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Confusion Over Ohio Counties and County Seats
An Ohio writer catalogs dozens of city town and village placements that defy county-name alignment. He details examples where cities sit in counties with different names and where county seats carry different names in logistically tangled layouts.
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Robert Vincent Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Buller County
Butler
Richland County
Richland
Vinton County
Vinton
Gallia
Columbus
Franklin County
Franklin
Warren County
Warren
Trumbull County
Dayview
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Toledo
Lucas County
Lucas
iShelby
Youngstown
Mahoning Country
Mahoning
Portage County
Land Portage
Wood County
Ashland
Athens
Paulding
van Wert
Bala
Belmont
Columbiana
Highland
Lorais
Mercer
Tuscarawas
Wyandot
Adamssie
Alensville
Brownsie
Adams
Allen
Brown Counties
Greene County
Rand-McNally Ohio
Lake
Lake County
Lakeville
Ohin
Rayd-McNally
Wood
Woodside
Wiliams
Williams County
Auglaize
Alle County
Sarrall
Fairfield County
Clark
Coshocton County
Clinton
Summit County
Crawford
Wyandot County
Fayette
Fulton County
Fulton
Marrow County
Morrow
Hinwon
Erie County
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Cand Logan
Hocking County
Madison
Morgan County
Tomar
Butiter
Ottawa
Putnam County
Ottawa County
Perry
Sarridusky
Union
Wayne County
Wayne