Lorain (Ohio)
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 Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1807 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Ohio |
| County : | Lorain County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 27 ′ N , 82 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 64,097 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,030.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 62.8 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 62.2 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 186 m |
| Postcodes : | 44052-44055 |
| Area code : | +1 440 |
| FIPS : | 39-44856 |
| GNIS ID : | 1077529 |
| Website : | www.cityoflorain.org |
| Mayor : | Chase M. Ritenauer |
Lorain is a city in Lorain County , Ohio, United States . Lorain has 64,097 inhabitants (2010) on an area of 62.8 km². The city is located at the confluence of the Black River with Lake Erie west of Cleveland . It belongs to the metropolitan area of Cleveland Lorain- Elyra .
history
The settlement was initially called the Mouth of Black River and was founded in 1807 under the name Charleston . In 1874 the city was named Lorain after the county in which it was located.
economy
In Lorain there was a Ford Motor Company , where the Ford E-series was built. Production stopped on December 14, 2005.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ernest Joseph King (1878–1956), Fleet Admiral in the US Navy in World War II
- Lenore Tawney (1907-2007), textile artist
- Ralph Flanagan (1914–1995), band leader, pianist, arranger and composer
- Robert Galambos (1914-2010), zoologist and neuroscientist
- Matthew Yuricich (1923–2012), special effects artist
- Robert Nagy (1929-2008), opera singer (tenor)
- Toni Morrison (1931–2019), writer, Nobel Prize for Literature 1993
- Dimitra Arliss (1932–2012), actress
- Robert F. Overmyer (1936-1996), astronaut
- Richard Yuricich (* 1942), special effects expert and cameraman
- Don Novello (* 1943), actor, screenwriter and film producer
- Edward M. Deliman (* 1947), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia
- Jerry Evans (born 1968), American football player
- David Kajganich (* 1969), screenwriter and film producer
- Jason Molina (1973-2013), independent musician
- Chad Muska (born 1977), skateboarder
- Naama Kates (born 1985), actress