Struthers, Ohio
| Struthers, Ohio | |
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Aerial view of the city
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| Motto: "The City with Heart in the Heart of It All" | |
 Location of Struthers, Ohio |
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 Location of Struthers in Mahoning County |
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| Coordinates: 41°3′8″N 80°35′37″W / 41.05222°N 80.59361°WCoordinates: 41°3′8″N 80°35′37″W / 41.05222°N 80.59361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Mahoning |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Terry P. Stocker |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.74 sq mi (9.69 km2) |
| • Land | 3.64 sq mi (9.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,007 ft (307 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,713 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 10,564 |
| • Density | 2,943.1/sq mi (1,136.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44471 |
| Area code(s) | 330 |
| FIPS code | 39-75126 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1056948 |
| Website | http://www.cityofstruthers.com/ |
Struthers is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,713 at the 2010 census. Struthers is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
John Struthers, from Washington County, Pennsylvania, purchased 400 acres (1.6 km2) of Poland Township land in 1798 and gave it the name Marbletown. John Struthers owned this land until the War of 1812 came around when he and his family suffered financial ruin. This immense amount of land would lay dormant until 1865 when it would be repurchased by Thomas Struthers. Thomas bought this land to honor his father, he was instrumental in bringing industry and railroads to the town. Eventually, the town would have its name changed to Struthers by popular vote.
In 1943, a Jehovah's Witnesses was fined by the city for distributing religious pamphlets door-to-door. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that this was a violation of the First Amendment in Martin v. Struthers.
The community's early history centers on Yellow Creek where the cradle of steel began with the building of the Hopewell Furnace. This furnace was built in 1803 by Daniel Eaton and is mentioned in the first line of the 1995 Bruce Springsteen song "Youngstown". The Hopewell Furnace thrived for a little over ten years until John Struthers reached his financial crisis in 1812.
In 1869 Struthers again became an iron producing community with the construction of the Anna Furnace by the Struthers Iron Company. In 1880 there was added the sheet mill plant of the Summer's Brothers Co., and in 1888 the plant of the J. A. and D. P. Cooper Gear Company.
With all these activities Struthers still remained a village of less than 1,000 inhabitants, after 100 years had elapsed since John. Struthers built his first cabin and erected the sawmill and grist mill on Yellow Creek. In 1899 Struthers was brought into closer communication with Youngstown and the upper Mahoning Valley by the completion of an interurban electric line.
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