Huron, Ohio
| Huron, Ohio | |
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| City | |
Aerial Photograph of Huron, Ohio, looking due south
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| Motto: "A Great Lake Place." | |
 Location of Huron, Ohio |
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 Location of Huron in Erie County |
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| Coordinates: 41°23′59″N 82°33′54″W / 41.39972°N 82.56500°WCoordinates: 41°23′59″N 82°33′54″W / 41.39972°N 82.56500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Erie |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • City manager | Andrew D. White |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.73 sq mi (20.02 km2) |
| • Land | 4.84 sq mi (12.54 km2) |
| • Water | 2.89 sq mi (7.49 km2) |
| Elevation | 584 ft (178 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,149 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 7,096 |
| • Density | 1,477.1/sq mi (570.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44839 |
| Area code(s) | 419 and 567 |
| FIPS code | 39-37016 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1056347 |
| Website | http://www.cityofhuron.org/ |
Huron is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,149 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Huron Township surrounds the City of Huron.
Huron Township was at the center of the "Firelands" region of the Connecticut Western Reserve, lands that were offered to residents of Connecticut who had lost property to British forces during the American Revolutionary War. The first permanent settler in the area that became Huron Township was a Quebec-born trapper, trader and interpreter named John Baptiste Flammond ("Fleming"), who established a trading post about a mile inland along the east bank of the Huron River in 1805. Other French traders had preceded him, including Gabriel Hunot in the 1780s.
Huron Township was established in 1809. Huron Village was later established when a town plat was drawn and port facilities at the mouth of the Huron River were developed between 1821 and 1824; and the town quickly became a major shipbuilding center in the 1830s. The current community of Huron is often mistaken to have been the same as the "town plat of Huron" (also known as "the old County Seat" village), which was established in 1815, and was actually within the present Milan Township (formerly known as Avery Township before 1821).
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad greatly expanded Huron's port on the east bank of the Huron River beginning in 1880. The first cargo of iron ore at the W&LE docks was received May 21, 1884. The port is still in use today, accepting cargoes of iron ore and limestone from lake freighters. Huron was also the home port of several commercial fishing fleets before unbridled lake pollution decimated the industry on Lake Erie by the early 1970s. Water quality in Lake Erie has greatly improved as a result of strong environmental controls since then and sport fishing has increased in popularity in the area. However, the Lake faces new threats from algal blooms and several invasive species such as zebra mussels and Asian carp that may impact sport fishing in the future.
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