OHIO FACTS & LINKS
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Due to its geographically central location, the state of Ohio, for its size,
has more interstate freeways, and more interstate traffic per mile, than any
other state. Consequently, the very strict Ohio State Highway Patrol generates
the highest number of speeding tickets per mile. Ask any trucker.
Ohio is the only state to win the Miss America Pageant two years in a row by
the same contestant - Mary Campbell, from Columbus, in 1922 and 1923. She also
was first-runner-up in 1924. After that, the Miss America Pageant changed their
rules so that any contestant could only compete once in the pageant at the national
level.
Ohio was carved from the Northwest and Indiana Territory.
The State of Indiana came into existence in 1816.
There are 88 counties in Ohio (2003)
Ohio is the home of both John Glenn, the first astronaut to orbit the earth, and Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon.
The Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
Phone: 614-294-2630
Population:
1900 - 4,147,545
1910 - 4,767,121
1920 - 5,759,394
1930 - 6,646,697
1940 - 6,907,612
1950 - 7,946,627
1960 - 9,706,397
1970 - 10,652,017
1980 - 10,797,630
1990 - 10,847,115
2000 - 11,353,140
2005 - 11,464,042
Population Density:
2000 - 277.3 persons per square mile
Size:
Land area - 40,948 square miles
Income:
Median Household Income - $43,119 (2003)
Per capita income - $21,003 (1999)
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History:
Story of Ohio Statehood
Ohio is the birthplace of more Presidents than any other state - eight.
The evoluation of Ohio
Ohio Governors
with dates of service
Ohio Memory, online scrapbook of Ohio History
Ohio History Central from the Ohio Historical Society
Flights of Inspiration - including Orville and Wilbur Wright
Genealogy:
Indiana State GenWeb page
for Genealogy research in Ohio
Birth
& Death Certificate Information
for the state of
Ohio
Where to find Vital Statistics in the state of Ohio
Access Genealogy for Ohio
Ohio State Library Genealogy Services
Attractions & other Information:
Ohio State Chamber of Commerce
230 East Town Street
Columbus, OH
Ohio Division of Travel &
Tourism
P.O. Box 1001
Columbus, OH 43216-1001
Toll-free: 1-800-BUCKEYE
Ohio State Fair
The fair was first held in Cincinnati in 1850. It celebrates Ohio's products,
people, and accomplishments in a 17-day exposition that usually begins on the
first Friday of August each year.
Government Links page
for Ohio
Great links page for all levels of government in Ohio
Ohio Government information from the State Library
Put-in-Bay Visitors Guide
All the information you need to plan a day trip, weekend getaway,
or week long vacation to Put-in-Bay, Ohio on South Bass Island.
A guided tour of the Ohio Statehouse
Find the weather for anyplace in the USA
This page was created 3 November 1998
This page was last updated 20 September 2006
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