- Area:
44828 sq.mi,
34th Land 40953 sq. mi., 35th - Water 3875 sq.mi., 14th
Great Lakes 3,499 sq.mi., 4th
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- Flag:
Ohio's state flag
was adopted in 1902. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is
properly called, was designed by John Eisemann. The large blue
triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes
represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars grouped about the circle
represent the original states of the union; the 4 stars added to the
peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted
to the union. The white circle with its red center not only
represents the "O" in Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's
famous nickname, "The Buckeye State."
- Flower:
Scarlet
Carnation dianthus
caryophyllus
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- Geographic Center:
Delaware,
25 miles northnortheast of Columbus
- Governor:
Bob Taft
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- Highest Point:
Campbell
Hill; 1,550 feet, 43rd
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- History:
Civil
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20th
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- Largest Cities:
Columbus,
Cleveland,
Cincinnati,
Toledo,
Akron
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- Lowest Point:
Ohio
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- Motto: With God, all
things are possible
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- National Forest:
Ohio
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Ohio
- Newspapers:
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- Nickname:
Buckeye
State
- Non Profit Organizations:
AWB
- Origin of state's name:
From
the Iroquois Indian word for "good river"
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- Population:
11,256,654;
7th, 12/99
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- words by: Ballard
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- music by: Mary
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- Statehood:
March
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Gennerally rolling plain; Allegheny plateau located in the east;
Lake Erie plains extend southward; central plains in the west.
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- Tree:
Buckeye
aesculus glabra Identify
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- Weather:
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The
State Tree - Ohio Buckeye,
Aesculus glabra
- Size: small tree of central states, chiefly of Ohio and
Mississippi Valley regions, 30'-50' in height, 2'-3' in diameter
- Growth: grows best in deep fertile soils, will usually
reach maturity in 60-80 years
- Leaves: palmately compound with five nearly elliptical,
serrate leaflets 4" - 6" long
- Buds: large terminal bud (no resinous)
- Branching: stout limbs in opposite positioning
- Bark: grey, scaly plates
- Flowers: showy, pale white to greenish yellow, branched
clusters 4" -6" long
- Fruit (nut): 1" -2" seed capsule, somewhat spiny
with 1-5 non-edible seeds (nuts) inside
- Other information: also known a fetid buckeye, stinking
buckeye. It is one of the first trees to leaf out in the spring and
drops its leaves early in the fall. Fall leaf coloration is orange
to red
- Uses: today mostly pulp; in the past - furniture, crates,
pallets, caskets, artificial human limbs
- Folklore: nut is considered a good luck charm, relieves
pain of arthritis and rheumatism, resembles the eye of the buck deer
- State Champion Big Tree: circumference - 162"; height
82' crown spread - 67'; location - North Bend, Hamilton County
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