Sixteen interesting Ohio facts

1. The capital of Ohio is Columbus.
2. Total Area: 34th among states, 116,104 sq km (44,828 sq mi)
3. Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.
4. The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional baseball team in 1869. 
5.  Ohio, whose name was derived from the Seneca word ohi:yo’, meaning "large creek,"
6. Akron was the first city to use police cars. 
7. Ohio is known as the "Buckeye State" for its prevalence of Ohio Buckeye trees, and, as such, Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes."
8. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton and in Cleveland is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 
9. Currently, Ohio occupies 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives.
10. Clarence Crane in Cleveland invented Life Savers in 1912. 
11. Because Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest, much cargo and business traffic passes through its borders along its well-developed highways.
12. In 1879, Cleveland became the first city to be lighted by electricity. Cleveland also had the first traffic light in 1914. 
13. Ohio claims the first chewing gum in 1869, and the first hot dog in 1900.
14. Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department and the first ambulance service.
15. Oberlin College, founded in 1833, was the first college in the United States to admit women.
16. Ohio was the birthplace of many U.S. presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding.