Findlay (Ohio)

Hancock County

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Findlay is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hancock County. The population at the last census in 2000 was 38 967 people. Findlay is home to the University of Findlay. Findlay is one of only two cities in Hancock County, along with Fostoria.

Geography

Findlay is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Toledo. In the town of Lye Creek and Eagle Creek empty into the Blanchard River. Several times, the town was hit by a flood of the waters in flood.

History

In the war of 1812 here by Colonel James Findlay, a military outpost was built. The resulting later for the post around settlement got its name in honor of that officer. On July 3, 1821 filed three citizens of Ohio, Joseph Vance of Urbana, William Neill of Columbus and Elnathan Cory of New Carlisle one plans to found a community. 1887 this church became the City.

During the 1880s Findlay became the center of the oil and natural gas production in the area. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, the oil reserves began to dry up. The completion of Interstate 75 in the 1960s brought a further population growth for the city.

As of November 1, 1960 Findlay was three months, the first and only city in the world, already tone dialing ( touch tone ) supported their phones instead of pulse dialing.

National Register of Historic Places

The Charles H. Bigelow House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Famous people

The following celebrities were born in Findlay or were residents of this city:

  • Willard Harrison Bennett (1903-1987), inventor of a mass spectrometer for use in astronomy
  • Gavin Creel (born 1976 in Findlay ), Broadway actor and singer
  • James C. Donnell, (1854-1927), former president of the Ohio Oil Company (now Marathon Oil )
  • Ray Harroun (1879-1968), racing driver and developers, 1911 the first winner in the 500-mile race at Indianapolis
  • Rowland V. Lee (1891-1975), American film director, film producer and screenwriter
  • Mark Metcalf ( b. 1946 ), actor in films such as I think, ' Animal House with Kevin Bacon and James Belushi and in the TV_Serie Seinfeld
  • William munging (1821-1887), Member of Congress, a lawyer, a colonel in the United States Army in the Civil War
  • Dan O'Brien ( b. 1947 in Findlay ), rancher and writer in South Dakota
  • Michael G. Oxley (1944 ), deputy of the State of Ohio in Congress from 1981 to 2006 Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, co-author of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act, a law to combat accounting fraud, Vice President of NASDAQ
  • James Purdy (1914-2009), novelist, short story writer of short stories and playwright; came at the age of 5 years after Findlay and graduated from high school here
  • Ben Roethlisberger ( b. 1982 ), quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League ( NFL), graduated from high school in Findlay
  • Tell Taylor (1876-1937), composer of the famous song Down by the Old Mill Stream, which he composed in 1908 when fishing within the Blanchard River
  • Josh Woodward, songwriter, releases his songs under the Creative Commons license
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