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Ohio
Official State Web Site
legislature.state.oh.us/
The land we call
Ohio today was part the Northwest Territory that the United States won by
defeating the British in the Revolutionary War. Ohio was admitted into the
Union as the 17th state in 1803. The state gets its name from the river that
forms its southern border. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great
water." The capital of the "Buckeye State" is Columbus, and,
not surprisingly, the state tree is the buckeye. Highly populated, Ohio is
situated between the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest, and is known for the
fact that eight presidents were either born or lived there. The flower is
the scarlet carnation.
| Capital City: | Columbus |
| Nickname: | Buckeye State |
| Motto: | With God, All Things are Possible. |
| Statehood: | March 1, 1803 (17th) |
| Origin of State's Name: | From the Iroquois Indian word for "good river." |
| Largest Cities: | Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron |
| Border States: | Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
| Land Area: | 40,953 sq. mi., 35th largest |
| State Bird: | Cardinal |
| State Flower: | Scarlet Carnation (dianthus caryophyllus) |
| State Tree: | Buckeye (aesculus glabra) |
| State Song: | Beautiful Ohio |
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