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Columbus Facts

Columbus is the capital and the largest city in Ohio . It’s the 14th largest city in the United States . It is named after the explorer Christopher Columbus and was founded in 1812 .

Information Key to Central Ohio:

The City of Columbus is a home-rule municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Ohio . The city charter provides a Mayor-Council form of government with a full-time mayor serving a fouryear term and seven part-time council members elected at large to four-year terms at two-year intervals . Columbus is the seat of government forFranklin County and is the capital of the State of Ohio . Ohio has 18 of the Electoral College’s 538 Votes .

Education

An excellent place for learning with over 130 Greater Columbus public schools, private schools, and higher education through colleges and universities . The largest university is The Ohio State University, however, there are approximately 11 other excellent higher learning institutions to choose from .

Careers

Columbus offers a diverse range of industries and careers for workers, including banking, manufacturing, finance, insurance, wholesale, retail trade, transportation, utilities, construction, health care, government, and services .

Geographic Location of Columbus

Columbus is located in the center of the state, halfway between the Ohio River and Lake Erie . Columbus is 187 miles west of Pittsburgh, 326 miles east of Chicago, 142 miles south of Cleveland, and 111 miles northeast of Cincinnati .

History

The first structures near Columbus’ city center were not the high-rise buildings you see there today, but earthen mounds constructed by the Mound Builder’s Indian tribe. In the 1700s the first European explorers entered the Midwest using the rivers as thoroughfares. The first settler in what is now known as Columbus was Lucas Sullivant, a surveyor from Kentucky, who surveyed Franklinton . When Ohio became a state in 1803, the first capital was in Chillicothe. Not many years later, the capital was moved to a more central location, Franklinton, which was known as the “Buggy Capital of the World” in 1880, because of the more than 20 companies producing horse-drawn carriages at the time .

Columbus Rankings

See how Columbus stacks up across the country. • COSI is the #1 Science Center in America | USA Today 2020

• 4th Cleanest City in America | Reader’s Digest 2015

• #13 out of 25 Biggest Art Cities | Art American Style Magazine

• 55th Best Overall Place to Live in US | US News

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