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Anne B. Walker worked as a radio host, journalist, editor and columnist in Columbus for decades. She is a woman of many firsts: the first woman in broadcast management at WLWC-TV in Columbus, the very first female broadcaster to report on the Ohio legislature, and the first black woman from Franklin County given a White House appointment.
Alum Creek is an unincorporated community in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History. A post office called Alum Creek was established in 1838, and remained in operation until 1899. The community takes its name from nearby Alum Creek. References
The Columbus Interurban Terminal One of two remaining Columbus streetcars, operated 1926–1948, and now at the Ohio Railway Museum. The first public transit in the city was the horse-drawn omnibus, utilized in 1852 to transport passengers to and from the city's first train station, and in 1853, between Columbus, Franklinton, Worthington, and Canal Winchester.
Powell is a city in Delaware County, Ohio, United States, located 14 miles (21.5 km) north of the state capital of Columbus. Powell had an estimated population of 14,163 at the 2020 census . Founded in the early 1800s, it is now a suburb of Columbus.
The Ohio Amish Country, also known simply as the Amish Country, is the second-largest community of Amish (a Pennsylvania Dutch group), with in 2023 an estimated 84,065 members according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
The office for Columbus Public Health is at 240 Parsons Avenue, in Olde Towne East and near Downtown Columbus. The main building was built as the Ohio Asylum for the Blind, and was constructed from 1869 to 1874, a long period due to an irregular scarcity of construction workers. It was built in response to a growing population and overcrowding ...
The Scioto River flows beside downtown Columbus. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a land area of 220.04 square miles (569.9 km 2). [1] Unlike many other major US cities in the Midwest, Columbus continues to expand its reach by way of extensions and annexations, making it one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation, in terms of both geography and population ...
Leonardsburg is an unincorporated community in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History. Leonardsburg was laid out in 1852, and named for A. Leonard, the town's first storekeeper. A post office called Leonardsburgh was established in 1852, the name was changed to Leonardsburg in 1893, and the post office closed in 1972.