- Akron, Ohio, was the first city to use police cars
- The first traffic light was used in Cleveland, in August, 1914
- Cincinnati, Ohio, boasted the nation’s first professional fire department
- 50% of the U.S. population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio
- Cleveland became the world’s first city to be lighted electrically in 1879
- At 7, Ohio has given us the second-most number of U.S. Presidents born in a state
- The Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team
- The first concrete street in America was built in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and is still in use
