Electricity Rates in Mason, OH

History of Mason

On June 1, 1803, Revolutionary War veteran William Mason paid $1,700 at auction to purchase 640 acres (2.6 km) of land in what is now downtown Mason. In 1815, he platted 16 lots on this land and named the village "Palmyra."In 1835, a petition was sent to the federal post office to correct the name of the town. The town had been listed as Kirkwood, possibly an error because the postmaster at the time was named William Kirkwood. When village officials were informed that there was another Palmyra in Ohio, the name was officially changed to "Mason."In 1923, Main Street was paved, prompting a celebration throughout the town.Mason remained a small farming community for another 125 years. In 1970, a year before the town was incorporated to become a city, there were fewer than 5,700 residents.In February 1997, Mason withdrew from surrounding Deerfield Township by forming a paper township called Mason Township.In 1928 the 50,000 watt, 831-foot WLW-AM tower was built on Tylersville Road. Six years after its construction, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the station's equipment be upgraded to operate at 500,000 watts, making it the most powerful broadcast station in the country at the time, powerful enough to broadcast across the Atlantic ocean.

Mason by the Numbers

Population

58,132

Median Age

40.9 yrs

Median Household Income

$131,803/yr

Median Home Value

$403,700

Homeownership Rate

78%

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