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americas-florists.com directory
of florists in Ohio, USA
The land we call Ohio today was part the
Northwest Territory that the United States won by defeating the
British in the Revolutionary War. Ohio was admitted into the
Union as the 17th state in 1803. The state gets its name from the
river that forms its southern border. Ohio is an Iroquois word
meaning "great water." The capital of the "Buckeye
State" is Columbus, and, not surprisingly, the state tree is
the buckeye. Highly populated, Ohio is situated between the
Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest, and is known for the fact that
eight presidents were either born or lived there. The flower is
the scarlet carnation.
State Flower: Scarlet carnation
State Motto: With God all things are possible
State Nickname: Buckeye State
State Bird: Cardinal
Land area: 40,953 sq mi. - Length: 220 miles - Width: 220 miles
10 largest cities (1999 est.): Columbus,
671,247; Cleveland, 501,662; Cincinnati, 330,914; Toledo,
307,946; Akron, 211,822; Dayton, 169,338; Youngstown, 82,757;
Parma, 81,207; Canton, 78,582; Lorain, 67,377 - Persons per square mile (1999): 274.9
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