Sidney
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seat of Shelby County, Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Shelby
- Mayor
- Mike Barhorst
- City manager
- Andrew Bowsher
- Total
- 12.10 sq mi (31.34 km )
- Land
- 11.97 sq mi (31.00 km )
- Water
- 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km )
- Elevation
- 1,037 ft (316 m)
- Density
- 1,720/sq mi (664.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 45365, 45367
- Area codes
- 937, 326
- Fips code
- 39-72424
- Website
- www .sidneyoh .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Sidney
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Shelby County
- Population
- 20589
- Area
- 31.48074
- Elevation
- 290
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Shelby County
- Official website
- www.sidneyoh.com
- Image
- Sidney from the east.jpg
- Households
- 8489
- Dialing code
- 937
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- Commons category
- Sidney, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Sidney, Ohio
- P8168
- Penny Johnson Jerald
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sidney, Ohio
- postal code
- 45367
- water as percent of area
- 1.0872
- per capita income
- 27662
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 20,589 at the 2020 census. It is approximately 36 miles (58 km) north of Dayton and 100 miles (160 km) south of Toledo, and is a part of the Dayton metropolitan area. The city is named after English poet Philip Sidney, and many of Sidney's elementary schools are named after famous writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award. In 2009, it was the subject of the documentary film 45365.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sidney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.