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Ohio Profile
The land we call Ohio today was part the Northwest Territory that the United States won by defeating the British in the Revolutionary War. Ohio was admitted into the Union as the 17th state in 1803. The state gets its name from the river that forms its southern border. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The capital of the "Buckeye State" is Columbus, and, not surprisingly, the state tree is the buckeye. Highly populated, Ohio is situated between the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest, and is known for the fact that eight presidents were either born or lived there. The flower is the scarlet carnation. ...Read more here: Ohio - The Buckeye State
- Capital City:
- Columbus
- Nickname:
- Buckeye State
- Motto:
- With God, All Things are Possible.
- Statehood:
- March 1, 1803 (17th)
- Origin of State's Name:
- From the Iroquois Indian word for "good river."
- Largest Cities:
- Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron
- Border States:
- Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
- Land Area:
- 40,953 sq. mi., 35th largest
- State Bird:
- Cardinal
- State Flower:
- Scarlet Carnation (dianthus caryophyllus)
- State Tree:
- Buckeye (aesculus glabra)
- State Song:
- Beautiful Ohio
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Ohio Schools
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Elementary Schools
- Eakin Elementary School
- (614) 365-5928
- 3774 Eakin Rd
- Columbus, OH 43228
- Westbrooke Intermediate Elementary School
- (740) 635-2565
- 5 Water St
- Bridgeport, OH 43912
Middle Schools
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School
- (419) 824-8680
- 9000 Sylvania Ave
- Sylvania, OH 43560
- Sidney Middle School
- (937) 497-2225
- 980 Fair Rd
- Sidney, OH 45365
High Schools
- Apollo Career Center
- (419) 998-2908
- 3325 Shawnee Rd
- Lima, OH 45806
- Urban Youth Academy, Inc.
- (937) 360-5169
- 1408 Clifton Ave
- Springfield, OH 45505
Sex Offender Information for Ohio
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