Junction City, Ohio

Junction City is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 819 at the 2010 census.HistoryJunction City was laid out in 1872 at the site of a railroad junction. A post office has been in operation at Junction City since 1872.GeographyJunction City is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.64sqmi, of which 0.63sqmi is land and 0.01sqmi is water.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 819 people, 315 households, and 223 families residing in the village. The population density was 1300.0PD/sqmi. There were 337 housing units at an average density of 534.9/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 97.3% White, 0.2% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.There were 315 households of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 11.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.2% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.