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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The city of Columbus is located in central Ohio at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. The region is dominated by a humid continental climate, characterized by hot, muggy summers and cold, dry winters.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 212.6 square miles (550.5 km²), of which, 210.3 square miles (544.6 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it (1.07%) is water. Unlike many other major US cities in the Midwest, Columbus continues to expand its reach by way of extensions and annexations, making it one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation, in terms of both geography and population, and probably the fastest in the Midwest. ... Read more

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Alabama : Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
If you're interested in this sort of thing as I am this book could be of great value however the price is unreal. I have a CD that does much the same for the entire country at a third the price of one state however this book is MUCH more accurate and shows county boundaries that only occured for as little as three days. The CD is also easier to use. That said I'll likely ask for the book as one of those Christmas presents I wouldn't buy for myself. ... Read more

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Provides an overview of the state of Ohio, covering its history, geography, economy, people, and points of interest. ... Read more

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This book uses a "hands-on" approach by guiding students through a series of carefully-constructed activities that are closely aligned to the new fourth-grade social studies standards. Not only will your students have fun doing the activities in this book, they will also be preparing for Ohio's future fifth-grade statewide social studies assessment. OVERVIEW: 1) Introductory Unit-Learn techniques for remembering information. 2) Geography Unit-Learn to make maps, use an atlas, identify the characteristics of Ohio's principal geographic regions, and research information about cities. 3) History Unit-Edit an article about five historic Indians, compare and contrast lifestyles of Historic Indians, and practice their listening and reading skills with passages about Ohio's history. They also are given opportunities to visit a museum, construct a model fort, design a bicentennial historical marker, search the Internet, and create timelines of events from their own life times and those of Ohio's past. Other topics include: 4) People in Society Unit 5) Economics Unit 6) Government Unit 7) Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Unit ... Read more

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Black African Neo-Diaspora is an intensive study of the African immigrant experience in the United States. Yeboah examines the emergence of an African neo-diaspora by considering how Ghanaians in Cincinnati are renegotiating the nexus of Ghanaian and American cultures. He presents issues of their migration trajectory, associational life, gender renegotiation, business experiences, and socialization of their second generation. ... Read more

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Provides a look at Ohio's different geographical regions and the industry and economy of each. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 117 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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Chapters: The Greene Town Center, Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Mad River, Sunwatch Indian Village, Triangle Park, Cox Arboretum and Gardens Metropark, Sherwood Forest, Terrington Place. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Greene Town Center, (also known as The Greene), is a mixed-use development located in Beavercreek, Ohio (an eastern suburb of Dayton in Greene County). The complex is an established mixed-use, office, retail, dining and entertainment center and serves as the third major shopping mall in the Dayton region. The co-owner and developer, Steiner + Associates, is known for creating similar town centers such as the Easton Town Center in Columbus as well as other centers in the Cincinnati-Newport, Milwaukee and Kansas City regions. The town center of The GreeneThe Greene was built in two phases over 72 acres (290,000 m) of land at a cost estimated exceed $200 million when complete. The developer provided the majority of the funding, but based on the $186 million estimate, the public's share is $14.8 million, or eight percent of the total cost. This is the lowest percentage bond financing in their portfolio. The location of the property is within the southeast boundaries of Indian Ripple and Stroop Roads, just off the exit to I-675. Phase I was completed 2006. The first phase includes tenets such as: Lane Bryant, White House Black Market, Cheesecake Factory, Chico's, Sephora, Ann Taylor, and numerous other retailers and/or restaurants some new to the Dayton area. The architect of record for the majority of the project was Meachem and Apel. A view of The GreeneThe development for Phase I will also includes: a comedy club (The Funny Bone), a fitness club (Urban Active), as well as an upscale movie theater (Cinema De Lux). Phase I al...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6641967 ... Read more

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Chapters: Port of Cleveland. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Port of Cleveland -The Port of Cleveland handles the bulk of raw material shipments for regional manufacturing, as well as exporting some local resources (salt mined from under Lake Erie, materials quarried locally, Ohio farm surpluses, ...). Connections to:(2) Class I railroads: and several regional/short-line railroads: Port has truck access to four major Interstate highways: as well as local bypasses/connectors: and Ohio State Routes, such as: A warehouse at the Port of ClevelandEight international cargo berths and docks consist of 110 acres (0.45 km) of land alongside Lake Erie on the east side of the Cuyahoga River, while the Cleveland Bulk Terminal transshipment facility occupies 44 acres (0.18 km) just west of the river. The Port of Cleveland spans across the Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River to the Turning Basin. Docks are maintained at a full Great Lakes seaway depth, which is 27 feet (8.2 m). Four terminal operators use port facilities: Cleveland Bulk Terminal (CBT), located at 5500 Whiskey Island Drive, on Whiskey Island, is port-owned but operated by Carmeuse NA which handles iron ore transfers. The lakefront facility can accommodate 1,000 feet (300 m) vessels used to discharge and reload rail cars. The automated CBT iron ore loader system on Whiskey Island on the west side of the Cuyahoga River loads materials onto boats from the terminal and transfers materials at a rate of 5,200 tons per hour. Limited handling of materials greatly improves the quality of pellets delivered to the mill.The ore loader operation benefits three Cleveland companies: These facilities are: Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Grantee #40, operates-owns several Gen...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17913758 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Chapel Hill is one of Akrons two large commercial districts. Located in Northeast Akron it borders Cuyahoga Falls to the north and Tallmadge to the east. The area is mostly commercial north of Tallmadge Avenue, with a commercial and retail mix on Tallmadge Avenue. Single and multi-family residential use predominates south of Tallmadge Avenue. There is major retail development along Home Avenue, Howe Road, and Brittain Road, with the retail area anchored by the Chapel Hill Mall at the northeast corner. Chapel Hill is accessible off Route 8 via two interchanges. Chapel Hill is one of Akrons smaller residential neighborhoods, with only 2.5% of its population and 3% of households. Chapel Hill lost a higher percentage of its population than the City during the 1990s. Although average household income is lower than in the City as a whole, there is also a lower percentage of persons in poverty. 61% of Chapel Hill residents are under 45 years of age. Chapel Hill also has a higher proportion of elderly residents than the City. According to The City of Akrons statistics there are 5,466 people living in 2,934 households. Chapel Hill is 79% Caucasian. The average household income (1999) is $33,930, about seven thousand lower than the city average. Ellet is physically separated from the other neighborhoods by a Highway Interstate 76, a river, and an airport. Ellet petitioned the City of Akron for annexation in 1929. In the 1990s when Akrons total population was reduced by over three percent, Ellet started booming. In fact, one in twelve houses in Ellet were built after 1990. Situated at the far eastern edge of Akron, it borders Mogadore to the east and Springfield Township to the south. Ellet includes many of Akrons bigger attractions i... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21297977 ... Read more

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Chapters: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, Alum Creek Lake, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Green Lawn Abbey, Big Darby Creek, Metro Parks (Columbus, Ohio), Worthington Estates. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Green Lawn Cemetery is a large and historically significant burial ground in Central Ohio, United States. Located in the southern section of Columbus, Ohio (at the western terminus of Greenlawn Avenue), it is the final resting place for many local notables and well-known figures from national history. Green Lawn was the most fashionable and sought after final address in Columbus, and still maintains that reputation today. Founded in 1848, the facility covers over 360 acres (1.5 km) and contains nearly 150,000 interments. The crypts span the breadth of late-Victorian and turn-of-the-century architectural movements, including some styled in the MesopotamianEgyptian style favored during the burst of "Egyptian mania" enjoyed after Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922. Some of the largest family crypts that can be seen are those of the Hayden, Battelle, and Packard families. Also entombed here with their own private burial plots surrounding the central crypt is the Lazarus family, the patriarchal line that founded and ran the popular department store chains known as The F ... Read more