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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = North Bend, Ohio
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
|nickname                 =
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = [[William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial|Harrison's Tomb]]
|image_flag               = Flag of North Bend, Ohio.png
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]] and the state of [[Ohio]]

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|subdivision_name         = [[United States]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Ohio|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Miami]]

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|government_type          = [[Mayor-council government]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Doug Sammons<ref>{{cite web |title=Village Officials |url=http://www.northbendohio.org/VillageOfficials.html |website=North Bend, Ohio History and Government |publisher=Village of North Bend, Ohio |access-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319164904/http://www.northbendohio.org/VillageOfficials.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|area_total_km2           = 2.98
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           =
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|population_footnotes     =
|population_total         = 835
|population_density_km2   = 294.97
|population_density_sq_mi = 763.95

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|utc_offset_DST           = -4
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|elevation_ft             = 614
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 45052
|area_code                = [[Area code 513|513]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 39-56182<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2399511<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2399511}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.northbendohio.org}}
|footnotes                =
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'''North Bend''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Miami Township]], [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]], [[Ohio]], United States, along the [[Ohio River]]. It is a part of the [[Cincinnati metropolitan area|Greater Cincinnati area]]. The population was 835 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
[[File:Hand Map of Symmes.jpg|thumb|left|Early map of Symmes City]]
[[File:Harrison at cabin on North Bend of Ohio - 1840 lithograph.jpg|thumb|left|[[William Henry Harrison]] greets a visitor at the "First building on North Bend" in an 1840 lithograph]]
North Bend was founded in 1789. It was platted as Symmes City but ultimately never took that name.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Beginnings of Ohio Cities|first=Harvey Wilson|last=Compton|journal=Northwest Ohio Quarterly|publisher=The Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio|volume=1|issue=5|date=January 1933|url=http://toledosattic.org/images/pdfs/nwoq-by-issue/NWOQ_1933_Vol5-1.pdf#page=2}}</ref> Instead, it was incorporated as the village of North Bend in 1845.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA868 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=November 30, 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=868| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> It is named for its location, where the [[Ohio River]] [[meander]]s to the north.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X2j44h3d8IC&q=North+Bend%2C+Ohio+southwestern&pg=PA64 | title=Ohio and Its People | publisher=Kent State University Press | date=2003 | access-date=December 2, 2013 | author=Knepper, George W. | pages=64| isbn=9780873387910 }}</ref>

President [[Benjamin Harrison]] was born in North Bend. It was the home of his grandfather, President [[William Henry Harrison]]. North Bend is the location of the grave of [[John Cleves Symmes]] at [[Congress Green Cemetery]] and of the [[William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial]], the grave of William Henry Harrison.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hB6AAAAMAAJ&q=cincinnati+the+queen+city+clarke&pg=PA532 | title=Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2 | publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | year=1912 | access-date=May 20, 2013 | author=Clarke, S. J. | pages=532}}</ref> [[John Scott Harrison]], the only man in U.S. history to be the son of a president and the father of a president, was born in North Bend and is buried in his father's vault in North Bend. [[Eliza Hendricks]], wife of U.S. Vice President [[Thomas A. Hendricks]], also was born in North Bend.

On May 5, 1865, North Bend was the site of an early hold-up of a railway train.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northbendohio.org/northbendgreattrainrobbery.html|title=Village of North Bend, Ohio history and government.|last=northbendohio.org|website=www.northbendohio.org|access-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.15|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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]]|access-date=January 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131081456/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 412
|1900= 532
|1910= 560
|1920= 597
|1930= 597
|1940= 679
|1950= 711
|1960= 622
|1970= 638
|1980= 546
|1990= 541
|2000= 603
|2010= 857
|2020= 835
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the census of 2020, there were 835 people living in the village, for a population density of 763.95 people per square mile (294.97/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 423 housing units. The racial makeup of the village was 93.4% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 4.3% from two or more races. 0.7% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=North Bend village, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/North_Bend_village,_Ohio?g=160XX00US3956182 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>

There were 430 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a male householder with no spouse present, and 25.3% had a female householder with no spouse present. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46, and the average family size was 2.73.<ref name="2020 census"/>

22.1% of the village's population were under the age of 18, 43.9% were 18 to 64, and 34.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.9. For every 100 females, there were 120.0 males.<ref name="2020 census"/>

According to the U.S. Census [[American Community Survey]], for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the village was $88,910, and the median income for a family was $103,333. About 11.9% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 26.6% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over. About 50.6% of the population were employed, and 38.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="2020 census"/>

===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]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 857 people, 370 households, and 278 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|800.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 412 housing units at an average density of {{convert|385.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.2% of the population.

There were 370 households, of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 24.9% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.63.

The median age in the village was 52.7 years. 15.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.8% were from 25 to 44; 37.3% were from 45 to 64; and 23.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.1% male and 49.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 603 people, 253 households, and 182 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|560.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 290 housing units at an average density of {{convert|269.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 99.83% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]].

There were 253 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $51,979, and the median income for a family was $60,833. Males had a median income of $45,000 versus $26,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $28,792. About 4.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.northbendohio.org/ Village website]

{{Hamilton County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Villages in Hamilton County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Ohio populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:1789 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]