Hanoverton is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 354 at the 2020 census.
History
thumb|left|Hanover House, a saltbox house built in 1820, is part of the [[Hanoverton Canal Town District]]
Hanoverton was laid out in 1813 by Quaker abolitionist James Craig and incorporated as a village in 1836. Hanoverton experienced growth in the 1830s by the building of the Sandy and Beaver Canal through the town, reaching a peak population in the late decade of around 2,000 inhabitants. Growth slowed into the 1840s; by the 1852 completion of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad the canal was no longer profitable and the town declined.
Hanoverton played a part in the Underground Railroad. An underground passage connected George Sloan's "Brick Row" with his brother-in-law Dr. James Robertson's home across the street, where runaway slaves were taken to a secret room.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. It is approximately miles east of Canton and southwest of Youngstown.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 408 people, 162 households, and 115 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 175 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 100.0% White.
There were 162 households, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.0% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97.
The median age in the village was 39.6 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 27.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.8% male and 52.2% female.
2000 census
As of the census
Notable people
- George Fries, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 17th District
- John Hastings, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 17th District
- Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, autodidact physicist and meteorologist, professor at Ohio State University
- Curtis H. Pettit, pioneer Minneapolis banker and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota Senate
- G. W. Temple, member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 3rd district
- Curtis C. Williams, politician and judge