Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital city and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is in the middle of the state. The Ohio State Buckeyes and Columbus Blue Jackets play there. In 2020 there were 905,748 people.[4]
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| Coordinates: 39°57′44″N 83°00′02″W / 39.96222°N 83.00056°WCoordinates: 39°57′44″N 83°00′02″W / 39.96222°N 83.00056°W | |
| Country | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| State |  Ohio |
| Counties | Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield |
| Settled | February 14, 1812 |
| Incorporated | February 10, 1816[1] |
| Named for | Christopher Columbus |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrew Ginther (D) |
| • City Council | Members[2]
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| Area | |
| • State capital city | 226.26 sq mi (586.00 km2) |
| • Land | 220.40 sq mi (570.82 km2) |
| • Water | 5.86 sq mi (15.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
| Population | |
| • State capital city | 905,748 |
| • Rank | 14th in the United States 1st in Ohio |
| • Density | 4,109.64/sq mi (1,586.74/km2) |
| • Urban | 1,567,254 (US: 35th) |
| • Urban density | 3,036.4/sq mi (1,172.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 2,138,926 (US: 33rd) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | Zip Codes[7]
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| FIPS code | 39-18000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1080996[8] |
| Major airports | John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Rickenbacker International Airport |
| Local transportation | Central Ohio Transit Authority |
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Columbus is the second largest city in the American Midwest, and the fourteenth largest city in the United States of America. It is the county seat of Franklin County.[9] The city has expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. It is named for explorer Christopher Columbus. The city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. It became Ohio's state capital in 1816. The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology.
Columbus has many technology companies. It has the world's largest private research and development foundation, the Battelle Memorial Institute; CAS, or Chemical Abstracts Service, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical information; NetJets, the world's largest fractional ownership jet aircraft fleet; and The Ohio State University, the nation's largest campus.[10]
In 2008, MarketWatch named Columbus as the 7th best place to do business in the nation.[11] In 2011, the city had five corporations named to the U.S. Fortune 500 list including Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, American Electric Power, Limited Brands, Momentive Specialty Chemicals, and Big Lots.[12] Major foreign corporations operating or with divisions in the city include Germany-based Siemens and Roxane Laboratories, Finland-based Vaisala, Tomasco Mulciber Inc., and A Y Manufacturing, as well as Switzerland-based ABB Group and Mettler Toledo.
Media
Television stations
| Channel | Callsign | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | WCMH-TV | (NBC) |
| 6 | WSYX-TV | (ABC) |
| 8 | WGCT-CD | (Ind) |
| 10 | WBNS-TV | (CBS) |
| 17 | WDEM-CD | (Ind) |
| 23 | W23BZ-D | (Ind) |
| 28 | WTTE | (Fox) |
| 33 | WCSN-LD | (Ind) |
| 34 | WOSU-TV | (PBS) |
| 48 | WCPX-LP | (AZA) |
| 51 | WSFJ-TV | (TBN) |
| 53 | WWHO | (CW) |
Columbus, Ohio Media
- Shrum Mound aerial 3.jpg
Shrum Mound in Campbell Memorial Park
- View of Columbus O. From Capitol University.png
View of the city from Capital University in 1854
- The Short North-2005-07-03-IMG 4540.jpg
Street arches returned to the Short North in late 2002.
- Columbus by Sentinel-2, 2020-09-21.jpg
Aerial satellite image of Columbus
- Houses — Columbus, Ohio.jpg
Victorian houses facing Goodale Park in Victorian Village
- Columbus Racial Dot Map.png
Racial distribution in Columbus in 2020: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Mixed or Other
- Santa Maria - 2772222245.jpg
The Santa Maria Ship & Museum, a Santa María replica, was docked downtown from 1991 to 2014.
- St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio).jpg
St. Joseph Cathedral, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
- AEP Building from Rhodes State.jpg
The AEP Building, headquarters to American Electric Power
- North Market.jpg
View of the historic North Market. The Market is the last remaining public market in Central Ohio.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbus, Ohio
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ "Leader of nation's biggest campus taking on tenure", Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Boston Globe. February 4, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ↑ Market Watch, Best Places to do business. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
- ↑ "Fortune 500", CNN Money. 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
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