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Metropolitan Statistical Area in Ohio, United States
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Greater Columbus is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Columbus, in the center of Ohio. Its population was about 2.1 million in 2017, of which almost 900,000 lived in Columbus. Visitors are drawn by its museums, state and local parks, hiking trails and festivals.
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Columbus is the capital of the American state of Ohio and is located centrally within the state as the core of the Greater Columbus area. Sited in an area where the Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Appalachia, and the Farm Belt meet, Columbus is a fusion of many different parts of America.
Mount Vernon is the county seat of Knox County, Ohio. It has a small, cute downtown, and is home to Mount Vernon Nazarene University and the manufacturer Ariel.
Tiny Gambier is a college town in Knox County, Ohio, centered around Kenyon College. The village of Gambier mostly consists of Kenyon's campus, which is quiet, pretty, and historic.
Granville is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio.
Heath is a city in Licking County in the state of Ohio.
Hebron is a city in Licking County, Ohio.
Newark is the county seat of Licking County in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio.
Reynoldsburg is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. It is part of Franklin, Fairfield, and Licking counties.
London is a town in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio.
Canal Winchester is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio.
Dublin is an upscale suburb in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio that is about 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Columbus.
Worthington is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. Located slightly North of Columbus on State Route 23.
Lancaster is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County.
Pickerington is a city in Fairfield and Franklin Counties, Southeast Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus.
Delaware is a quaint town of 41,000 people (2020) in the Greater Columbus region of Ohio. Delaware is home to the liberal Ohio Wesleyan University.
Powell is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. Powell is a Columbus upscale bedroom community with several luxury neighborhoods.
Sunbury is a village in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio, approx. 18 miles north of Columbus.
Marysville is the county seat of Union County (Ohio).
Fredericktown is a village of 2,600 people (2020) on the outskirts of Greater Columbus. Fredrock Glamping Experience.
The Hocking Hills are in Southeast Ohio, in the United States of America.
Delaware is a quaint town of 41,000 people (2020) in the Greater Columbus region of Ohio. Delaware is home to the liberal Ohio Wesleyan University.
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