Electricity Rates in Bergholz, OH

History of Bergholz

Initially, the Bergholz area was a settlement called Nebo. Modern Bergholz had its start in 1883 when the railroad was built through that territory in order to access a mine. The settlement was named Bergholz in honor of one of the mine owners. It was incorporated as a village in 1906.Confederate general John Hunt Morgan traveled through Bergholz during the 1863 Morgan's Raid on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville in the American Civil War.In September 2012, a group of 16 Amish men and women from the Bergholz Community were convicted of federal hate-crime and conspiracy charges after five hair- and beard-cutting incidents. Samuel Mullet Sr., who did not participate in the five hair- and beard-cutting attacks, was tried as the leader of the campaign. Initially Samuel Mullet Sr. was sentenced to 15 years in prison on February 8, 2013, with fifteen others receiving lighter sentences ranging from one year and one day to seven years; after these convictions were overturned in August 2014 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, these sentences were reduced in March 2015.Due to the cloistered nature of Amish lifestyle, they are often reluctant to bring complaints to local police who describe the attacks as "very rare".

Bergholz by the Numbers

Population

1,065

Median Age

42.6 yrs

Median Household Income

$59,107/yr

Median Home Value

$86,900

Homeownership Rate

84%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)