Ohio History in General

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Found this neat site while getting some info to teach my youngest for history:
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php

Ohio Quick Facts
Basic Facts

1. Name: From Iroquois word meaning "great river"
2. Statehood: On February 19, 1803 Congress passed an act stating that the citizens of Ohio had adopted a constitution in accordance with the 1802 enabling act and the said state had become one of the United States of America. The Ohio General Assembly met for the first time in Chillicothe on March 1, 1803, the date Ohioans now celebrate as Statehood Day.
3. Capitals
1. Chillicothe: 1803 - 1809
2. Zanesville: 1809 - 1812
3. Chillicothe: 1812 - 1816
4. Columbus: 1816 – present
4. Nickname: Buckeye State
5. Total Population: 11,353,140 (as of 2000 census)

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State Symbols

1. Herb Capital of Ohio - Gahanna
2. Ohio's State Beverage - Tomato Juice
3. Ohio's State Bird - Cardinal
4. Ohio's State Flag (1901)
5. Ohio's State Flower - Red Carnation
6. Ohio's State Fossil - Isotelus
7. Ohio's State Gemstone - Flint
8. Ohio's State Groundhog: Buckeye Chuck
9. Ohio's State Insect - Ladybug
10. Ohio's State Mammal - White-tailed Deer
11. Ohio's State Motto
12. Ohio's State Nickname – Buckeye State
13. Ohio's State Pledge
14. Ohio's State Poetry Day
15. Ohio's State Prehistoric Monument – The Newark Earthworks
16. Ohio's State Reptile - Black Racer
17. Ohio's State Rock Song – "Hang On Sloopy"
18. Ohio's State Seal
19. Ohio's State Song – "Beautiful Ohio"
20. Ohio's State Tourism Slogans
21. Ohio's State Tree - Buckeye
22. Ohio's State Wildflower - White Trillium

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Population

1. National Rank by Population: 7th
2. State Population by Decade
1. 1810: 230,760
2. 1820: 581,434
3. 1830: 937,903
4. 1840: 1,519,467
5. 1850: 1,980,329
6. 1860: 2,339,511
7. 1870: 2,665,260
8. 1880: 3,198,062
9. 1890: 3,672,329
10. 1900: 4,157,545
11. 1910: 4,767,121
12. 1920: 5,759,394
13. 1930: 6,646,697
14. 1940: 6,907,612
15. 1950: 7,946,627
16. 1960: 9,706,397
17. 1970: 10,652,017
18. 1980: 10,797,630
19. 1990: 10,847,115
20. 2000: 11,353,140

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3. Largest Cities by Population (2000 Census)
1. Columbus, 711,470
2. Cleveland, 478,403
3. Cincinnati, 331285
4. Toledo, 313,619
5. Akron, 217,074
6. Dayton, 166179
7. Parma, 85,655
8. Youngstown, 82,026
9. Canton, 80,806
10. Lorain, 68,652
4. Largest Counties by Population (2000 Census)
1. Cuyahoga, 1,393,978
2. Franklin, 1,068,978
3. Hamilton, 845,303
4. Montgomery, 559,062
5. Summit, 542,899
6. Lucas, 455,054
7. Stark, 378,098
8. Butler, 332,807
9. Lorain, 284,664
10. Mahoning, 257,555

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Geography

1. Land Area: 40,948 square miles
2. Total Area: 44,828 square miles
3. National Rank by Size: 34 th
4. Length of State: 205 miles (north to south)
5. Width of State: 230 miles (east to west)
6. Latitude: 38° 27' N to 41° 58' N
7. Longitude: Longitude: 80° 32' W to 84° 49' W
8. Length and Width: 220 miles long and 220 miles wide at its most distant points
9. Geographic Center: The geographic center of Ohio is in Delaware County, 25 miles NNE of the city of Columbus. Longitude: 82° 44.5'W, Latitude: 40° 21.7'N
10. Highest Elevation: Campbell Hill in Logan County, 1,549 feet above sea level.
11. Lowest Elevation: The bank of the Ohio River near Cincinnati, 455 feet above sea level.
12. Bordering States and Nations:
1. Pennsylvania (East)
2. West Virginia (Southeast)
3. Kentucky (South)
4. Indiana (West)
5. Michigan (North)
6. Canada (North)
13. Number of Counties: 88
14. Largest Counties by Area
1. Ashtabula: 702.7 square miles
2. Ross: 688.5 square miles
3. Licking: 686.5 square miles
4. Muskingum: 664.6 square miles
5. Washington: 635.2 square miles
6. Wood: 617.4 square miles
7. Trumbull: 615.8 square miles
8. Scioto: 612.3 square miles
9. Darke: 599.9 square miles
10. Adams: 584 square miles
15. Smallest County: Lake County 232 square miles
16. Forested Land: 6,146,000 acres (9,603 square miles)
17. Rivers and Streams: 44,000 miles in length
18. Major Rivers
1. Auglaize River
2. Black River
3. Blanchard River
4. Chagrin River
5. Cuyahoga River
6. Great Miami River
7. Grand River
8. Hocking River
9. Huron River
10. Kokosing River
11. Licking River
12. Little Miami River
13. Mahoning River
14. Maumee River
15. Muskingum River
16. Ohio River
17. Olentangy River
18. Portage River
19. Sandusky River
20. Scioto River
21. St. Marys River
22. Tuscarawas River
23. Vermilion River
24. Walhonding River
19. Inland Water: 376 square miles
20. Major Lakes and Reservoirs
1. Alum Creek Lake
2. Atwood Lake
3. Buckeye Lake
4. Caesar Creek Lake
5. Charles Mill Lake
6. Clendening Lake
7. Deer Creek Lake
8. Delaware Reservoir
9. Dillon Reservoir
10. Grand Lake St. Mary's
11. Indian Lake
12. Lake Erie
13. Lake St. Marys
14. Leesville Lake
15. Piedmaont Lake
16. Punderson Lake
17. Pymatuning Lake
18. Salt Fork Lake
19. Senecaville Lake
20. Tappan Lake

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Weather

1. Average Annual Temperature: 49°F in the northeast to 55°F in the south
2. Average Warmest Month: July, 84°F - 86°F in the west - 80°F - 82°F in the northeast
3. Average Coldest Month: January, 30°F in the south to 25°F in the north
4. Average Annual Freeze-free Period: 160 days in the north to 180 days in the south
5. Average Annual Precipitation: 32 inches to 42 inches across the state
6. Driest Months: October, January and February, just over 2 inches of precipitation
7. Wettest Months: April through July, just over 4 inches of precipitation
8. Highest Recorded Temperature: 113°F, July 21, 1934
9. Lowest Recorded Temperature: -39°F, January 22, 1994

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Great site o-n-b365! I had always thought that Lawrence Co was the largest geographical-area county in the State. And here I've been wrong [shock] all these years!
Boy, you could look up just about any fact you wanted to check on this site, couldn't you? Hasn't the internet changed education/knowledge availability for kids today? All libraries and reference materials are open and available at your fingertips 24/7 without even leaving home!
This new Forum is a great addition - it provides a specific nook in which to share not only personal experience but links to great websites you've found with historical, geographical, and recreational information regarding our area.
Our State, and specifically our particular corner of it, is so historically rich and has played such a significant role in wider history as a result of our geographic location with Lake Erie to our north and the Ohio River to our east and south.
I once heard Ohio described as an "isthmus": a narrow piece of land between 2 bodies of water connecting 2 larger pieces of land. Therefore travel and commerce necessarily flowed across or by it and a lot of "history" happened here!

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I really thought it was the best one yet! By teaching at home I have the advantage of looking things up on the internet especially since Ohio History isn't taught in the schools anymore...

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o-n-b365 - What ages are your children?
There is a book by James Alexander Thom called Follow the River. It is classified as "fiction" because he invented conversations and details, but it is based on a true story. I would say that kids of jr high age could appreciate it. I also think it would have appeal to boys as well as girls.
It involves the kidnapping of a pregnant woman and her 2 small sons in western Virginia by Shawnee Indians in pre-Revolutionary times. They were taken up the New River to the Ohio at Point Pleasant and down to the mouth of the Scioto River, Portsmouth, and subsequently on to the Cincinnati area. She and another female captive escaped and the only way they knew to get back to their families was to "follow the river". [They didn't "know" to run down I 75 to Lexington, pick up I 64 east to Charleston and then I 77 south!] You could cover a multitude of subjects with this book - history, geography, Indian life and relations with the "invading" whites, and survival skills. It's a really good book. The fact that details have been fictionalized does not detract from the underlying truth of the story in general.

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Here's a place to find just about anything you'd want to know.

http://www.ohiohistory.org/links/ohiores.html

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Check out the link at the very bottom of the page....The Ohio History Store....some pretty neat things....you know me, I like the different stuff.

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Wow, I'd sure like too. I don't know if I'll be able to fit it in and I'm sure if I go it will be with various numbers of short people with me. You should go on the website and order one of their catalogs. It's like a trip to just sit and look at all the stuff they have.
http://www.lehmans.com

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o-n-b365 - What ages are your children?
There is a book by James Alexander Thom called Follow the River. It is classified as "fiction" because he invented conversations and details, but it is based on a true story. I would say that kids of jr high age could appreciate it. I also think it would have appeal to boys as well as girls.
It involves the kidnapping of a pregnant woman and her 2 small sons in western Virginia by Shawnee Indians in pre-Revolutionary times. They were taken up the New River to the Ohio at Point Pleasant and down to the mouth of the Scioto River, Portsmouth, and subsequently on to the Cincinnati area. She and another female captive escaped and the only way they knew to get back to their families was to "follow the river". [They didn't "know" to run down I 75 to Lexington, pick up I 64 east to Charleston and then I 77 south!] You could cover a multitude of subjects with this book - history, geography, Indian life and relations with the "invading" whites, and survival skills. It's a really good book. The fact that details have been fictionalized does not detract from the underlying truth of the story in general.

8-13-17 at home