1. Ohio
Abbreviation: OH

2. Basics Capital City: Columbus Date Joined the Union: March 1, 1803
Area:
41,222 square miles

3. State Symbols
State Bird:
Cardinal
State Flower:
Scarlet Carnation
Nickname:
The Buckeye State

4. Bordering States
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana

5. Largest Cities
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Dayton

6. Cardinal Direction From MD
West

7. Interesting Facts It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.

8. Famous Residents Drew Carey (comedian) Dave Chappelle (comedian)
Steve Harvey (comedian)
Terrence Howard (actor)
Bow Wow (rapper)
John Legend (singer)
LeBron James (basketball)

9. Challenge Facts Invented the cash register in 1879 (Dayton)
James J. Ritty
Patented chewing gum in 1869 (Mount Vernon)
William Finley Semple
Inventors of the first airplane (Dayton)
Wright Brothers

10. Challenge Facts
Developed the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, and early motion picture camera (Milan)
Thomas A. Edison
Made America's first automobile in 1891 (Ohio City)
John Lambert
Created America's first hot dog in 1900 (Niles)
Harry M. Stevens

11. Challenge Facts
Developed the process of vulcanizing rubber in 1839 (Akron)
Charles Goodyear
Won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin (Cleveland)
Jesse Owens

12. Challenge Facts
The first man to walk on the moon ( Wapakoneta)
Neil Armstrong
Invented the pop-top can (Kettering)
Ermal Fraze