Findlay is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The city metro area is often referred to as The Greater Findlay Area. The Findlay Reservoir No. 2 is the largest above ground reservoir in the state of Ohio with a capacity of approximately 5 billion US gallons of water.
About Findlay, Ohio in brief
Findlay is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The city metro area is often referred to as The Greater Findlay Area. The population was 41,202 at the 2010 census. Findlay is located at 41°02′34″N 83°38′32″W. The Blanchard River travels through Findlay, flowing east to west. The Findlay Reservoir No. 2 is the largest above ground reservoir in the state of Ohio with a capacity of approximately 5 billion US gallons of water. For three months in the early 1960s, Findlay had the distinction of being the only community in the world where touch-tone telephone service was available. In 2007 a flood that crested at 18. 46 feet caused around 100 million dollars in damage. In 1908, American songwriter Tell Taylor wrote the standard, ‘Down by the Old Mill Stream’ while fishing along the Blanchards River in Findlay. In 1884, Warren G. Harding and his Citizens’ Cornet Band of Marion placed third in the Ohio State Music Festival. Harding would go on to be elected the 29th President of the United States in 1916.
The City of Findlay was officially recognized as ‘Flag City, USA’ on May 7, 1974, a distinction which it maintains to this day. It is one of two cities in Hancock County,. along with Fostoria. The city has a total area of 19. 25 square miles, of which 19. 13 square miles is land and 0. 12 square miles is water. It is about 40 miles south of Toledo. Findlay lies about 40. miles south of the city of Toledo and is home to the University of. Ohio. The first town lots were laid out in 1821 by the future Ohio Governor Joseph Vance and Elnathan Corry. In 1861 David Ross Locke moved to Findlay where he served as editor for the Hancock Jeffersonian newspaper until he left in 1865. During the 1880s, findlay was a booming center of oil and natural gas production, though the supply of petroleum had dwindled by the early 20th century. On March 31, 1892, the only known lynching in the history of Hancock. County occurred when a mob of 1,000 men, many ‘respectable citizens’ broke into the county jail and lynched Mr. Lytle.
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