Hat1- Wgu
HAT Task 1
July 21, 2012
There is a sign on the Highway as you enter Celina that reads, “One of 100 best small towns”. Celina is a rural community in North Western Ohio. It is home of the largest manmade lakes ;{ it is 21 square miles covering over 13,500 acres in both Mercer and Auglaize counties.}Corn fields and farms surround the city on all sides and country air can make an outsider either smile or cover their nose; 60.6% of the population is rural living. Main street is home of some of the city’s oldest buildings and is where the Court house is located. Friday nights are for football games in the fall and basketball in the winter. Sunday mornings you can wake to the sound of church bells. Occasionally you’ll hear the whistle of a train on the only working track. It’s not as friendly as the famous Mayberry but it’s a city where most know you or your family by name. Celina was established in 1834 by James Watson Riley. According to the cities website Celina was named after Salina, New York. Prior to 1848 St. Mary’s was the County seat for Mercer County, and then when Auglaize County was established, Celina took the title for County seat. The population of Celina at that time was 1,346; once natural gas and oil was discovered the population doubles in a decade to 2,684 residents. Celina’s main jobs were mainly manufacturing equipment parts for the farmers in the rest of the county. There were 3 newspapers, 5 churches, and 2 banks at this time.
The US Census Bureau from 2010 had Celina with a total population of 10,400 people. There is very little diversity; main population is Caucasians residing with a total of 10,034. Mexicans are the second most common culture with 146 residents; then Asians are the third culture, more specific Japanese with 61 residents, followed by Filipino with 22 residents. Indians have 27 inhabitants, and the two least common ethnicities are African American blacks with a total of 17 and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander of 15. The median
July 21, 2012
There is a sign on the Highway as you enter Celina that reads, “One of 100 best small towns”. Celina is a rural community in North Western Ohio. It is home of the largest manmade lakes ;{ it is 21 square miles covering over 13,500 acres in both Mercer and Auglaize counties.}Corn fields and farms surround the city on all sides and country air can make an outsider either smile or cover their nose; 60.6% of the population is rural living. Main street is home of some of the city’s oldest buildings and is where the Court house is located. Friday nights are for football games in the fall and basketball in the winter. Sunday mornings you can wake to the sound of church bells. Occasionally you’ll hear the whistle of a train on the only working track. It’s not as friendly as the famous Mayberry but it’s a city where most know you or your family by name. Celina was established in 1834 by James Watson Riley. According to the cities website Celina was named after Salina, New York. Prior to 1848 St. Mary’s was the County seat for Mercer County, and then when Auglaize County was established, Celina took the title for County seat. The population of Celina at that time was 1,346; once natural gas and oil was discovered the population doubles in a decade to 2,684 residents. Celina’s main jobs were mainly manufacturing equipment parts for the farmers in the rest of the county. There were 3 newspapers, 5 churches, and 2 banks at this time.
The US Census Bureau from 2010 had Celina with a total population of 10,400 people. There is very little diversity; main population is Caucasians residing with a total of 10,034. Mexicans are the second most common culture with 146 residents; then Asians are the third culture, more specific Japanese with 61 residents, followed by Filipino with 22 residents. Indians have 27 inhabitants, and the two least common ethnicities are African American blacks with a total of 17 and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander of 15. The median