New California, Ohio
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|official_name = New California, Ohio
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|map_caption = Location of New California, Ohio
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Union
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 5.41
|area_land_km2 = 5.33
|area_water_km2 = 0.08
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.09
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.06
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 2225
|population_density_km2 = 417.42
|population_density_sq_mi = 1081.15
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_ft = 978
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 43064
|area_code = 614
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|blank_info = 2628939{{GNIS|2628939}}
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New California is a census-designated place in central Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, United States.{{gnis|2628939}} It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Industrial Parkway, just south of 42's intersection with U.S. Route 33.Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, 2006, p. 78. The population was 2,225 at the 2020 census.
History
New California was platted in 1853.{{cite book|last=Curry|first=William Leontes|title=History of Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72|year=1913|publisher=Press of the Edward T. Miller Company|page=48}} According to tradition, news of a man passing through the settlement to California caused the name to be selected.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=112|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=96}} The New California Post office was established on January 7, 1850, but was discontinued on May 14, 1904. The mail service is now sent through the Plain City branch.
On September 19, 2009, a new Ohio historical marker was dedicated in New California. The marker symbolizes the fact that 367 men from Jerome Township joined the Union cause, giving it one of the highest per capita rates for service in the nation during the American Civil War, and also the fact that seventeen of those veterans are buried in the community's small cemetery.Plain City Advocate, A historic occasion, October 6, 2009
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Education
Most of New California CDP is in Jonathan Alder Local School District while some parts are in Dublin City School District and in Fairbanks Local School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Union County, OH|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-09-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st39_oh/place/p3954320_new_california/DC20BLK_P3954320.pdf Detail of New California CDP] - Compare to school boundary maps.
The comprehensive high school of the first district is Jonathan Alder High School.
The zoned schools for the Dublin City School District portion are: Glacier Ridge Elementary School,{{cite web|url=https://www.dublinschools.net/fs/resource-manager/view/b0d2b972-1eab-456f-9217-bc0583ee65ed|title=Elementary School Boundaries|publisher=Dublin City School District|access-date=2024-09-19}} Eversole Run Middle School,{{cite web|url=https://www.dublinschools.net/fs/resource-manager/view/b3368efc-968d-490e-a4cc-5cfb40f3106f|title=Middle School Boundaries|publisher=Dublin City School District|access-date=2024-09-19}} and Dublin Jerome High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.dublinschools.net/fs/resource-manager/view/6af5f134-91c1-4869-a092-791f0f83b5f0|title=High School Boundaries|publisher=Dublin City School District|access-date=2024-09-19}}
References
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{{Union County, Ohio}}
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