Buckeye Talks on Tap: The Demography of Ohio's Four Shaker Villages in 1850

Date
June 9, 2026
Time
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
Bucci’s Italian Scratch Kitchen (the Dock at Bucci’s) 320 W. Center St., Marion, OH

About this event

The presentation will explore the demography of residents in the four Shaker villages in Ohio in 1850: their numbers, ages, sex ratios, levels of schooling, occupations, birthplaces, and potential kinship/family links. Each village's characteristics differed, not only from each other but from the demography of their surrounding counties and from Shaker characteristics nationwide. Also included will be a discussion of the basic beliefs of Shakers and a brief review of the development and demise of Ohio's Shaker villages. Except for Whitewater Village in Hamilton County, little physical evidence remains of the villages.

Speakers

Dr. Greg Rose
Ohio State Marion Associate Professor of Geography Emeritus

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