St. Clairsville, Ohio

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St. Clairsville is a city in Belmont County, Ohio in the United States. The population was 5,057 at the 2000 census. This county seat of Belmont County^{[Geographic references#6GR6]} has been nicknamed "Paradise on the Hill." St. Clairsville was named after Northwest Territory Governor Gen. Arthur St. Clair. http://www.appalachianohio.com/main/histories.aspx?CoID=31

Geography

St. Clairsville is located at [40°4′46″N, 80°54′5″W] (40.079379, -80.901274)^{[Geographic references#1GR1]}. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census^{[Geographic references#2GR2]} of 2000, there were 5,057 people, 2,262 households, and 1,431 families residing in the city. The population density was 908.1/km² (2,354.2/mi²). There were 2,430 housing units at an average density of 436.4/km² (1,131.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.48% White, 3.08% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.36% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 2,262 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the city the population was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,630, and the median income for a family was $47,808. Males had a median income of $40,597 versus $25,229 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,416. About 4.2% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

City Officials

St. Clairsville City Council

Mayor - Robert Vincenzo

Service Director - Dennis Bigler

Council President - Patricia Bruhn

Finance Director - Jill Lucidi

Director of Law - Al Davies

First Ward Councilman - Jake Olsavaky

Second Ward Councilman - Frank Sabatino

Third Ward Councilman - John Bukmir

Fourth Ward Councilman - Tim Porter

Council-At-Large - James Weisgerber

Council-At-Large - Ginny Favede

Council-At-Large - Richard Reichley

Council Clerk - Kathy Kaluger

Education

St. Clairsville Schools

St. Clairsville is currently home to St. Clairsville High Schoolhttp://www.stcs.k12.oh.us/index.htm, Middle School, and Elementary School. The St. Clairsville Mascot is the Red Devil. The school system serves grades Pre-K to 12.

St. Clairsville High School, sharing responsibilities with the Belmont-Harrison Career Center, houses the Ohio Valley's only student operated newscast, run under the name WSTChttp://www.wstctv.com/. It is typically aired with a new episode weekly, during the school year, on Comcast Cable's channel 10. The program is instructed by Karin Bloomquist and Luke Nelson.

St. Clairsville High School Sports

St. Clairsville High School has been a member of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference (OVAC)http://ovac.org/ since 1947. It currently has some type of sports program for grades 7-12. Also, St. Clairsville is a current member of the Buckeye 8.

Red Devil football coach George Stragerhttp://www.ovac.org/hof/displaybio.asp?ID=27 won the OVAC Coach-Of-The-Year title twice, in '79 and again in '87.

Baseball - OVAC Champions in 1977, 1990-1992, 1994-1996

Girls Basketball - OVAC Champions in 1978, 2000, 2003, 2005

Cheerleading - OVAC Champions in 1999, 2004, 2006

Boys Cross Country - OVAC Champions in 2000 and 2002-2003

Football - OVAC Champions in 1947, 1977, 1988-1990

Golf - OVAC Champions in 1947-1951, 1970, 1975-1976, 1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1997

The Red Devil Golf Program as of 2005 had 9 more titles than its closest competiton (20 to 11). It also shared the title for longest consecutive championships at 5.

Boy's Soccer - OVAC Champions in 2003

Girl's Soccer - OVAC Champions in 1999 and 2001

Softball - OVAC Champions in 1992 and 1995

Boy's Tennis - OVAC Runner-Ups in 2006, Finished seasonal play with a 14-0 record.

Boy's Track - OVAC Champions in 1952-1957, 1966-1967, 1994

Girl's Track - OVAC Champions in 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1990

Volleyball - OVAC Champions in 1995, 2003-2005

Queen of Queens - St. Clairsville has 4 Queen of Queens champions, also as of 2005, the most of any school. Champions include Susan Kennedy (1987), Somer Graham (1995), Catherine Botos (1998), and Sarah Maurizi (2004).

St. Clairsville Alumni

Scott Barnhouse (Played for the Seattle Mariners)

Gene Cattane (Played for the Milwaukee Brewers)

Dick Chorovich (Played for the Baltimore Colts)

Jim Kerr (Played for the Washington Redskins)

Chester Lagod (Played for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants)

Joe Pabian (Played for the San Francisco 49ers)

Dan Morgan (Played for the Denver Broncos)

Bob Lyons (Played for the Cleveland Browns)

Ferris Scott (Played in the Canadian Football League)

Joe Slavik (Played for the Detroit Tigers)

Tim Spencerhttp://www.ovac.org/hof/displaybio.asp?ID=16 (Played for the San Diego Chargers and current running backs coach for the Chicago Bears)

Shawn Vincent (Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers)

Arthur G. James (Founded the James Cancer Hospital in 1990)

Cadet Ernest Munn (Disappeared along with the rest of his flight crew over the Sierra Nevada Mountains)

St. Mary's School

Also located in town, is St. Mary's School which includes grades K-8. St. Mary's School is a feeder school into St. John Central High. Both schools are of the Roman Catholic Affiliation.

Local Colleges

Ohio University Easternhttp://www.eastern.ohiou.edu/

Belmont Technical Collegehttp://www.btc.edu/

Attractions

Ohio Valley Mall and the Plaza

These areas include the newly updated Wal-Mart Supercenter. Also set to open is a Panara Bread and two Starbucks. One, currently open inside the mall, and another, that will feature a drivethrough. The Ohio Valley Mallhttp://www.ohiovalleymall.net which includes stores such as: American Eagle, Fabio's Pizza, Electronics Boutique, Big K-Mart, Sears, JC Penney's, Steve and Barry's University Sportswear, and Kaufmann's.

Jamboree In the Hills

Located only a few minutes from St. Clairsville is one of the largest country music concerts in the Mid-West. Jamboree in the Hillshttp://www.jamboreeinthehills.com/ has been located near St. Clairsville for 30 years as of July 2006, and continues to attract country music fans from all over the United States.

National Road Bikeway

Another popular location is St. Clairsville, is the Bike Path as most residents know it, which stretches from the Saginaw Mine entrance, to the Junior Sports Complex, totalling approximately 7.7 miles. The Bike Path is home to a beautiful gazebo, two nature trails, and countless scouts projects. The National Road Bikeway in St. Clairsville is the only bike trail in Ohio with a rail tunnel.

The Clarendon Hotel

The City of St. Clairsville, Ohio owns and intends to redevelop the Clarendon Hotel. Built in 1890, it is one of the oldest continuously operating hotels on the National Road, a National Scenic Byway.

The 15,000 S.F. Romanesque Revival building is located within a restored National Historic District. The St. Clairsville area is the retail center of the Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan statistical area. Hotel occupancy here exceeds the national average. Considerable public sector financial assistance is available. Private sector equity and debt will be required. The community's vision is to create a boutique hotel of 20 rooms and a 110 seat restaurant.

The property is located on the Courthouse Plaza, across from a developing tourism center. Over 12,000 vehicles per day pass the property and I-70's 50,000 VPD are one mile away. Local hotel and restaurant industry sales also surpass national averages.http://www.theclarendonhotel.com/index.html

Famous Natives

Benjamin Lundy (Former Resident and Quaker Anti-Slavery Leader)

Jeremy Sowers (Current Starting Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians)

John Jacob Lentz (Founder of the American Insurance Union and former member of Congress)http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/lentz-john-jacob.html

External links

• http://www.stclairsville.com
• http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/1549.aspx
• http://www.scpl.lib.oh.us/Default.htm

References

 

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