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{{Distinguish|Lucas County, Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=JulyMay 20232024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Lucas, Ohio
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|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = Todd R. Hall{{cn|date=March 2024}}
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|leader_name1 =
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|area_code = [[Area code 419|419]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 39-45276<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 2399197<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2399197}}</ref>
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==History==
David Tucker, a New Hampshire resident, moved to Richland County in 1819, where he set in a proposal to buy land in the rural country of the county. He was granted this proposal in 1824, allowing him to buy land from the state at $1.25 per acre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucas Ohio - City of Lucas - Cities in Ohio |url=https://dearmanmoving.com/lucas-ohio/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Dearman Moving |language=en-US}}</ref> After purchasing a mass quantity of land from the state, Tucker hired Mr. Steward to survey the land for auctioning out. David's brother, John, was placed in charge as the head attorney authored to sell land to incoming settlers and pioneers in 1829.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucas Ohio - City of Lucas - Cities in Ohio |url=https://dearmanmoving.com/lucas-ohio/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Dearman Moving |language=en-US}}</ref> The auction was advertised in the local handbill "The Mansfield Shield and Banner", in which the land was described as "as good as a wheat growing country as the state can have." In response to this statement, the land for three major wheat mills was bought that year and mills were built in the following months. The town officially built and commissioned a postal office later that year. In 1830, the Chicago Railroad Company paid for tracks to be laid down on the south side of town of the town as well as a depot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucas Ohio - City of Lucas - Cities in Ohio |url=https://dearmanmoving.com/lucas-ohio/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Dearman Moving |language=en-US}}</ref> By 1834, the Lucas area was full of houses and shops, becoming a major rural center for Richland County, mostly due to being the first town in the county to receive federal aid in its building because the land where Lucas presided was a campsite of General [[John Brooks (governor)|John Brooks]] as he marched north from Mansfield during the [[War of 1812]], thus qualifying it as a historical site at the time.<ref>Lucas, OH: The Pleasant Valley of Homes. retrieved: September 28, 2104</ref> Currently three theories exist on how the Village of Lucas acquired its name:
# The town was named after the current at the time and 12th governor of Ohio, [[Robert Lucas (governor)|Robert Lucas]].
# The town was named in honor of Governor Lucas's brother, a major land owner for the town.
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==Geography==
Lucas lies southeast of Mansfield, a few miles from [[Interstate 71]] on [[Ohio State Route 39|State Route 39]]. Lucas is surrounded by the Rocky Fork and [[Black Fork Mohican River|Black Fork]] rivers, and the [[Charles Mill Lake]] to the east, and the Pleasant Hill Lake to the south. Lucas has many hills and forests and is part of the Mohican Valley area, along with [[Loudonville, Ohio|Loudonville]], [[Perrysville, Ohio|Perrysville]], [[Butler, Ohio|Butler]] and [[Bellville, Ohio|Bellville]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.69|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 6, 2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-01-January 25, 2012 }}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
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|2010= 615
|2020= 589
|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-12-December 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>Data in historical populations table from {{citation|title=US Census, 1890|year = 1891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40kUAAAAYAAJ&q=census%20pataskala&pg=RA1-PA151}}; {{citation|title=US Census, 1920|year = 1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oei2AAAAIAAJ&q=census%20pataskala&pg=PA565}}; {{citation|title=US Census, 1950|year = 1952| isbn=9780598466846 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32pQAAAAYAAJ&q=census%20pataskala%201930&pg=SA35-PA18}}; {{citation|title=US Census, 1970|year = 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j0YAAAAYAAJ&q=1970%20census%20ohio%20%22heath%22&pg=SA37-PA15}}; {{citation|title=US Census, 2000|isbn = 9781428986060|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9A1ElkbD3YcC&q=1990%20census%20ohio&pg=PA21}}; {{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-12-December 24, 2013}}</ref>
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 6, 2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 615 people, 237 households, and 176 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|891.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 269 housing units at an average density of {{convert|389.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 1.6% from two or more races.
 
There were 237 households, of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.7% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.97.
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==Education and athletics==
Lucas is in the [[Lucas Local School District]]. The district enrolls 584 students and administers 3 public schools including Lucas Elementary School, Lucas Heritage Middle School, and [[Lucas High School]].<ref>{{cite web |last=greatschools |url=http://www.greatschools.org/ohio/lucas/Lucas-Local/ |title=Lucas Local School District Profile |accessdate=December 4, 2013-12-04 }}</ref>
 
The Lucas "Cubs" are a member of the Mid-Buckeye Conference, participating in sports such as baseball, football, basketball, track, cross country, girls volleyball and girls softball.
 
Lucas has a public library, a branch of the Mansfield–Richland County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mrcpl.org/branches | title=Locations | publisher=Mansfield-Richland County Public Library | accessdate=3 March 3, 2018}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
* [[Louis Bromfield]], Pulitzer Prize–winning author and world-famous conservationist
* [[Johnny Appleseed|John Chapman]], also known as Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania
* [[Tim Seder]], [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] placekicker
* [[Johnny Appleseed|John Chapman]], also known as Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania
 
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Richland County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]