39 Facts About Columbus Ohio

Columbus Ohio is the county seat of Franklin County; it extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties.

Columbus Ohio originated as numerous Native American settlements on the banks of the Scioto River.

City of Columbus Ohio was named after 15th-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus Ohio at the city's founding in 1812.

Until just before the American Revolution, Central Columbus Ohio had continuously been the home of numerous indigenous villages.

Columbus Ohio persevered, and the village was rebuilt, though somewhat more inland.

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The Columbus Ohio Statehouse sits on land once contained in the Refugee Tract.

The Columbus Ohio Consolidated Brewing Company rose to prominence during this time and might have achieved even greater success were it not for the Anti-Saloon League in neighboring Westerville.

Columbus Ohio earned one of its nicknames, "The Arch City", because of the dozens of wooden arches that spanned High Street at the turn of the 20th century.

Efforts to revitalize downtown Columbus Ohio have had some success in recent decades, though like most major American cities, some architectural heritage was lost in the process.

In February 2011, Columbus Ohio had 6, 117 vacant properties, according to city officials.

Since 2010, Columbus Ohio has been growing in population and economy; from 2010 to 2017, the city added 164, 000 jobs, second in the United States.

In February and March 2020, Columbus Ohio reported its first official cases of COVID-19 and declared a state of emergency, with all nonessential businesses closed state-wide.

Columbus Ohio has a wide diversity of neighborhoods with different characters, and is thus sometimes known as a "city of neighborhoods".

Columbus Ohio is within USDA hardiness zone 6a, now 6b bordering on 7a in the 1991 to 2020 normals chart.

Columbus Ohio is subject to severe weather typical to the Midwestern United States.

Columbus Ohio has maintained a steady population growth since its establishment.

Columbus Ohio is home to a proportional LGBT community, with an estimated 34, 952 gay, lesbian, or bisexual residents.

Columbus Ohio has been rated as one of the best cities in the country for gays and lesbians to live, and as the most underrated gay city in the country.

Italian Village, a neighborhood near Downtown Columbus Ohio, has had a prominent Italian American community since the 1890s.

Columbus Ohio has a generally strong and diverse economy based on education, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology.

Columbus Ohio is presently headquartered outside the city in nearby Dublin.

Columbus Ohio is home to many local-based micro breweries and pubs.

Columbus Ohio Aviators were based in Obetz, Columbus Ohio and began play in the only PRO Rugby season before the league folded.

Columbus Ohio Bullies were two-time champions of the American Football League.

The Columbus Ohio Thunderbolts were formed in 1991 for the Arena Football League, and then relocated to Cleveland as the Cleveland Thunderbolts; the Columbus Ohio Destroyers were the next team of the AFL, playing from 2004 until the league's demise in 2008 and returned for single season in 2019 until the league folded a second time.

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City of Columbus Ohio has focused on reducing its environmental impact and carbon footprint.

Columbus Ohio is the largest city in the United States that elects its city council at large as opposed to districts.

State of Columbus Ohio's capitol building, the Columbus Ohio Statehouse, is located in the center of downtown on Capitol Square.

The building, built in 1933 to house ten state agencies along with the State Library of Columbus Ohio, became the Supreme Court after extensive renovations from 2001 to 2004.

Columbus Ohio has a history of governmental and nonprofit support for low-income residents and the homeless.

Poverty and differences in quality of life have grown as well; Columbus Ohio was noted as the second most economically segregated large metropolitan area in 2015, in a study by the University of Toronto.

Private institutions in Columbus include Capital University Law School, the Columbus College of Art and Design, Fortis College, DeVry University, Ohio Business College, Miami-Jacobs Career College, Ohio Institute of Health Careers, Bradford School and Franklin University, as well as the religious schools Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Ohio Dominican University, Pontifical College Josephinum, and Trinity Lutheran Seminary.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus Ohio operates several parochial elementary and high schools.

In 1858, Frankenberg returned to Columbus Ohio and established another early kindergarten in the city.

Columbus Ohio is the base for 12 television stations and is the 32nd largest television market as of September 24, 2016.

Columbus Ohio is bisected by two major Interstate Highways: Interstate 70 running east–west, and Interstate 71 running north to roughly southwest.

City of Columbus Ohio has a higher than average percentage of households without a car.

Columbus Ohio has ten sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International.

Columbus Ohio established its first sister city relationship in 1955 with Genoa, Italy.