Plymouth, Indiana
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| City of Plymouth | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Marshall |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Mark Senter (R) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 7.0 sq mi (18.1 km²) |
| - Land | 7.0 sq mi (18.0 km²) |
| - Water | 0 sq mi (0 km²) 0.14% |
| Elevation | 797 ft (243 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 9,840 |
| - Density | 1,414.0/sq mi (545.9/km²) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 46563 |
| Area code(s) | 574 |
| FIPS code | 18-60822[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0441379[2] |
Plymouth is a city in Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 9,840 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Marshall County[3]. Plymouth was the site of the first retail outlet of defunct U.S. retailer Montgomery Ward in 1926.
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[edit] Geography
Plymouth, Indiana is located at (41.343894, -86.312544),[4] along the Yellow River.[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.0 square miles (18.1 km²), of which, 7.0 square miles (18.0 km²) of it is land and 0.14% is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 9,840 people, 3,838 households, and 2,406 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,414.0 people per square mile (545.9/km²). There were 4,100 housing units at an average density of 589.2/sq mi (227.4/km²).
There were 3,838 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
[edit] Festivals
Plymouth has three annual festivals. The largest is the Blueberry Festival held each Labor Day weekend since 1966. Centered in Plymouth's large Centennial Park, the Blueberry Festival is attended by over 500,000 people each year, second only to the Indianapolis 500 in size for Indiana weekend events. The Blueberry Festival includes dozens of live musical acts on three stages, a large parade, several running events, a tractor pull, a horse pull, softball tournaments, basketball tournaments, arm wrestling competition, hot air balloon launch, tennis tournament, bike tour, fishing derby, car show, motorcycle show, and local and international crafts and food.
The Heart and Hands Latino Festival is the other major festival in Plymouth, IN., held the third Saturday of June in Centennial Park’s Young’s Amphitheater. The Latino Festival runs from 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM. The festival began in June 2001 and continues to grow each year, attracting over 6000 people to the one day event. Festival goers taste authentic Latin American foods. The festival is the brainchild of the Heart and Hands, Inc. organization in Plymouth, an organization that for several years has been providing services to the Hispanic community and has also built bridges with the community at large by offering Spanish classes, diversity training, and many other programs. By joining hands with the Plymouth Park and Recreation Department they have been successful in reaching their goals of embracing their multi-cultural communities through the arts.
The first Yellow River Festival was held June 2, 2007 and will be held the first weekend in June. The Yellow River Festival is themed around the history of the area and includes period dress food and crafts related to the founding of Plymouth.
[edit] History
Fall 1977 - Plymouth High School wins Football State Championship
March, 1982 - Scott Skiles leads Plymouth High School to the boys basketball state championship with a 75-74 double overtime victory over Gary Roosevelt High School.
July, 1982 - Five firefighters were killed when their fire truck overturned while responding to a call. The truck crashed on a curve near West School on state road 17. They were driving a tanker truck. When they made the turn, the water in the truck shifted which caused the truck to break through a road barrier. In a later investigation, the call that was placed in which the firefighters were dispatched was found to have been made as a prank by local teenagers.
1996 through 2004, 2005, and 2007 school years - Plymouth High School speech team wins the State Speech Championship for Class "AA" in Indiana.
March 24, 2007 Plymouth wins the Indiana Class AAA boys' basketball championship. Plymouth beat Evansville Bosse in a 72-61 victory. Plymouth lost the title game in 2005 to Washington in a last second halfcourt 3-point shot.
[edit] References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ (1998) Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-211-0.
[edit] External links
- Plymouth, Indiana is at coordinates Coordinates:
- City of Plymouth website
- Plymouth, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
- Plymouth School Corporation
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