdoor
waterpark Splash
Moraine
.
Geography
Moraine is located at (39.695650, -84.227677) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of
9.3 square miles (24.2 km²), of which, 9.1 square
miles (23.5 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles
(0.7 km²) of it (2.89%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 6,897
people, 2,855 households, and 1,818 families residing in the city.
The
population density was 760.3
people per square mile (293.6/km²). There were 3,127 housing units
at an average density of 344.7/sq mi (133.1/km²). The racial
makeup of the city was 89.53%
White, 6.23%
African American, 0.43%
Native American, 2.00%
Asian, 0.51% from
other races, and 1.29% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.41%
of the population.
There were 2,855 households out of which 32.2% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were
married couples living together, 14.5% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families.
29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.8% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age
of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to
64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,341, and the
median income for a family was $41,792. Males had a median income
of $35,133 versus $23,994 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$16,880. About 6.8% of families and 9.6% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 11.6%
of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.
History
What is
now the city of Moraine was once a part of Van Buren Township
followed by brief period as a part of Kettering
. Citizens of the Moraine area seceded from
Kettering forming the new Moraine Township in 1953, before
incorporating as a municipality in 1957.
Moraine later annexed
parts of Miami
and Jefferson
townships.
Government
Moraine is served by a
Council-Manager form of
government, where a seven-member
City
Council appoints a professional
City
Manager, who serves as the administrative head of the
City.
The
City Council of Moraine, Ohio
consists of 7 members. A
Mayor and two Council
Members-at-Large are elected by the entire city, while four
additional members of Council are elected to represent each of four
wards. The
Mayor presides over meetings of the
Council as
chairman, and may vote as a
member of Council, but has no
veto. In recent
years the city council has had several recalls of the Mayor as
factionalization and petty disagreements has had a severe impact on
the operation of the city government. Recently, a citizens group
dubbed Moraineians for Ketteringization have lobbied for the
dissolution of the Moraine City Counicil and merge back into the
city of Kettering.
Moraine has a municipal
income tax of
2%.
Ellerton Cemetery
The City
operates Ellerton
Cemetery
, a site
located on Union Road. The Cemetery was opened in 1815, and
still conducts burials as of October 2007. Due to its association
with the adjacent Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, the cemetery
is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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