{"id":23400,"date":"2020-05-09T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:23:10","slug":"ohio-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ohio-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Ohio that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 88 Counties in Ohio &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Buckeye State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/ohio.png\" alt=\"Ohio Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">88 Counties<\/span> = 100% of Counties in Ohio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Ohio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1gMQeEg0uslUEo5y0ZoGwS4pQsbRI-N5r\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Ohio locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Ohio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/27747130180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7438\/27747130180_497206b4a5_o.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Head's Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fat Head&#8217;s Brewery; Middleburg Heights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 88 counties in Ohio. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Adams<\/strong><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14798\">Catbird Seat<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26784\">Serpent Mound<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Allen<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32680\">Lima<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ashland<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ashtabula<\/b><\/span>: Largest county in Ohio (703 square miles). <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Coal Arch<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Doyle Road Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Giddings Road Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Lift Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Netcher Road Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Point Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Athens<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26784\">The Healing Chapel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Auglaize<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32719\">Armstrong Air &amp; Space Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Belmont<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32719\">National Road Marker<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Brown<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26784\">Augusta Ferry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Butler<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31570\">County Tripoint<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7032\">Exclamatory Towns!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carroll<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Champaign<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Champaign Aviation Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clark<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clermont<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4279\">Welcome to Utopia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clinton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Columbiana<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Coshocton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32197\">Helmick Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32182\">Historic Roscoe Village<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32182\">Monticello III<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15861\">Pathway to Bedford<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15618\">That Other Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Crawford<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cuyahoga<\/b><\/span>:  Largest county population in Ohio (1,393,978 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17011\">Great Lakes<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14420\">R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Bait and Switch<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6827\">Over the Road<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9704\">Cleveland-Brooklyn Border<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=645\">Lucky 7 &amp; the Ghost Kid<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/diamondback.html\">Diamondback Brewery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Darke<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13985\">Disunion Averted<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Defiance<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32680\">Fort Defiance<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17327\">The Meridian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Delaware<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Erie<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns, Crowdsourced<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fairfield<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14534\">From Camp to Town<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2696\">Corn Cob Sculpture Field<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9632\">Alphabetical Circle<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15030\">Ohio Capitals<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9218\">The Dreadful Road Trip<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16269\">Columbus Name Symmetry<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17284\">Misplaced Romans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fulton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gallia<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Geauga<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Greene<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15036\">Battle of Chillicothe<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31509\">Huffman Prairie<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Guernsey<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hamilton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2976\">Twelve Mile House<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11554\">Zig Zag<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7828\">International Latitude Observatories<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14046\">Sayler Park<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13297\">Canal Becomes Subway<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16065\">More Presidential County Sorting<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16526\">Outside of California<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2976\">Twelve Mile House<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16536\">Coney Island<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hancock<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hardin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harrison<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16939\">Custer Monument<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Henry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Highland<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hocking<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Holmes<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32182\">Behalt Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12227\">Highest Religious Affiliation<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32197\">Stutzman Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Huron<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns, Crowdsourced<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Jackson<\/strong><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6978\">The Jeffersons and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Knox<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lake<\/b><\/span>:  Smallest county in Ohio (229 square miles); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lawrence<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Licking<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2696\">Basket-Shaped Office Building<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15795\">Nestling Newark<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Logan<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Campbell Hill (Ohio Highpoint)<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Oldest Concrete Street<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15036\">Zane Shawnee Caverns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lorain<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lucas<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12681\">The Other White House<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31641\">Toledo Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Madison<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mahoning<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marion<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17078\">Where&#8217;s Waldo?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Medina<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Meigs<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mercer<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32719\">Celina Lighthouse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Miami<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Eldean Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">WACO Air Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Monroe<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Montgomery<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">2nd Street Market<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31543\">America&#8217;s Packard Museum<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31543\">Carillon Historical Park<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31525\">Day Air Ballpark<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">Dead End at Night<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">Eastwood MetroPark<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31570\">Germantown Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">Minion<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31543\">Mound Cold War Discovery Center<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31543\">National Museum of the Air Force<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31525\">Oregon District<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31525\">St. Anne&#8217;s Hill<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">Smith Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31509\">Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Morgan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Morrow<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Muskingum<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15030\">Ohio Capitals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Noble<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ottawa<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Paulding<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32719\">Paulding Courthouse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Perry<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15391\">Hardly Tropic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pickaway<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15716\">Square the Circle<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15720\">Circleville Survived<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2696\">Pumpkin Water Tower<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15720\">Hitler Road<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Pike<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Portage<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=24082\">Streetsboro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Preble<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31570\">Bordersplit School<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31570\">County Tripoint<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Putnam<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3294\">The Big Bull<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Richland<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Ross<\/strong><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16561\">Knockemstiff<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15030\">Ohio Capitals<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9107\">Perfect Weather<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Sandusky<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns, Crowdsourced<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Scioto<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26551\">Portsmouth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Seneca<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7116\">Jeremiah Good Octagon House<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Shelby<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Big Four Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Stark<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17705\">Trump Avenue<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Summit<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32197\">Akron Zoo<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10234\">Lock 1, Ohio &amp; Erie Canal<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14253\">Portage Lakes<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10234\">Summit of Summit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Trumbull<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7116\">Clarence Darrow Octagon House<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6853\">Right Up to the Line<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15075\">Presidential Distances<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Tuscarawas<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Union<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10742\">Natural Forces: Magnetism<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13989\">Overwhelming Union<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31553\">Union County Covered Bridges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Van Wert<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Vinton<\/strong><\/span>:  Smallest county population in Ohio (12,806 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2696\">Hope Iron Furnace<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=8778\">Oreton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Warren<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16409\">Eric Henn Murals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Washington<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18004\">Layman<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15030\">Campus Martius<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26821\">Mound Cemetery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26821\">Capitolium<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26821\">Front Street<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26821\">Riverfront Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wayne<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Williams<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32680\">Lockport Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wood<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13534\">Twelve Mile Square Reservation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wyandot<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About Ohio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> East North Central United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  40,861 square miles.  Ohio is the 35th largest state.   The next larger state is Tennessee and the next smaller state is Virginia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  11,689,442 people.  Ohio is the 7th most populous state.  The next more populous state is Illinois and the next less populous state is Georgia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b>  286.1 people per square mile.  Ohio is the 10th most densely populated state.  The next more densely populated state is Pennsylvania and the next less densely populated state is California.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b>  Ohio shares a border with 5 states:  Michigan; Indiana; Kentucky; West Virginia and Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b>  March 1, 1803.  Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union, after Tennessee and before Louisiana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b>  Columbus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b>  1,550 feet at Campbell Hill.  See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/campbell-hill\/154109\" target=\"_blank\">SummitPost&#8217;s Campbell Hill page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b>  455 Feet at the Ohio River in Hamilton Co.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ohio.gov\/wps\/portal\/gov\/site\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to Ohio.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverohio.com\/\">Ohio &#8211; Find It Here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b>  See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Ohio page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 88 Counties in Ohio &#8211; &#8220;The Buckeye State&#8220; Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 88 Counties = 100% of Counties in Ohio Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using Mob Rule. 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