Wooster (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1808 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Ohio | |
County : | Wayne County | |
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 |
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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 |
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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
- ^ Wayne County Historical Society. Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Web links
- College of Wooster
- Wooster Main Library. Wayne County Public Library, accessed March 1, 2009 .