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List of counties in Ohio. There are 88 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Nine of them existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802. [ 1] A tenth county, Wayne, was established on August 15, 1796, and encompassed roughly the present state of Michigan. [ 2] During the Convention, the county was opposed to statehood, and was ...
Website. franklincountyohio.gov. Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,323,807, [ 3] making it the most populous county in Ohio. Most of its land area is taken up by its county seat, Columbus, [ 4] the state capital and most populous city in Ohio. The county was established on April ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after only Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital, after only Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas.
The Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Central Ohio surrounding the state capital of Columbus. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, it includes the counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, and Union. [ 3] At the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 2,138,926 ...
Hamilton County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 830,639, [2] making it the third-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat and largest city is Cincinnati. [3] The county is named for the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. [4]
Franklinton is a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just west of its downtown. Settled in 1797, Franklinton is the first American settlement in Franklin County, and was the county seat until 1824. As the city of Columbus grew, the city annexed and incorporated the existing settlement in 1859. Franklinton is bordered by the Scioto River on the ...
Worthington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, and is a northern suburb of Columbus.The population in the 2020 Census was 14,786. The city was founded in 1803 by the Scioto Company led by James Kilbourne, who was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, and named in honor of Thomas Worthington, who later became governor of Ohio.
Camp Chase was an American Civil War training and prison camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. [ 4 ] It replaced the much smaller Camp Jackson which was established by Ohio Governor William Dennison Jr as a place for Ohio's union volunteers to meet. [ 4 ] It originally operated from a city park.