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NICK NAME | Buckeye State, Gateway State, Mother of States | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Columbus | |
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LARGEST CITY | Columbus | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Ceveland | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Cuyahoga | |
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AREA | 44,828 sq. miles; 48,953 sq. miles land, 3,875 sq. miles water. (34th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 1,550 ft., Campbell Hill (Logan County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 433 ft. along the Ohio River (Hamilton County) | |
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ABBREVIATION | OH (postal); O. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 216, 330, 419, 440, 513, 614, 937 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | Great Lakes; Midwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | March 1, 1803 (17th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the the eastcentral United States, bordering West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Lake Erie, & Pennsylvania. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For the Ohio River, which forms the southern boundary of the state and also marked the southern boundary of the Northwest Territory, from which Ohio was the first portion to achieve statehood. The name is either from Iroquoian oheo "beautiful" or ohion-hioo "beautiful river"; or possibly Wyandot ohezuh "great; fair to look upon." | |
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STATE ANIMAL | White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) | |
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STATE BEVERAGE | Tomato Juice | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Scarlet Carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus) | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Trilobite | |
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STATE INSECT | Ladybird Beetle (ladybug; hippodamia convergens) | |
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STATE SONG | "Beautiful Ohio" | |
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STATE STONE | Ohio Flint | |
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STATE TREE | Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) | |
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STATE MOTTO | With God All Things Are Possible |
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