Van Buren, Ohio

• Kids mixing fair business with pleasure
  

  By LINSEY MAUGHAN Staff Writer Animals. Rides. Food. Children at the Hancock County Fair were finding a variety of ways to be entertained on Thursday.

• Parents, students prepare for first day of kindergarten
  

  Kennedy Collins is very excited to start kindergarten next week, but her mother is nervous.

• Area schools get state report cards
  

  By LINSEY MAUGHAN Staff Writer Area schools are having a harder time making the grade, according to the Ohio Department of Education's 2009-2010 school district report cards.

• Genoa girls tie for first at Elmwood Invitational
  

  Genoa senior Emily Mock tied for first at the Elmwood Invitational at Birch Run with a 46 and in an event at Brandywine West with a 42 this season.

• Jobless rate falls for good, bad reasons
  

  By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Hiring by Home Depot, Whirlpool and others helped shrink unemployment rates in Hancock and neighboring counties in July.

• Today's Front Page
  

  Partly cloudy, blue skies and sunshine. Thursday was a nearly perfect day to showcase the Wyandot Solar Farm, the largest solar electric-generating plant in Ohio.

• Van Buren man sentenced for 11 camper break-ins
  

  By JORDAN CRAVENS staff writer A Van Buren man was sentenced to 60 days in jail Thursday for helping break into 11 campers at Pleasantview Campground in Van Buren in January.

• Big warehouse puts 275 to work
  

  By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER VAN BUREN -- At 7 a.m. today, the new Home Depot warehouse, west of Van Buren, will begin receiving goods by truck and sorting them to be transported to stores.

• Today's Front Page
  

  Home Depot will hold a grand opening at its new distribution center at 500 Allen Township 142, west of Van Buren, at 10 a.m. Monday.

• Grand opening at Home Depot distribution center planned for Monday
  

  Home Depot will hold a grand opening at its new distribution center at 500 Allen Township 142, west of Van Buren, at 10 a.m. Monday.

• Owens CC expands free tuition program Hancock County graduates eligible
  

  Beginning this fall, graduates from any high school in Hancock County who are in financial need may take advantage of a free-tuition program at Owens Community College.

• Owens offers free college tuition through Success program
  

  It's now possible for graduating high schoolers from public schools in Hancock County to go to college for free.

City Description

Van Buren is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 313 at the 2000 census. Van Buren is located at 41°8′18″N 83°38′57″W / 41.13833°N 83.64917°W / 41.13833; -83.64917 (41.138229, -83.649122). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 313 people, 113 households, and 91 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,257.5 people per square mile (483.4/km²). There were 116 housing units at an average density of 466.0/sq mi (179.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.12% White, 0.32% African American, 0.96% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.15% of the population. There were 113 households out of which 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family

City Contained By:

• Hancock County
• Ohio

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 0.517997622067 km squared

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