Kelleys Island, Ohio
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- There is also a Kelly's Island in Newfoundland, Canada.
Island Development
Kelleys is heavily forested among several residential areas, some for year-round residents, others for summer vacationers. Some small farms and a small limestone quarrying operation exist on the island. Historically, Kelleys Island was the center of limestone production in the Great Lakes when in the late 19th century when 16 limestone kilns produced lime on the island. Also the quarries were home of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, being once the largest producer of limstone and lime products in the world.
Numerous ruins of these operations and quarries dot the island. On the northern side, Kelleys Island State Park offers camping and protects the Glacial Grooves State Memorial and the North Shore Alvar State Natural Area. The glacial striations puts Kelleys in mild fame as inside are the largest and most easily accessible remains of glacial grooves in the world. Inscription Rock in the downtown area has barely visible pictographs drawn by the Eries, a Native American tribe which had a village there in the 16th century.
Camp Patmos, a conservative Christian youth camp, is located on the north side of the island.
The Islanders do most of their non-grocery shopping on the mainland where a private ferry runs to Marblehead, Ohio every half hour during tourist season or on South Bass Island to which a private ferry sends Islanders for 3.5 hours.
The most common types of establishments on Kelley's Island are pubs and restaurants, almost all of which close for the winter season in September and reopen around May. The oldest and arguably most well-known bar on the island is The Village Pump; others include The Caddyshack, Bag the Moon Saloon and The Casino.
Geography
Kelleys Island is located at (41.601343, -82.697442)[Geographic references#1GR1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 12.0 km² (4.6 mi²). 11.8 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.30%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 367 people, 183 households, and 112 families residing in the village. The population density was 31.1/km² (80.5/mi²). There were 709 housing units at an average density of 60.0/km² (155.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.46% White, 0.27% African American, 0.27% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.27% of the population.There were 183 households out of which 15.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.55.
In the village the population was spread out with 15.0% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 19.9% from 25 to 44, 40.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $35,500, and the median income for a family was $49,375. Males had a median income of $29,643 versus $26,071 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,944. About 7.6% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.
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