List of Counties

List of Towns

Points of Interest

Capital: Columbus

Largest city: Columbus

Highest point: Campbell Hill, 1,550 ft

Lowest point: Ohio River, 455 ft

Admission to Union: March 1, 1803 (17th)

"Hang On Sloopy" is the official state rock song

Ohio, whose name was derived from the Seneca word ohi:yo’, meaning "large creek"

Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants

Top Ten Cities

1     Columbus
2     Cleveland 
3     Cincinnati
4     Toledo
5     Akron
6     Dayton
7     Parma
8     Canton
9     Youngstown
10   Lorain

Rock n' Roll Hall of Frame - Cleveland

Football Hall of Frame - Canton

Ohio is called 'The Buckeye State' because of all the Ohio Buckeye trees within the state. The tree is called the buckeye tree because its nuts resemble the shape and color of a deer's eye.

Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top can in Kettering

State of Ohio

Ohio State Seal

About Ohio

The story of Ohio's statehood dates back to the Ordinance of 1787 and the creation of the Northwest Territory, a large body of unsettled land that encompassed what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

Seven U.S. presidents are from Ohio, another nickname  for Ohio is "Mother of Presidents"

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