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Buckeye State · Capital: Columbus · Midwest (Midwest Rust)
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Capital
Columbus
Largest city
Columbus
Population
Over 10 million
Area rank
#34 of 50
Admitted
1803
Time zone
Eastern Time
Region
Midwest
Letters
4
Bordering states: Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania.
4 fun facts about Ohio
- Ohio has produced 8 US presidents — second only to Virginia.
- The Wright Brothers grew up in Dayton — and tested their first flight machines on Ohio farmland.
- Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because Cleveland DJ Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" in 1951.
- Ohio's nickname comes from the buckeye tree, whose nuts vaguely resemble a buck's eye.
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