10 Facts About Bexley Ohio

Bexley Ohio was named at the suggestion of an early resident, Col.

The village of Bexley was incorporated in 1908 when prominent citizens of Bullitt Park to the north along Alum Creek, including industrialist and 35th Mayor of Columbus Robert H Jeffrey, agreed to merge with the Lutheran community of Pleasant Ridge to the south near the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio college, Capital University and the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary founded 1830.

In March 2013, the city of Bexley Ohio was accredited as an arboretum by the Morton Register of Arboreta, making it the first city in the United States to successfully obtain arboretum accreditation.

North Bexley Ohio, particularly the Bullitt Park area comprising roughly the western half of North Bexley Ohio, is an area of large, mansion-like homes.

Bexley Ohio contains many Jewish residents and is home to three synagogues .

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Bexley Ohio has, in recent years, gained the reputation of being increasingly progressive both politically and socially, a trend shared by other inner-ring suburbs in Franklin County.

Bexley Ohio is home to several churches and synagogues, numerous historic sites and pieces of outdoor sculpture, the original Drexel Theater and Rubino's Pizzeria, and several miles of Route 40, known as the National Road.

Jeffrey Mansion sits on nearly 40 acres of land in North Bexley Ohio, including two parks located on the east side of Parkview Avenue.

In 1931 Bexley Ohio became a city and the police department had grown to six officers.

Trinity was initially called the German Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Bexley Ohio, then renamed to the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary .