Ohio // Columbus, OH // Midwest Region // Eastern Time (The Buckeye State)
Statehood granted:	March 1, 1803 // 17th state
Ohio was formed out of land from the Northwest Territory.
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#4314 // August 11, 2011 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Ohio State Flag butterfly, milkweed plants, and a stretch of river	#1987 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Ohio Red Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) and Red Carnation	#1649 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Ohio State Flag

	#681 // October 19, 1929 // Cairo, IL Completion of the Ohio River Canalization Project (1873 - 1929) between Cairo, IL and Pittsburgh, PA Lock No. 5, Monongahela River (Mon), PA
Locks and dams along the Ohio River located in the State of Ohio: New Cumberland, Stratton, OH, river mile 54.3, Hannibal, Hannibal, OH, dam produces hydroelectricity, river mile 126.4, Willow Island, Newport, OH, river mile 161.7, Belleville, Reedsville, OH, dam produces hydroelectricity, river mile 203.9

#1018 // March 2, 1953 // Chillicothe, OH Ohio Statehood Sesquicentennial Outline map and Great Seal, Buckeye Leaf	#3773 // March 1, 2003 // Chillicothe, OH Ohio Statehood Bicentennial Arial view of farm near Marietta, OH

#3595 // April 4, 2002 (ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from Ohio Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View Ohio state quarter View Ohio state map View Ohio clock

	The name of the state and the Ohio River originates from the Iroquois Indian word for "good river". This Indian name was later translated by the French as "La Belle Riviere". Find out more facts & trivia
	Land Area rounded mi2 [km2] 40,948 [106.055] ranked 35th	Population (census 2010) 11,536,504 ranked 7th	Population Density per mi2 [km2] of land area 282 [109] ranked 11th
	The State of Ohio has 88 counties.
	Ohio shares in the north a 146-mile-long (235 km) international water border on Lake Erie with the Canadian province of Ontario.

#UX124 // July 15, 1988 // Marietta, OH Stamped Postal Card Settling of Ohio, Northwest Territory Bicentenerary Map of the eastern United States with Northwest Territory highlighted, floatbot ferry transporting settlers down the Ohio River

#UX073 // May 12, 1978 // Cincinnati, OH Stamped Postal Card Historic Preservation Series The Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH National Historic Landmark Centenerary Designed by the architects Hannaford, Samuel, & Sons in Venetian Gothic style, the first performance took place on May 14, 1878