Ohio · Census place 3929148

Galena, Ohio

Galena is a village in Delaware County, Ohio with an estimated 1,021 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 516th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,021
#516 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+10.3%
+95 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
590 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Galena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Galena population, 2020 to 2024

Galena added 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 921. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Galena covers 1.73 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 590 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Galena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Galena is in

All of Galena's residents live in Delaware County, which had 237,966 residents in 2024. Galena holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43021. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Galena is

The Census internal point of Galena is at 40.225300, -82.876200. Columbus, the capital, is 19.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunbury, OH (9,705 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 17.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.225300, -82.876200
DMS
40°13'31.08"N 82°52'34.32"W
UTM
17N 340370.9E 4454452.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GV64GF+4G

Daylight in Galena

At 40.23° N, Galena gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Galena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Sunbury, 1.7 miles away, with 9,705 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Galena, OH?

1,021 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 95 (10.3%) from 926 in July 2020.

What county is Galena in?

Delaware County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Galena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43021.

How far is Galena from Columbus?

19.4 miles (31.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Galena.

What is the nearest larger city to Galena?

Sunbury, OH, with 9,705 residents, 1.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.