Mount Orab, Ohio
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Mount Orab, Ohio

Mount Orab (/ˈmnt ˈɔːrəb/ MOUNT OR-əb) is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population is 4,347 as of the 2020 United States census.

Mount Orab was laid out by Daniel Keether on September 3, 1850. The village's name most likely is derived from Mount Horeb, a place in the Hebrew Bible.

The Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad was chartered on January 11, 1876, with the intent to construct a railway between Cincinnati and Williamsburg. On May 16, the eastern terminus of the line was extended to Portsmouth, and the name of the railroad was changed to the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad (C&E) on May 24.

The C&E itself was acquired by the Norfolk & Western (now Norfolk Southern) in 1901. The Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET) passes through Mount Orab.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.89 square miles (23.02 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 census, Mount Orab had a population of 4,347. The median age was 37.2 years. 27.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 86.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.7 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,727 households in Mount Orab, of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.6% were married-couple households, 13.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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