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"So Much to Discover"
State Capital:
Columbus
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Ohio
Quick Facts
Ohio is
a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the
U.S., it is the 7th-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents. Ohio is historically known as the 'Buckeye State' (relating to the Ohio buckeye tree) and Ohioans are also known as
'Buckeyes.
The population density of Ohio ranks ninth among all U.S. states.
10
Largest Cities:
Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Parma, Youngstown, Canton, Lorain
Ohio:
Ohio
Cities
Capital:
Columbus
State
abbreviation/Postal code:
Ohio/OH
Residents:
Ohioans
Motto:
"So Much to Discover"
Nickname:
Buckeye State
Origin
of name:
Relating to the Ohio
Buckeye Tree
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| Area
Code |
907
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Codes |
Ohio
Zipcodes |
| Flower |
Scarlet Carnation |
| Tree |
Buckeye
Tree |
| Bird |
cardinal (1933) |
| Fish |
Flint |
| Song |
Beautiful Ohio (1969) |
| Gem |
Flint |
| Fossil |
trilobite (1985) |
| Flag
U.S.
State Flags
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FAMOUS
OHIOANS
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Clarence Darrow lawyer
Ruby Dee actress
Rita Dove poet
Hugh Downs TV broadcaster
Thomas A. Edison inventor
Clark Gable actor
James A. Garfield president
Lillian Gish actress
John Glenn astronaut and senator
Ulysses S. Grant president
Warren G. Harding president
Rutherford Hayes president
Benjamin Harrison president
William Dean Howells novelist and critic
Zane Grey author
Robert Henri painter
Kenisaw Mountain Landis first baseball commissioner
Dean Martin singer and actor
William
McKinley president
Hart Crane poet
George Armstrong Custer army officer
Dorothy Dandridge actress
Doris Day singer and actress
Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy) actor
Milton Caniff cartoonist
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Paul
Newman actor
Jack Nicklaus golfer
Annie Oakley markswoman
Norman Vincent Peale clergyman
Tyrone Power actor
Judith Resnik astronaut
Eddie Rickenbacker aviator
Roy Rogers actor and singer
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. historian
William Tecumseh Sherman army general
Gloria Steinem feminist
William H. Taft president
Tecumseh Shawnee Indian chief
Lowell Thomas explorer and commentator
James Thurber author and cartoonist
Orville Wright inventor
Cy Young baseball player
Neil Armstrong astronaut
Kathleen Battle soprano
George Bellows painter and lithographer
Ambrose Bierce journalist
Erma Bombeck columnist
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U.S.
Representatives:
18
Organized
as territory:
1912
Entered
Union (rank): March 1, 1803 (17)
Constitution
ratified: 1851
Land
area: 571,951
sq mi. (1,4 81,353 sq km)
Geographic
center: 60
mi. NW of Mt. McKinley
Number
of Counties:
27
Largest
County:
Anchorage
State
parks: more
than 100 (3.5 million acres)
Elevation
- Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km2)
- Latitude 38° 24′ N to 41° 59′ N
- Longitude 80° 31′ W to 84° 49′ W
- Highest point Campbell Hill 1,550 ft (472 m)
- Mean 853 ft (260 m)
- Lowest point Ohio River 455 ft (139 m)
Ohio
Area Code Map
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