Bolivar, Ohio

Bolivar is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 994 at the 2010 census. Bolivar is also home to Fort Laurens, the only American Revolutionary War-era fort in what is now Ohio.HistoryShingas, a Delaware Indian leader, established a village known as Shingas Town in the general vicinity of present Bolivar in 1752. In 1778, Fort Laurens was built in this same area.Bolivar itself was platted in 1830 as part of the growth occasioned by the development of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The community was named after Simón Bolívar.GeographyBolivar is located at, along the Tuscarawas River.According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.70sqmi, of which 0.69sqmi is land and 0.01sqmi is water.Bolivar is the northernmost municipality in Tuscarawas County, and is the only municipality in Tuscarawas County that has areas of Stark County that are farther south than it.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 994 people, 380 households, and 257 families residing in the village. The population density was 1440.6PD/sqmi. There were 396 housing units at an average density of 573.9/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 98.8% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.7% of the population.