Findlay, Ohio
| Findlay | |||
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| Nickname : Flag City, USA | |||
 Aerial view of downtown Findlay |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1887 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Hancock County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 3 ′ N , 83 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 38,967 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 875.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 44.8 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 44.5 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 237 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 45839, 45840 | ||
| Area code : | +1 419 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-27048 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1040439 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.findlay.oh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Pete Sehnert | ||
Findlay is a city in the US state of Ohio and the county seat of Hancock County . The population at the last census in 2000 was 38,967. The place is the seat of the University of Findlay . Findlay is one of only two towns in Hancock County along with Fostoria .
geography
Findlay is located in northwest Ohio about 50 miles (80 km) south of Toledo . In the city, Lye Creek and Eagle Creek flow into the Blanchard River . Several times the town had by a flooding of the waters in flood to suffer.
history
In the War of 1812 a military outpost was built here by Colonel James Findlay. The settlement that developed around the post was named in honor of this officer. On July 3, 1821, three Ohio citizens, Joseph Vance of Urbana , William Neill of Columbus, and Elnathan Cory of New Carlisle , submitted plans to organize a ward . In 1887 this community became a city .
During the 1880s Findlay became the center of oil and natural gas production in the area. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, the oil reserves began to dry up. The completion of Interstate 75 in the 1960s brought further population growth to the city.
From November 1, 1960, Findlay was the first and only city in the world for three months whose telephones already supported touch tone instead of pulse dialing .
National Register of Historic Places
The Charles H. Bigelow House is on the National Register of Historic Places .
Personalities
The following well-known personalities were born in Findlay or were residents of this city:
- William Mungen (1821–1887), member of Congress , attorney, Colonel in the United States Army in the Civil War
- James C. Donnell (1854–1927), former President of the Ohio Oil Company (now Marathon Oil )
- Tell Taylor (1876-1937), composer of the famous song Down by the Old Mill Stream , which he in 1908 while fishing in the Blanchard River composed
- Ray Harroun (1879–1968), racing car driver and developer, first winner of the 1911 Indianapolis 500 mile race
- Rowland V. Lee (1891–1975), American director, film producer and screenwriter
- Willard Harrison Bennett (1903–1987), inventor of a mass spectrometer for use in astronomy
- James Purdy (1914–2009), novelist, short story teller and playwright; came to Findlay at the age of 5 and graduated from high school here
- Michael Oxley (1944–2016), Ohio State Member of Congress , Chairman of the Financial Services Committee from 1981 to 2006 , co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , an anti-fraud act, Vice President of NASDAQ
- Mark Metcalf (* 1946), film actor in films like I believe a horse kicks me with Kevin Bacon and James Belushi and in the TV series Seinfeld
- Dan O'Brien (* 1947 in Findlay), rancher and writer in South Dakota
- Gavin Creel (born 1976 in Findlay), Broadway - actor and - singer
- Ben Roethlisberger (* 1982), quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL), graduated from high school in Findlay
- Olivia Stuck (* 1999), actress
- Josh Woodward , singer-songwriter, publishes his songs under the Creative Commons license
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gavin Creel in the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)
- ↑ Milan Simonich: Roethlisberger friendly but still Browns territory , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of January 29, 2006