Somerville, Ohio
town in Ohio, United States
Somerville is a census-designated place (CDP) and former village in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 258 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village had a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2), all land.
History
Somerville was incorporated as a village in 1832. On March 15, 2016, Somerville residents voted 52% to 48% to dissolve the village into Milford Township, after its entire council faced term limits or resigned.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 281 people, 96 households, and 74 families living in the village. The population density was 1,124.0 inhabitants per square mile (434.0/km2). There were 106 housing units at an average density of 424.0 per square mile (163.7/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.2% White and 1.8% from two or more races.
There were 96 households, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.9% were non-families.
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