24 Facts About Lima Ohio

The Ohio legislature mandated that a county seat be established and "Lima" was the result.

Name "Lima Ohio" was reputedly chosen in a nod to the Peruvian capital which, during the 1800s, was a major source of quinine, an anti-malaria drug for which there had been a demand in the region, an area known as the Great Black Swamp.

Since 1831, Lima Ohio has been the center of government for Allen County, the first of its three courthouses erected in the city's first year.

Lima Ohio changed names and types of manufacturing through the years.

Lima Ohio then became acting manager at American Steel Foundries in Pittsburgh.

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In 1921, Lima Ohio voters approved a change in the structure of Lima Ohio city government.

Lima Ohio proved itself to be very much in the Progressive tradition with these changes, after flirting with radicalism in 1912 when the voters elected a Socialist mayor.

Lima Ohio area was not safe from the increased crime rate of the 1930s.

Lima Ohio's was not the only crime outfit to plague Lima during the decade.

Lima Ohio benefited from increased production during World War II and a growing population, but suffered a significant economic decline at the end of the decade when industry retooled for peacetime production.

Lima Ohio has a Humid continental climate where there are 4 distinct seasons.

In 1885, Benjamin C Faurot of Lima was one of hundreds of businessmen who visited Findlay to see the seemingly unlimited supply of natural gas burning day and night.

Lima Ohio was called the Trenton Rock Oil Company, and by 1886, had 250 wells from Lima to St Marys, and west to Indiana.

Between 1887 and 1905, the Lima Ohio Oil Field was a world-class producer, yielding 300 million barrels .

Still, the Lima Refinery has survived, continuing to operate for more than 125 years under a succession of owners—Solar Refining Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil until the breakup in 1911, Standard Oil of Ohio, BP, Clark USA, Premcor, Valero Energy Corporation, and most recently Husky Energy .

Lima service on the electric interurban Ohio Western Railway began in 1902 and Lima became the hub of an interurban network that reached Toledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati as well as Fort Wayne, Indiana.

In 1920, Lima Ohio was served by five steam railroads and Allen County by eight, in addition to five electric interurban lines.

Years, Lima Ohio was a crossroads for famous passenger trains including the Nickel Plate Road's Clover Leaf Commercial Traveler and the Erie Railroad's Erie Limited and Lake Cities.

Lima Ohio initially manufactured and repaired agricultural equipment, then moved into the production of steam power equipment and sawmill machinery.

Lima Ohio was the focus of the 1999 TV documentary Lost in Middle America directed by Scott Craig.

Lima Ohio is home to the collegiate summer baseball team, the Lima Ohio Locos.

Locally, Lima had the same mayor, David J Berger, from December 1989 to November 2021.

The Lima Ohio area is served by four major broadcast stations, with three of those stations based in the city.

Lima Ohio has been a regional medical center since its earliest days.