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Ohio

The name Ohio comes from the Iroquois Indian word for "good river". Ohio was the first state to be carved out of the Northwest Territory, the large section of land in the gl Region, which was ceded to the infant United States of America in the aftermath of its birth as an independent nation. It was the 17th state admitted to the Union, in 1803, and its 44,828 square miles makes it the 34th in area.

Ohio's major cities dot the state at key points. Columbus, the capital, is at the state's geographical center. Cleveland is the major city in the northeast. Cincinnati, in the southwest, is the largest metropolitan area, and Toledo, in the northwest, is a major port on le.

Ohio is the birthplace of many prominent people. Among those born in Ohio are seven U.S. presidents, astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, authors James Thurber, Zane Grey, Arthur Schlesinger and Ambrose Bierce, inventors Thomas Edison and Orville Wright, and movie personalities, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Steven Spielberg, Paul Newman, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee, and Lillian Gish, to name a few.

Regions of Ohio:

Central Region
Northeast Region
Northwest Region
Southeast Region
Southwest Region

Cities in Ohio:

Akron
Ashland
Ashtabula
Berlin
Bowling Green
Cambridge
Canfield
Canton
Chagrin Falls
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Circleville
Cleveland
Columbus
Cuyahoga Falls
Dayton
Delaware
Dublin
Elyria
Findlay
Geneva
Granville
Grove City
Hilliard
Hinckley
Hudson
Kelleys Island
Kent
Lakewood
Lancaster
Lima
Logan
Loudonville
Louisville
Mansfield
Marblehead
Marietta
Marion
Medina
Mentor
Millersburg
Newark
North Canton
North Olmsted
North Ridgeville
Northfield
Oxford
Port Clinton
Put-in-Bay
Rocky River
Salem
Sandusky
Springfield
Toledo
Vandalia
Wadsworth
Warren
Washington Court House
Wauseon
West Chester
Westerville
Willard
Wooster
Worthington
Xenia
Youngstown
Zanesville