Bowling Green (Ohio)
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| Nickname : BG | |||
Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1901 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Wood County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 22 ′ N , 83 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 29,636 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,126.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 26.4 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 26.3 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 212 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43402 | ||
| Area code : | +1 419 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-07972 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1048538 | ||
| Website : | www.bgohio.org | ||
| Mayor : | John Quinn | ||
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Bowling Green is a town in County Wood in the American state of Ohio , about 30 km south of downtown Toledo . Bowling Green has a population of nearly 30,000 (as of the 2000 census ) and is the seat of the administration of Wood County . The local Bowling Green State University dominates city life with 20,000 students.
Bowling Green is home to a number of listed buildings and ensembles from the time when Ohio was settled by whites, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). With the Main Street Historic District and the Boom Town Historic District there are two complete city quarters under monument protection.
history
Bowling Green was founded in 1835 by Joseph Gordon, who named the place after his hometown Bowling Green , Kentucky . The place developed slowly until an oil boom broke out in Northwest Ohio with the discovery of oil wells in 1886. Oil was also pumped around Bowling Green using Derricks , and energy-intensive companies (especially the glass industry ) settled here. However, by the turn of the 20th century, the springs began to dry up again, and Bowling Green's economic activity fell sharply. In 1914 the HJ Heinz Company opened a large manufacturing facility in the city, and the first lectures were held at Bowling Green State University , founded in 1910 .
Personalities
- Andrew Ogg (* 1934), mathematician and professor at Berkeley
- William Easterly (* 1957), economist, professor at NYU, specialist in development aid
- Scott Hamilton (* 1958), figure skater and Olympic champion 1984
- Josh Almanson (born 1982), basketball player
- Alissa Czisny (* 1987), figure skater and winner of the 2009 USA Championships
- Miranda May (born 1996), actress
Web links
- Sentinel Tribune and The BG News , Bowling Green's two newspapers. (English)
- https://www.propublica.org/article/when-government-did-fear-bowling-green-massacre-white-supremacist
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Wood County on the National Register of Historic Places. Main Street Historic District (# 80003247) and Boom Town Historic District (# 87000693)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, 1940, pp. 584-585.