Kidron, Ohio
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| subdivision_name = United States
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| subdivision_name1 = Ohio
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Wayne
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Sugar Creek
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| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 966
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
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| elevation_ft = 1119
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| area_code = 330
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Kidron is a census-designated place in southwestern Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The population was 966 at the 2020 census.
History
Kidron was originally settled in 1819 by a group of Swiss Mennonites wishing to escape religious persecution and poor farming conditions in their homeland in the Sonnenberg area of Switzerland near the Jura Mountains. In Switzerland, the Swiss Mennonites were referred to as "Die Stillen im Lande" meaning "the quiet people in the country." They originally named their new home Sonnenberg, but later this gave way to the present day name of Kidron.[http://www.amish-heartland.com/amish/printer_friendly/1933131 A Little Bit Swiss: Amish Country's "other" heritage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723233326/http://www.amish-heartland.com/amish/printer_friendly/1933131 |date=2008-07-23 }}, Amish-Heartland.com. 2002-09-30. Accessed 2009-04-19.
Education
Residents may attend a small public school in the nearby village of Dalton. The Kidron Elementary School was recently torn down (2014), however a new school building (in Dalton) for kindergarten through 8th grade was just built and used in the 2014â2015 school year.
Central Christian School is a private Kâ12 school located in Kidron, and is owned and operated by the Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church.
In popular culture
On an episode of the Fox TV series 24 that aired on January 26, 2009, a city named "Kidron, Ohio" was the location of a foiled terrorist attack. The city depicted in the show was many times larger than the actual Kidron; its name was chosen because of its obscurity.{{cite news|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/38481934.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615160639/http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/38481934.html|archivedate=2011-06-15|title='24' launches fictional attack on Kidron|work=Ohio.com|date=2009-01-27|accessdate=2009-02-02}}
Notable people
References
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External links
- [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=16960 Kidron, Ohio Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416051107/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=16960 |date=April 16, 2008 }}
- [http://www.centralchristian.k12.oh.us/ Central Christian School]
- [http://www.kidronhistoricalsociety.org/ Kidron Community Historical Society]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Category:Populated places established in 1819