Wooster (Ohio)

Wooster
Wooster Location in Ohio
Basic data
Foundation :	1808
State :	United States
State :	Ohio
County :	Wayne County
Coordinates :	40 ° 49 ′  N , 81 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 49 ′  N , 81 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	24,811 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	667 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	37.3 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 37.2 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	304 m
Postal code :	44691
Area code :	+1 330
FIPS :	39-86548
GNIS ID :	1049345
Website :	www.woosteroh.com
Mayor :	Bob Breneman

Wooster is a city with 25,668 inhabitants (2005) in Wayne County in the US state of Ohio .

It is 45 minutes 'drive south of Cleveland and 75 minutes' drive northeast of Columbus . The city is best known for the College of Wooster . There is also a branch office of Ohio State University (Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Inst).

Population development

year	Residents¹
1980	19,289
1990	22,191
2000	24,811
2005	25,668

¹ 1980 - 2000: census results; 2005: Update of the US Census Bureau

Attractions

• Wayne County Historical Society and Museum
• Secrest Arboretum

Industry and research

There are two major employers in the city.

• LuK USA LLC (member of the Schaeffler Group )
• Rubbermaid Inc.
• Automotive supplier Tekfor

• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

Sons and daughters

• Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954), physicist
• Dorothy Heyward (1890–1961), playwright
• Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962), Nobel Prize in Physics
• Morgan Jones (1928–2012), actor
• Hollis Frampton (1936-1984), video artist
• Hal Varian (born 1947), economist
• Janet Marie Conrad (* 1963), physicist, university professor and researcher

developments

• 1932 Melrose Apple

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wayne County Historical Society. Retrieved March 1, 2009 . 

Web links

• College of Wooster
• Wooster Main Library. Wayne County Public Library, accessed March 1, 2009 .