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FROM: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2000: 313,619), northwestern Ohio, U.S. It is the principal Great Lakes port, located at the southwestern end of Lake Erie. The area was opened to white settlement after the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers. Formed by the consolidation of two villages in 1833, it figured in the so-called Toledo War of 1835 – 36, a bloodless dispute between Michigan Territory and Ohio over the location of their common boundary. Industrial development was spurred in the 1830s and '40s by the arrival of canals and railroads. Glassmaking, now a major industry, was introduced in the late 1880s. A major commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, it handles considerable foreign commerce, and its port is one of the world's largest shippers of bituminous coal. Its educational institutions include the University of Toledo (1872).
FROM: US History Encyclopedia
Toledo, the fourth largest city in Ohio in the early twenty-first century, began in 1680 as a French trading post. Ceded to the British in 1763, it became part of the U.S. Northwest Territory in 1787. Canals and railroads helped establish Toledo as a major inland port and center of industry. During the Progressive Era, Toledo won national recognition for urban reform. Historically, Toledo has been a major producer of glass and automotive products, but these industries declined, and from 1970 to 2000 employment in the Toledo metropolitan area decreased markedly. During this same period, population declined from 383,062 to 313,619, although city leaders question the accuracy of the 2000 federal census. Toledo has experienced other problems. A 1967 race riot caused extensive property damage, injuries, and arrests. Public schools were closed for several weeks in 1976 and 1978 because of teacher strikes. In July 1979 a bitter dispute between the city government and police and firemen led to a two-day general strike and costly arson fires. In the 1980s and 1990s, Toledo sought to emphasize its strong medical, cultural, and higher educational institutions. New downtown buildings and the Portside festival marketplace along the Maumee River were indicative of business leaders' commitment to the city.
FROM Columbia Encyclopedia
Toledo (təlē'dō) , city (1990 pop. 332,943), seat of Lucas co., NW Ohio, on the Maumee River at its junction with Lake Erie; inc. 1837. With a natural harbor and its railroads and highways, Toledo is a port of entry and one of the chief shipping centers on the Great Lakes. Oil, coal, farm products, and motor vehicle parts are exported; iron ore is the principal import. Toledo is also an industrial and commercial center, with oil refineries, a glassmaking industry, shipyards, and plants that manufacture vehicles, powertrain assemblies, machinery, and chemicals. The health-care industry is also significant.
Gen. Anthony Wayne built Fort Industry there in 1794 after the battle of Fallen Timbers. The city was settled (1817) as Port Lawrence on that site and in 1833 was consolidated with nearby Vistula as Toledo. In 1835–36 occurred the “Toledo War,” an Ohio-Michigan boundary dispute, which was settled by Congress in favor of Ohio when Michigan became a state.
Toledo grew and prospered with the opening of the canals in the 1840s, the arrival of numerous railroad lines, the development of the Ohio coal fields, the tapping of gas and oil deposits in the late 19th cent., and the establishment of the Libbey glassworks in 1888. When Samuel M. Jones became mayor in 1897, an era of municipal reform was initiated. Jones died in 1904 and was succeeded by Brand Whitlock. The Toledo plan of labor conciliation (1946) has been adopted by other cities.
The city is the seat of the Univ. of Toledo. Points of interest include the Toledo Museum of Art with its Glass Pavilion, a large zoo, and the Anthony Wayne suspension bridge (1931). The site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, a national historic landmark, is in a nearby state park.
FROM Wikipedia
Toledo is on the western end of Lake Erie. It is the county seat6 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.
Geography
Toledo is located at 41°39′56″N, 83°34′31″W (41.665682, -83.575337).1 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.
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.
Demographics
As of the census2 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.
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
Suburbs
The Toledo Metropolitan Area consists of the following suburbs
Bedford, Michigan
Bowling Green
Holland
Maumee
Northwood
Oregon
Ottawa Hills
Perrysburg
Point Place
Rossford
Sylvania
Waterville
Whitehouse
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]
Education
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.
Owens College
Davis College
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
Stautzenberger College
Toledo Academy of Beauty
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.
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.
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.
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
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)
Radio stations
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
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)
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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