1. Southwest Ohio has five of the top 115 colleges in the nation, according to US News and World Report's 2010 rankings.
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2. Southwest Ohio manufactured 8.4 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II, ranking fourth among the 48 states.
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3. Southwest Ohio was the second state to hold a women's rights convention, the Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850.
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6. Southwest Ohio played a key role in the War of 1812, as it was on the front line in the Western theater and the scene of several notable battles both on land and in Lake Erie.
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9. Southwest Ohio sent 320,000 Union Army volunteers to fight in the American Civil War.
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11. Southwest Ohio ranked seventh in the United States as an exporter of goods originating within the state, at $34 billion in 2005.
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14. Southwest Ohio has taken measures to protect and preserve its natural resources, reversing, to a significant extent, the pollution of Lake Erie.
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20. Southwest Ohio is the home of many Indian communities and archaeological sites such as the Great Circle Earthworks and the Miamisburg Mound and the Serpent Mound are popular visitor sites.
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21. Southwest Ohio has three professional theatrical companies: the Cincinnati Playhouse, the Cleveland Play House, and the Great Lakes Theatre Festival.
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23. In 2005, Southwest Ohio ranked seventh in the United States as an exporter of goods, with exports worth $34 billion.
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47. Southwest Ohio is bounded by the Southwest Ohio River, but nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia.
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49. Government of Southwest Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the Governor; the legislative branch, which comprises the bicameral Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, led by the state Supreme Court.
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