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4 days ago · Ohio, constituent state of the U.S. It is bordered by Lake Erie and Michigan to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia and Kentucky to the south, and Indiana to the west. Ohio ranks 34th in terms of total area among the 50 states, and it is one of the smallest states west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Sep 26, 2024 · Columbus, city, Franklin, Fairfield, and Delaware counties, capital (1816) of Ohio, U.S., and seat (1824) of Franklin county. It is situated in the central part of the state on the relatively flat Ohio till plain, at the junction of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers.
Sep 25, 2024 · Cleveland, city, seat (1810) of Cuyahoga county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. It is a major St. Lawrence Seaway port on the southern shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The city is home to Case Western Reserve University, and its attractions include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
3 days ago · Cincinnati, city, seat of Hamilton county, southwestern Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Ohio River opposite the suburbs of Covington and Newport, Kentucky, 15 miles (24 km) east of the Indiana border and about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Dayton. Cincinnati is Ohio’s third largest city, after.
Sep 13, 2024 · Ohio River, major river artery of the east-central United States. Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, then in a general southwesterly direction to join the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois (see photograph),
Toledo, city, seat (1835) of Lucas county, northwestern Ohio, U.S., at the mouth of the Maumee River (bridged). It lies along Maumee Bay (southwestern tip of Lake Erie), about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Detroit, Mich., and is a principal Great Lakes port, being the hub of a metropolitan complex.
Navy commissioned 18 Ohio-class submarines between 1981 and 1997 (see photograph)—though some of them have since been converted to non-SLBM use under the terms of arms control treaties. These vessels displace 16,600 tons at the surface and are about as long as the Soviet/Russian Typhoons.
Sandusky, city, seat (1838) of Erie county, northern Ohio, U.S. It lies along Sandusky Bay (Lake Erie’s largest natural harbour [there bridged to Port Clinton]), about 60 miles (100 km) west of Cleveland.
4 days ago · Ohio - Native American, Settlement, Industrialization: Remains of ancient peoples dating to 9000 bce have been found in Ohio. The later Adena and Hopewell cultures built elaborate burial and ceremonial mounds and also produced pottery, stone tools, polished stone pipes and other carvings, and ornamental metalwork.
Marion, city, seat (1824) of Marion county, north central Ohio, U.S., approximately 45 miles (70 km) north of Columbus. Laid out about 1820, it was first called Jacob’s Well (for Jacob Foos, who dug for water there). Renamed in 1822 for Gen. Francis Marion of American Revolutionary War fame, it was.
