Ohio, United States

Ohio (in English: Ohio) is a state in the United States, whose zip code is OH. The state capital is the city of Columbus. Ohio has a population of 11,658,609 (2017). The total area of ​​the state is 116,098 km², of which 106,052 km² is land and 10,050 km² is water (8.66%).

On March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th state of the United States. It is located in the North of the USA. Located between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Hilly plain. Moderate continental climate. Main river – Ohio. Deciduous forests. One of the most economically developed states. The industrial branches are developed: coal mining, metallurgical, metalworking, rubber, atomic, chemical, food industry. Intensive agriculture. Animal husbandry and grain production are the main developed subsectors. Highly developed transport. Major cities: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo.

Cities

• Brunswick
• Dayton
• Youngstown
• Kent
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Cincinnati
• Springfield
• Toledo
• Warren

Counties

According to Countryaah, Ohio consists of 88 counties:

1. Adams
2. Alan
3. Athens
4. Ashland
5. Ashtabula
6. Belmont
7. Brown
8. Butler
9. Van Worth
10. Washington
11. Winton
12. Gaul
13. Green
14. Guernsey
15. Dark
16. Delaware
17. Jackson
18. Jefferson
19. Gioga
20. Defiance
21. Erie
22. Cuyahoga
23. Carol
24. Clark
25. Claremont
26. Clinton
27. Columbiana
28. Crawford
29. Cushocton
30. Lake
31. Licking
32. Logan
33. Lorraine
34. Lawrence
35. Lucas
36. Marion
37. Miami
38. Megz
39. Medina
40. Madison
41. Monroe
42. Montgomery
43. Morgan
44. Morrow
45. Mercer
46. Muskingum
47. Mahoning
48. Noble
49. Knox
50. Auglaise
51. Ottawa
52. Pike
53. Perry
54. Pickaway
55. Paulding
56. Portage
57. Preble
58. Putnam
59. Richland
60. Ross
61. Sayota
62. Sandusky
63. Seneca
64. Stark
65. Summit
66. Trumbull
67. Tuscaraos
68. Wyandot
69. Wood
70. Wayne
71. Williams
72. Warren
73. Fayette
74. Fairfield
75. Franklin
76. Fulton
77. Highland
78. Hamilton
79. Hancock
80. Hardin
81. Harrison
82. Henry
83. Hawking
84. Holmes
85. Huran
86. Champagne
87. Shelby
88. Union

Columbus

Downtown Columbus at night

Columbus is a city and the county seat of Franklin County, and the capital of the state of Ohio, USA. Columbus has a population of 754,885 (2008). Columbus was named after Christopher Columbus.

It is located in the central part of the state, at the confluence of the Sayoto and Oulantenji rivers. The climate in the area is moderately continental with sultry, hot summers and dry and cold winters. In the summer, the appearance of tornadoes is also possible, the last more serious of which occurred on October 11, 2006.

Interesting facts

• Many Hollywood productions such as ” Traffic “, ” Silence of the Lambs “, ” The Shawshank Redemption ” have been filmed in the city.
• The local Columbus Crew Stadium is the first stadium in the USA built specifically for football (soccer).
• At the end of February, the city hosts the Arnold Classic, a professional bodybuilding tournament hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger .
• A 1:1 scale replica of Columbus’ ship the Santa Maria is anchored on the Scioto River in the center of town.
• According to an FBI report, the city had 102 homicides in 2005, which ranked Columbus 9th among cities with a population of over 500,000.
• The first settler in these places, Lucas Sullivant, in 1797 initially named the settlement Franklinton, as he was a great admirer of Benjamin Franklin.
• There are 20 other cities with the same name in the US.

Famous people

Born in Columbus

• Don Eisele (1930 – 1987), astronaut
• Joshua Angrist (b. 1960), economist
• Majel Barrett (1932 – 2008), actress
• Richard Biggs (1960 – 2004), actor
• Lois McMaster Bujold (b. 1949), writer
• Alex Gray (b. 1953), artist
• Howard Jones (b. 1970), singer
• Heidi Mark (b. 1971), actress
• Josh Radner (b. 1974), actor
• Robert Stein (b. 1943), writer
• Louis Fizer (1899 – 1977), chemist
• Michael Forman (b. 1957), astronaut
• Megan Chance (b. 1959), writer

Died in Columbus

• John Glenn (1921 – 2016), astronaut
• Paul Tibbetts (1915 – 2007), General