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.
Geography
Plymouth, Indiana is located at 41°20′38″N 86°18′45″W / 41.34389°N 86.3125°W / 41.34389; -86.3125 (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.
Plymouth downtown from above.
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.
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.[citation needed]
The first Yellow River Festival was held June 2, 2007 and will be held the first Saturday in June, annually. The Yellow River Festival is themed around Native American and early pioneer history of the area and includes period music, dress, food and crafts related to the early settling of Plymouth.
On the third Saturday of June each year, Centennial Park's annual Latino Festival is held.
History
Centennial Park on Business 31.
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.
Notable people
- Nicole Rash, a 2003 Plymouth High School graduate, became the first representative from the city of Plymouth to become Miss Indiana in 2007. She represented her University, as Miss Ball State, being the first Miss BSU in its 50 year history to win at the Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant. She was 1st runner-up in the 2008 Miss America pageant on the nationally televised program seen on the TLC network on January 26, 2008.
- Scott Skiles, NBA basketball player and head coach.
Plymouth High School
2008 - Plymouth High School is awarded the Bronze Award from US News and World Report.[6] Also, PHS was named one of Indiana's Best Buy Schools by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce.[7]
Plymouth High School Speech
1997, 2000-2004, 2009 - Plymouth High School Speech Team wins the Ralph Lawson Trophy (overall State Champions).
1997-2004, 2006-2009 - Plymouth High School Speech Team wins the State Speech Championship for Class "AA" in Indiana.
2007 - Head Coach David McKenzie was awarded the National Forensic League National Coach of the Year.[8]
Athletics
In 1977 Plymouth High School won the State Football Championship. Pete Buchanan from the 1977 team would go on to play college football at Notre Dame.
In 1982 Scott Skiles led Plymouth High School to the boys basketball state championship with a 75-74 double overtime victory over Gary Roosevelt High School.
On March 24, 2007 Plymouth won the Indiana Class AAA boys' basketball championship. Plymouth beat Evansville Bosse in a 72-61 victory.
On March 1, 2008 Plymouth won the Indiana Class AAA Girls' Basketball Championship. The Lady Pigrims defeated Indianapolis Chatard 47-46 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1998. pp. 20. ISBN 0-89933-211-0.
- ^ "Best High Schools" US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/indiana/plymouth_high_school
- ^ "Indiana's Best Buys: An In-Depth Look at Hoosier High Schools" http://www.indianachamber.com/media/pdf/IndianasBestBuys2008.pdf
- ^ www.ihsfa.org
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