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Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, 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 only Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital, after only Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas.
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 ...
1824: The seat of Franklin County moves from Franklinton to Columbus. [1] 1826: The first public schools are opened in Columbus and Franklinton. [1] 1831: Columbus is connected to the Ohio and Erie Canal through the Columbus Feeder Canal. [2] [1] [4] 1832: The Ohio School for the Deaf is established. 1833.
With Ohio's population reaching 45,000 in December 1801, Congress determined that the population was growing rapidly and Ohio could begin the path to statehood. The assumption was the territory would have in excess of the required 60,000 residents by the time it became a state.
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,323,807, [3] making it the most populous county in Ohio. Most of its land area is taken up by its county seat, Columbus, [4] the state capital and most populous city in Ohio. The county was established on April 30, 1803, less than two months after ...
The Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Central Ohio surrounding the state capital of Columbus. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, it includes the counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, and Union. [3] At the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 2,138,926 ...
Around 5% of Ohio's population today is foreign-born. That's a far lower proportion than in 1870, when around 14% of Ohioans were immigrants. Ohio's current immigrant population much more diverse ...
December 30, 1974. Boundary increase. November 28, 1980. German Village is a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just south of the city's downtown. It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of German immigrants, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city's entire population.