Thurston, Ohio

Thurston is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 604 at the 2010 census.HistoryThurston was originally called Bush City, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881. A post office called Thurston has been in operation since 1881.GeographyThurston is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.26sqmi, all land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 604 people, 219 households, and 152 families residing in the village. The population density was 2323.1PD/sqmi. There were 238 housing units at an average density of 915.4/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 95.4% White, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.There were 219 households of which 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.6% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.18.