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  2. History of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Miami University in Oxford, Ohio was founded in 1809, the University of Cincinnati in 1819, Kenyon College in Gambier in 1824, Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1826, Capital University in Columbus in 1830, Xavier University in Cincinnati and Denison University in Granville in 1831, Oberlin College in 1833, Marietta College in 1835 ...

  3. Larry Sanger - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Lawrence Mark Sanger (/ ˈsæŋər / ⓘ; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined Wikipedia's name, and provided initial drafts for many of its early guidelines, including the "Neutral point of view" and "Ignore all rules" policies.

  4. Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Ohio was hit by its greatest natural disaster in the Great Flood of 1913, resulting in at least 428 fatalities and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage, particularly around the Great Miami River basin. [71] The National Football League was originally founded in Canton, Ohio in 1920 as the American Professional Football Conference ...

  5. Columbus, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    614 and 380. FIPS code. 39-18000. GNIS feature ID. 1086101 [4] Website. www.columbus.gov. Columbus (/ kəˈlʌmbəs /, 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 ...

  6. History of Columbus, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    History of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, was founded on the east bank of the Scioto River in 1812. The city was founded as the state's capital beside the town of Franklinton, since incorporated into Columbus. The city's growth was gradual, as early residents dealt with flooding and cholera epidemics, and the city had few ...

  7. Toledo, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    GNIS ID. 1086537 [ 3 ] Website. toledo.oh.gov. Toledo (/ təˈliːdoʊ / tə-LEE-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. [ 6 ] At the 2020 census, it had a population of 270,871, making Toledo the fourth-most populous city in Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Toledo is the 84th-most populous ...

  8. Ohio State University - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio , it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students.

  9. Dayton, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, 50 miles (80 km) north of Cincinnati and 60 miles (97 km) west of Columbus. It is the seat of Montgomery County. Dayton was founded in 1796 along the Great Miami River and named after Jonathan Dayton, a Founding Father who owned a significant amount of land in the area. [8]