Mount Healthy, Ohio | |
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City | |
Motto: "A city with a historic past working toward the future" | |
Location in Hamilton County and the state of Ohio. |
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Coordinates: 39°13′55″N 84°32′50″W / 39.23194°N 84.54722°WCoordinates: 39°13′55″N 84°32′50″W / 39.23194°N 84.54722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Hamilton |
Founded | 1817 (as Mount Pleasant) |
Government | |
• Mayor | James Wolf (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.41 sq mi (3.65 km2) |
• Land | 1.41 sq mi (3.65 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 837 ft (255 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,098 |
• Estimate (2012) | 6,066 |
• Density | 4,324.8/sq mi (1,669.8/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 45231 |
Area code(s) | 513 |
FIPS code | 39-52752 |
GNIS feature ID | 1056439 |
Website | www |
Mount Healthy is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. The population was 6,098 at the 2010 census.
Mount Healthy is located at 39°13′55″N 84°32′50″W / 39.23194°N 84.54722°W (39.231808, -84.547244).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.41 square miles (3.65 km2), all land.
Mount Healthy was founded in 1817 as the village of Mount Pleasant. In 1850, the village renamed itself "Mount Healthy", following a cholera epidemic, in which many of its citizens survived while those in the surrounding territory did not. The village became a city in 1951.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,098 people, 2,716 households, and 1,454 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,324.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,669.8/km2). There were 3,034 housing units at an average density of 2,151.8 per square mile (830.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 62.4% White, 33.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population.