Columbus Facts

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The next time you’re visiting the Capital of Ohio and someone asks you the difference between the city population and the metro area population, you’ll be able to answer with confidence… so long as you’ve boned up on the following Columbus facts!

Columbus Location: Central Ohio

Columbus Population: 730,660 (1.7 Million Metro)

Columbus Nicknames: C-bus, The Discovery City, Cow-town, The Arch City

Columbus Was founded In: 1812

Columbus Industry: Education, Research and Development, Telecommunications, Information Services, Manufacturing

Columbus Claims to Fame: The Buckeyes, Woody Hayes, Ohio Capital, Ohio University, American Cultural Middle-ground

Columbus Miscellaneous: Columbus is the home of late Wendy’s restaurant-chain found Dave Thomas, and the site of the very 1st Wendy’s