Toledo, Ohio

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Toledo, Ohio
Flag Seal
Nickname: The Glass City
Location in the state of Ohio
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Lucas
Government
- Mayor	Carty Finkbeiner (D)
Area
- City	84.1 sq mi (217.8 km²)
- Land	80.6 sq mi (208.8 km²)
- Water	3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
Population (2005)[1]
- City	301,285
- Density	3,890.2/sq mi (1,502.0/km²)
- Metro	656,696
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Website: http://www.ci.toledo.oh.us/

Toledo is on the western end of Lake Erie. It is the county seat^GR6 of Lucas County, and the principal city in the Toledo Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 2000 census, the city proper had a population of 313,619. As of July 1, 2005, however, the U.S. Census Bureau listed the city with a reduced population of 301,285, allowing Toledo to maintain its place as the fourth-largest city in the state. Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry: windows, bottles, windshields, construction materials, and glass art, of which the Toledo Museum of Art has a large collection. The Jeep vehicle has been manufactured in Toledo since 1941. Automotive glass supplier Libbey Owens Ford has long been a staple of Toledo's economy.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Climate 3 Demographics 4 Neighborhoods 5 Suburbs 6 Economy 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and universities 7.2 Schools 8 Media 8.1 Newspapers 8.2 Magazines 8.3 Television stations 8.4 Radio stations 8.4.1 AM 8.4.2 FM 9 Sites of interest 10 Sports 10.1 Rockets 10.2 Mud Hens 10.3 Toledo Storm 10.4 Golf 10.5 Motorsports 11 Major routes 12 Rail transportation 13 Notable residents 14 Trivia 15 Sister Cities 16 See also 17 References 18 External links

[edit] Geography

Toledo is located at 41°39′56″N, 83°34′31″W (41.665682, -83.575337).^GR1 The city sits astride the Maumee River at the southern end of Maumee Bay, which is the westernmost inlet of Lake Erie. Toledo is north of what was formerly the Great Black Swamp, giving rise to another nickname, Frog Town. An important ecological site, a sandy oak savanna called the Oak Openings region, lies just west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 217.8 km² (84.1 mi²). 208.8 km² (80.6 mi²) of it is land and 8.9 km² (3.5 mi²) of it (4.10%) is water.

[edit] Climate

Main article: Climate of Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, like many other cities in the Great Lakes region, experiences a continental climate, characterized by four distinct seasons, with significant variations in temperature and precipitation between them. The city's location just off the western end of Lake Erie moderates its climate somewhat, so that it is less extreme than if the city were further from the lake. The city also shares many climatic characteristics with the Ohio Valley, such as slightly warmer winters and increased precipitation that is more evenly spread throughout the year.^{[citation needed]}

The warmest month of the year is July, when high temperatures average 87°F (30°C), and overnight low temperatures average 68°F (20°C). January is the coldest month, when high temperatures average 33°F (1°C), and low temperatures average 22°F (-5°C). The wettest month of the year is June, when 3.84 inches (97.5 mm) of precipitation falls. The driest month is January, when 2.00 inches (50.8 mm) of precipitation falls. The warmest temperature ever recorded in Toledo was 105°F (41°C) on July 31, 1999. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -16°F (-27°C), on January 21, 1985.

Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rec High °F	65	71	81	88	95	104	105	99	98	91	80	70
Norm High °F	31.4	35.1	46.5	58.9	70.7	79.5	83.4	81	74	62.1	48.3	36
Norm Low °F	16.4	18.9	27.9	37.7	48.6	58.2	62.6	60.7	52.9	41.6	32.6	22.3
Rec Low °F	-20	-14	-6	8	25	32	40	34	26	15	2	-19
Precip (in)	1.93	1.88	2.62	3.24	3.14	3.8	2.8	3.19	2.84	2.35	2.78	2.64
Source:The Weather Channel. [1]"
Source: USTravelWeather.com [2]

[edit] Demographics

City of Toledo Population by year [3]
Year	Population	U.S. Pop. Ranking
1860	13,768	68th
1870	31,584	40th
1880	50,137	35th
1890	81,434	34th
1900	131,822	26th
1910	168,497	30th
1920	243,164	26th
1930	290,718	27th
1940	282,349	34th
1950	303,616	36th
1960	318,003	39th
1970	383,818	34th
1980	354,635	40th
1990	332,943	49th
2000	313,619	57th

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 313,619 people, 128,925 households, and 77,355 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,502.0/km² (3,890.2/mi²). There were 139,871 housing units at an average density of 669.9/km² (1,734.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 70.23% White, 23.55% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.28% from other races, and 2.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.47% of the population.

In 2000 there were 128,925 households in Toledo, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males. There was a total of 139,871 housing units in the city, of which 10,946 (7.8%) were vacant.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,546, and the median income for a family was $41,175. Males had a median income of $35,407 versus $25,023 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,388. About 14.2% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Neighborhoods

Toledo consists of the following neighborhoods,

• Beverly
• Birmingham
• DeVeaux
• Downtown
• East Toledo
• Five Points
• Franklin Park
• Glendale-Heatherdowns
• LaGrange
• Northriver
• North Towne
• Olde Towne
• Old Orchard
• Old West End
• ONYX
• Ottawa
• Point Place
• Reynolds Corners
• Roosevelt
• Scott Park
• South Side
• Southwyck
• Warren Sherman
• Westgate
• Whitmer-Trilby

[edit] Suburbs

The Toledo Metropolitan Area consists of the following suburbs

• Bedford, Michigan
• Bowling Green
• Holland
• Maumee
• Northwood
• Oregon
• Ottawa Hills
• Perrysburg
• Rossford
• Sylvania
• Waterville
• Whitehouse

[edit] Economy

Historically, Toledo is best known for industrial manufacturing, although these industries have declined considerably in past decades. The Big Three automakers all have factories in metropolitan Toledo. The city is home to two Fortune 500 companies: Dana Corporation and Owens Corning. Another Fortune 500 company, formerly located at One SeaGate, is Owens-Illinois. O-I has recently relocated to suburban Perrysburg. HCR Manor Care is an up and coming Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Toledo. Though the largest employer in Toledo was Jeep for much of the 20th century, this honor has recently gone to the University of Toledo. Manufacturing as a whole now employs fewer Toledoans than does the healthcare industry, now the city's biggest employer. In 2001, a taxpayer lawsuit was filed against Toledo that challenged the constitutionality of tax incentives it extended to DaimlerChrysler for the expansion of its Jeep plant. The case was won by the city on a technical issue after it reached the U.S. Supreme Court in DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, 547 U.S. ___ (2006).

Toledo is the primary market city for northwest Ohio, a region of nine counties with a population in excess of 1 million. As such there is a high concentration of retail establishments and medical facilities in Toledo. The city's location near the intersection of I-80/I-90 and I-75 (i.e. "The Crossroads of America") has made it a popular hub location for transportation companies such as UPS and BAX Global. Toledo is also the nation's third busiest rail hub, 15th-busiest air cargo hub, and one of the busiest ports on the Great Lakes.

To promote economic development, the City of Toledo has announced that it will cover the 81 square miles of the city of Toledo with Wi-Fi internet access for government, business, and personal use. This will create the nation's sixth largest Wi-Fi network, and will be funded with private dollars.^[2]

[edit] Education

[edit] Colleges and universities

These higher education institutions operate campuses within the city of Toledo:

• University of Toledo, including the former Medical University of Ohio, which merged in 2006.
• Davis College
• Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
• Stautzenberger College
• Toledo Academy of Beauty
• Toledo Professional Skills Institute

Nearby are the following other higher education institutions:

• Adrian College, in Adrian, Michigan.
• Siena Heights University, in Adrian, Michigan.
• Monroe County Community College, in Monroe, Michigan.
• Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan.
• Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
• University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green and Huron.
• Heidelberg College, in Tiffin.
• Lourdes College, in Sylvania.
• Owens Community College, in Perrysburg.
• Northwest State Community College, in Archbold.

[edit] Schools

Toledo Public Schools operates public schools within much of the city limits, along with the Washington Local School District in northern Toledo. Additionally, several private and parochial high schools are present within Toledo including Maumee Valley Country Day School, Central Catholic High School, St. Francis de Sales High School, which was recently named as one of the top 20 Catholic high schools in the nation for academics by Catholic High School Honor Roll for the second time ^[3][4] , St. John's Jesuit High School, Notre Dame Academy, and St. Ursula Academy. The sixth Catholic high school in the area, Cardinal Stritch High School, is located in nearby Oregon.

[edit] Media

Main article: List of Toledo, Ohio media outlets

The following are media outlets located in the city of Toledo. Also serving the city are a number of other radio and television stations, and newspapers located outside the city limits, including many such media outlets in the Detroit, Michigan, area. Some of these newspapers and broadcasting stations are listed below, with the city of publication or license noted when occurring outside of Toledo.

[edit] Newspapers

The Blade, a daily newspaper, is the primary newspaper in Toledo and was founded in 1835. It considers itself to be one of the best local newspapers in the United States. Page one of each issue asserts "One of America's Great Newspapers." The city's arts and entertainment weekly is the Toledo City Paper. In March 2005, the weekly newspaper Toledo Free Press began publication, and it has a focus on news and sports. Other weeklies include the "West Toledo Herald," "El Tiempo", La Prensa, Sojourner's Truth, and the Toledo Journal, as well as type A magazine, a quarterly publication focused on Toledo's anarchist community. Toledo Tales provides satire and parody of life in the Glass City.

[edit] Magazines

Clamor was a bi-monthly magazine published in Toledo, Ohio. The focus of the magazine is alternative culture (covering art, commentary, cultural criticism, photography, interviews, politics, and music), often from a politically left-wing perspective.

The Old West End Magazine is published monthly and highlites "The Best in Urban Historic Living". Monthly issues are also published on the Old West End Association web site. http://www.toledooldwestend.com/main.aspx

[edit] Television stations

• 05 WT05 - CW (cable only/non-broadcast in NW Ohio on various cable systems, usually cable channel 5)
• 11 WTOL - CBS

• 13 WTVG - ABC
• 22 W22CO - TBN (formerly channel 68)
• 24 WNWO-TV - NBC
• 27 WBGU-TV - PBS (in Bowling Green, Ohio)
• 30 WGTE-TV - PBS
• 34 WBTL-LP - HSN, Infomercials (formerly broadcast channel 5)
• 36 WUPW - Fox
• 38 W38DH - America's Store (formerly channel 64)
• 40 WLMB - Christian, FN , Worship
• 48 WMNT-CA - MNTV and America One
• BCSN Buckeye Cable Sports Network (cable only)

'** Low Power stations (containing "LP" or numbers in their calls) had to move, due to digital station conversions on a specific station number, or the channel they are broadcasting on is being withdrawn from television broadcasting. Therefore, the station on that channel had to move to another channel number.

[edit] Radio stations

[edit] AM

• 730 WJYM - christian (licensed to Bowling Green, Ohio)
• 1230 WCWA (Fox Sports 1230) - sports
• 1370 WSPD - news/talk
• 1470 WLQR (The Ticket) - sports "Formerly AM1470 - WOHO"
• 1520 WDMN - christian
• 1560 WTOD (SuperTalk 1560) - talk

[edit] FM

• 88.1 WBGU - Return to Radio Freedom (Bowling Green State University)
• 88.3 WXUT - Alternative (University of Toledo, part-time)
• 88.3 WXTS - Jazz (Scott High School, part-time)
• 88.7 CIMX (89X) New Rock Alternative (Licensed to Windsor, Ontario)
• 89.3 WYSZ (Yes FM) - Christian Rock (licensed to Maumee, Ohio and marketed online to Detroit)
• 90.3 WOTL - christian
• 91.3 WGTE-FM - Classical
• 92.5 WVKS (KISS FM) - Top 40 Toledo's #1 Hit Music Channel
• 93.5 WRQN - Oldies (licensed to Bowling Green, Ohio)
• 94.5 WXKR (94 Five-XKR) - Classic Rock (licensed to Port Clinton, Ohio)
• 95.3 WQTE - Country (Adrian, Michigan)
• 95.7 WIMX (Mix 95.7) - Urban Adult Contemporary (licensed to Gibsonburg, Ohio)
• 96.9 WXQQ - Satellite Contemporary Christian (licensed to Wauseon, Ohio)
• 97.3 WJZE (Hot 97.3) - Rhythmic Top 40/Mainstream Urban
• 98.3 WTWR-FM (Tower 98) - Top 40 Toledo's Hit Music Station
• 99.9 WKKO (K100) - Country
• 100.7 W264AK - Christian
• 101.5 WRVF (The River) - Adult Contemporary
• 102.3 WPOS - Christian (licensed to Holland, Ohio)
• 102.9 WWWW - Country (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• 103.7 WCKY - Country (Findlay, Ohio)
• 104.7 WIOT - Rock
• 105.5 WWWM (Star 105) - Hot Adult Contemporary (licensed to Sylvania, Ohio)
• 106.5 WRWK (The Zone) - Alternative Rock
• 107.3 WJUC (The Juice) - Urban Contemporary (licensed to Swanton, Ohio)
• 107.9 WMLZ-LP (Z108) - Classic Rock (Bedford Public Schools/licensed to Temperance, MI)

[edit] Sites of interest

• The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally-acclaimed museum located in a Greek Revival building. The Center for Visual Arts addition by Frank Gehry was added in the recent past and the Museum's new Glass Pavilion across Monroe Street opened in August 2006.

• The Toledo Zoo - consistently rated as one of the nation's ten best - was the first zoo to feature a hippoquarium-style exhibit. The Toledo Zoo was also one of three finalists to be in the computer game Zoo Tycoon.
• The COSI Toledo science museum on the Maumee River in downtown Toledo.
• The Willis B Boyer is a former Cleveland-Cliffs lake freighter open to the public as a museum, located at International Park, across from downtown Toledo along the Maumee River.
• The R. A. Stranahan Arboretum is a 47-acre arboretum maintained by the University of Toledo.
• The Old West End is an historic neighborhood of Victorian, Arts & Crafts, and other Edwardian style houses recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.
• The Mansion View Inn, also known as the Reynolds-Secor home, built in 1887, was home to several prominent and wealthy Toledo families. It boasts some of the finest architecture found anywhere and is listed on the Department of Interior’s National Historic Register.
• The world famous Tony Packo's Cafe is located in the Hungarian neighborhood on the east side of Toledo known as Birmingham, and features hot dog buns signed by celebrities.

• The Maumee River Crossing is being constructed over the Maumee River on Interstate 280, just north-east of downtown Toledo. This 400 foot tall bridge includes a glass covered mainpost, when completed, will add a distinctive feature to Toledo's skyline.^[5]
• The Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge, a 3215 foot suspension bridge crossing the Maumee River, has been a staple of Toledo's skyline for more than 70 years.
• The Toledo Metroparks
• Toledo Botanical Garden
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza was built as Central Union Terminal by the New York Central Railroad in 1950 and currently serves as the city's Amtrak station.
• The University Parks Trail, a six mile asphalt paved path that runs from the west end of the city to the University of Toledo. The trail is what is known as a "rails to trails" effort that uses abandoned railway corridors for urban multi-use trails.
• Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club, was selected as one of the best Minor League ballparks in the USA by Newsweek magazine in 2002.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Rockets

The University of Toledo fields teams in many intercollegiate sports, quite anumber of which enjoy loyal followings by Toledo sports fans. The Toledo Rockets football team plays at the Glass Bowl, while the basketball teams compete at Savage Hall.

Club	Sport	Founded	League	Venue
Toledo Mud Hens	Baseball	1896	International League	Fifth Third Field
Toledo Storm	Hockey	1990	ECHL	Toledo Sports Arena

[edit] Mud Hens

The Mud Hens are one of minor league baseball's oldest teams, having first played in 1896. Fifth Third Field, however, is a new stadium, having been completed in 2002. In 2005, the Mud Hens won the International League Governor's Cup Championship by beating the Indianapolis Indians and again in 2006 by defeating the Rochester Red Wings. Fifth Third Field also made record-breaking attendance with over 590,000 fans, the most in Mud Hen's history. The Mudhens are the AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.

[edit] Toledo Storm

The Toledo Sports Arena is home to the Toledo Storm of the ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League), and has also hosted many other sporting events.

[edit] Golf

Inverness Club is a golf club in Toledo. It is known for hosting six major USGA events, including the 2003 U.S. Seinor Open. Highland Meadows Golf Club is home to LPGA's Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented By Kroger.

[edit] Motorsports

Toledo Speedway is a local auto racetrack that features, among other events, stock car racing and concerts.

[edit] Major routes

• Interstate 75 from Rossford, Ohio to Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio
• Interstate 280 from Oregon, Ohio to Interstate 75
• Interstate 475 from Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Interstate 75
• U.S. Route 20 Reynolds Road (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Maumee, Ohio)
• U.S. Route 24 S Detroit Avenue (Maumee, Ohio to Fearing Boulevard), Fearing Boulevard (S Detroit Avenue to N Detroit Avenue), N Detroit Avenue (Fearing Boulevard to Telegraph Road), Telegraph Road (N Detroit Highway to Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan)
• SR 2 Airport Highway (Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Western Avenue), Western Avenue (Airport Highway to Broadway Street), Broadway Street (Western Avenue to Clayton Avenue), Clayton Avenue (turns into Woodville Road on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge, Woodville Road (Clayton Street to Navarre Ave), Navarre Ave (Woodville Road to Oregon, Ohio)
• SR 25 Anthony Wayne Trail (Maumee, Ohio to Erie Street (northbound) and Michigan Avenue (southbound)), Greenbelt Parkway (Cherry Street (northbound) /Spielbusch Avenue (southbound) to Interstate 280), ends at Interstate 280

• (northbound) - Erie Street (Anthony Wayne Trail to Cherry Street), Cherry Street (Erie Street to Greenbelt Parkway)
  
• (southbound) - Michigan Avenue (Spielbusch Avenue to Anthony Wayne Trail), Spielbusch Avenue (Greenbelt Parkway to Michigan Avenue)

• SR 51 Monroe Street (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Summit Street), Summit Street (Monroe Street to Clayton Street), Clayton Street (turns into Woodville Road on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge), Woodville Road (Clayton Street to Oregon, Ohio)
• SR 65 Miami Street (Rossford, Ohio to Fassett Street), Fassett Street (Miami Street to Oak Street), Oak Street (Fassett Street to Woodville Road), Woodville Road (turns into Clayton Street on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge), Clayton Street (Woodville Road to Summit Street), Summit Street (Clayton Street to Interstate 280), ends at Interstate 280
• SR 120 Central Avenue (Ottawa Hills, Ohio and Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Cherry Street), Cherry Street (Central Avenue to Maumee River), ends at Maumee River
• SR 184 Alexis Road (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Interstate 75), ends at Interstate 75
• SR 246 Dorr Street (Reynolds Road/US 20 to 17th Street), 17th Street (to Monroe Street), ends at Monroe Street

[edit] Rail transportation

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Toledo. Amtrak Train 29, the westbound Capitol Limited, is scheduled to depart Toledo at 4:57 a.m. daily with service to Waterloo, Elkhart, South Bend, and Chicago. Amtrak Train 30, the eastbound Capitol Limited, is scheduled to depart Toledo at 10:45 p.m. daily with service to Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, Alliance, Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry, Rockville, and Washington, DC. Amtrak Train 49, the westbound Lake Shore Limited, is scheduled to depart Toledo at 5:35 a.m. daily with service to Bryan, Waterloo, Elkhart, South Bend, and Chicago. Amtrak Train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, is scheduled to depart Toledo at 1:30 a.m. daily with service to Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo-Depew, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, and Albany-Rensselaer. Train 48 splits at this point with one section proceeding to Boston via Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester and Framingham. The other section continues to Croton-Harmon and New York City.

[edit] Notable residents

Famous Toledoans include:

• Cliff Arquette - Actor and Comedian
• James Mitchell Ashley - abolitionist and author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Anita Baker - R&B singer
• Jonathan Bennett - actor from suburban Rossford.
• Amy Braunschweiger - Freelance journalist for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
• Christine Brennan, USA Today sports columnist, ESPN, ABC Sports and NPE sports analyst, and author of six books.
• Roger Bresnahan - Baseball Hall of Fame
• Teresa Brewer - singer
• Walter Folger Brown - United States Postmaster General 1929-1933, president of Toledo Humane Society 1911-1961
• Joe E. Brown - actor & comedian
• Daws Butler - voice actor who worked primarily for Hanna-Barbera and is best known as the voices of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss and Elroy Jetson among many others.
• Paul Chamberlin - professional tennis player
• Edmund Coffin - saddlemaker & equestrian
• Janet Cooke - journalist with The Toledo Blade and The Washington Post
• John Cromwell - American actor, film producer and director
• Don Donoher - former University of Dayton head basketball coach
• Paul Lawrence Dunbar - African-American poet, originally from Dayton, Ohio
• Mari Evans - author & dramatist
• Jamie Farr - his character, Maxwell Klinger, in M*A*S*H was also from Toledo and had a fanatical devotion to the city
• Martin Frankel - former financier convicted in 2002 of insurance fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
• Stephen Hadley - National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
• Philip Baker Hall - film actor
• Scott Hamilton - Olympic gold medalist in figure skating who grew up in Bowling Green, Ohio, south of Toledo
• Jim Harbaugh - former National Football League football quarterback
• Jon Hendricks - member of the jazz group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
• Arthur Hills - golf course designer
• Katie Holmes - actress & model, spouse of actor, Tom Cruise
• Jim Jackson, basketball player
• Chester "Lyfe" Jennings, singer
• Curtis Johnson - #45 of 1971 undefeated Miami Dolphins "no-name defense".
• Addie Joss - Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kristina Keneally - first American-born member of Australia's New South Wales Parliament
• Mark Kerr - MMA fighter and subject of HBO documentary The Smashing Machine.
• Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz - retired NASA flight director who served during the Gemini & Apollo space programs, known for his role in the rescue of Apollo 13
• Eric Kripke - television writer, director and producer, most famous for creating the television show Supernatural
• Jim Leyland - manager of Detroit Tigers major league baseball team
• David Ross Locke - journalist and early political commentator during the American Civil War
• Ron McDole - Professional football player, attended DeVilbiss HS
• Ernest M. McSorley - captain of the ill-fated lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald
• Doug Mientkiewicz - major league baseball player
• Christopher Moore - novelist
• George Mullin - major league baseball player
• Shirley Murdoch - platinum selling R&B singer in the 1980s
• Scott Nearing - conservationist, peace activist, educator and writer. Father of writer John Scott.
• P. J. O'Rourke - political satirist, journalist, and writer
• Jim Parker - Professional Football Hall of Fame, attended Toledo Scott HS
• Kelvin Ransey - collegiate and professional basketball player
• John Lee Richmond - baseball player who pitched the first perfect game in major league history
• Jan Roberts - model featured as centerfold and Playmate of the Month in Playboy magazine's August 1962 issue.
• Gerald Robinson - Roman Catholic priest convicted of the murder of nun Margaret Ann Pahl on April 5, 1980
• Allen Sarven - professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment & Extreme Championship Wrestling, formerly of Lima, Ohio
• Allen Saunders - cartoonist and creator of Mary Worth and Steve Roper comic stripsips.
• Tom Scholz - founder of 70s rock band Boston (band)
• Scott Shriner - bassist of the rock band Weezer
• Bryan Smolinski - NHL hockey player from suburban Genoa, Ohio. Attended Cardinal Stritch High School, Oregon, Ohio
• John W. Snow - United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Gloria Steinem - founder of Ms. magazine, feminist icon, journalist, and women's rights advocate
• Alyson Stoner - child actress & dancer
• Frank Stranahan - professional golfer
• Swagga Boyz - rap group signed by Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men
• Art Tatum - jazz pianist
• Danny Thomas - actor and father of Marlo Thomas
• Marlo Thomas - actress, daughter of Danny Thomas, spouse of Phil Donahue
• Bonnie Turner - Creator of That 70's Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Valerie Dutridge - actress of Out of the Shadows as Brandy
• Rick Upchurch - Professional football player
• Morrison Waite - Seventh Chief Justice of the United States
• Greg Wojciechowski - Olympic wrestler unable to compete due to the United States boycott. Alternate on the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic wrestling teams

See also: List of mayors of Toledo, Ohio

[edit] Trivia

• Toledo's location at the intersection of US Highways 23 and 24 and State Route 25 makes Toledo one of the few cities located at the intersection of 3 consecutively numbered highways.
• In the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, the lead character, Capt. Willard (Martin Sheen), at one point states that he is from Toledo.
• John Denver's song "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio" lampoons the city, with such lyrics as "They've got excitement to dazzle your eyes/You can go to the bakery and watch the buns rise." The Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach song "Toledo" takes a similar position, with lyrics like "Do the people living in Toledo know that their name has not traveled very well, and does anybody in Ohio dream of that Spanish citadel."
• The M*A*S*H* character, Klinger frequently refers to his hometown of Toledo.
• In a season six episode of The Drew Carey Show Steve was at a porcelain doll convention in Toledo.
• The submarine, USS Toledo, was named for the city.
• Toledo is the name for one of AMD's processors cores, named after Toledo, Ohio's sister city in Spain,

[edit] Sister Cities

Toledo linked with Toledo, Spain as Sister Cities in 1931, creating the first Sister Cities relationship in the world. In total Toledo has eight Sister Cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

• Delmenhorst, Germany
• Londrina, Brazil
• Poznań, Poland
• Szeged, Hungary
• Csongrád County, Hungary
• Tanga, Tanzania
• Toledo, Spain
• Toyohashi, Japan
• Qinhuangdao, China
• Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

According to Toledo Sister Cities International, Toledo also has four "friendship cities":

• Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Nikopol, Ukraine
• Pohang, South Korea
• Tomsk, Russia

[edit] See also

• 2005 Toledo Riot
• One SeaGate

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Official City of Toledo
• Toledo.com
• Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor
• Greater Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Toledo Blade (newspaper)
• Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
• Toledo Public Schools
• Toledo Museum of Art
• Toledo Anarchist Movement
• The Toledo Zoo
• COSI Toledo
• Toledo Explorer
• The Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club
• Clamor Magazine article on the North Toledo riot on October 15, 2005
• Toledo Talk
• Swamp Bubbles
• The Two Toledos Documentary
• Toledo Sister Cities International, Serving Northwestern Ohio
• Old West End (historic district)

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