Outline of Ohio (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The state of Ohio is the seventh most populous of the 50 states of the United States of America. Ohio lies between the Ohio River and Lake Erie in the Midwestern United States. The United States created the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio on July 13, 1787. Ohio joined the Union as the 17th state effective as of March 1, 1803. Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S., it is the 7th most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more. The state's capital is Columbus. The Anglicized name "Ohio" comes from the Iroquois word ohi-yo', meaning "great river."