Population

County/Entity

Community

Tax Information 

1980

32,991

1,179

$67.20/$1,000 

1990

33,819

1,214

2000

34,726

1,188

Primary County/Entity

Contiguous Counties/Entities

Employment:

21,100

Employment:

215,100

Labor Force:

22,200 

Labor Force:

223,200

Unemployment Rate:

4.95% 

Unemployment Rate:

3.63%

Transportation

Rail:

Norfolk Southern

Airport:

Defiance Memorial

Truck:

9 Motor Freight Lines

Distance:

19 mi. 

Airport:

Toledo Express 

Distance:

60 mi.

Interstate:

1-75 (36 mi.) 

Highway:

St. Rts. 15,613 &634

Utilities

Electric:

AEP-Ohio Power

Water

Village of Continental

Gas:

Propane Only

Source:

Wells

Telephone:

Continental Telephone Co.

Excess Capacity:

41,000 gpd

Sewer:

Village of Continental

Treatment:

Secondary

Excess Capacity:

50,000 gpd

Higher Education

Distance (mi)

Medical Services

Distance (mi)

Bluffton College

33

Blanchard Valley Health Ctr.

41

Bluffton, Ohio

Bluffton, Ohio

Defiance College

15

Defiance Hospital

15

Defiance, Ohio

Defiance, Ohio

Ohio State Univ. (Branch)

40

Ottawa Medical & Diagnostic

12

Lima, Ohio

Ottawa, Ohio

Owens Community College

38

Paulding County Hospital

20

Findlay, Ohio

Paulding, Ohio

University of Findlay

38

St. Rita’s Ambulatory Care

12

Findlay, Ohio

Ottawa, Ohio

St. Rita’s Hospital

35

Lima, Ohio

Local Employers

Products

Unions

Employees

Continental Turf Systems

Recycled rubber products

None

6

New Millennium, Inc.

Steel bar joists

None

99

Verhoff Machine & Welding

Metal fabrication & laser cutting

None

77