More fun with flags: Ohio municipalities

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There are 938 municipalities (townships, villages and cities) in the State of Ohio, but not very many of them have their own flag.

Below are 40 flags representing Ohio cities, townships and villages. Many of the flag designs were created and/or revised for Ohio's 2003 bicentennial celebration, while some were created for promotional purposes.

Sources: Flags of the World; CRW Flags, Wikipedia

Nathan Paige, cleveland.com

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Akron

Akron, nicknamed the Rubber City, is the fifth largest city in Ohio, and was founded in 1825.

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Athens

The city of Athens was incorporated in 1912.

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Bellefontaine

Bellefontaine is located in Logan County and received city status in 1817. The city’s name is French for “beautiful spring.”

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Bexley

Bexley officially became a city on New Year’s Day, 1932.

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Blue Ash

Blue Ash is an inner suburb of Cincinnati and was incorporated as a city in 1961.

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Canton

Canton was founded in 1805 and incorporated as a city in 1854

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Celina

Celina was founded in 1834 and was named after Salina, New York. Celina didn't reach the 5000-resident mark until the 1940s.

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Village of Chagrin Falls

Chagrin Falls was incorporated as a village in 1844, and remains so, since it still has less than 5,000 residents. Based on the 2010 Census, the population was tallied at 4,113. The flag for the village was designed by Pam Spremulli in 2005.

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Cheviot

Cheviot was incorporated as a town in 1901, and officially became a city in 1932. While originally a farming community, Cheviot is now a suburb of Cincinnati.

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CINCINNATI

Cincinnati was incorporated as a city in 1819; it is the third largest city in Ohio.

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Cleveland

The City of Cleveland is located in Cuyahoga County, which is Ohio’s most populated county. Cleveland was incorporated as a village in 1814 and a city in 1836.

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Clifton Village

The village of Clifton was platted in 1840, and named after the cliffs on the nearby Little Miami River. Based on the 2010 Census, Clifton is home to less than 200 people.

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Columbus

Columbus is the capital of Ohio and the largest city in the state. It is also the third-most populated capital city in the United States. The city was founded in 1816.

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Dayton

Dayton was incorporated as a city in 1805 and named after American Revolutionary War captain Jonathan Dayton, who was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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Dublin

Dublin officially became a city in 1987. Dublin is the home of the annual Memorial Tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, as well as the Dublin Irish Festival.

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East Cleveland

East Cleveland was incorporated as a village in 1895 and officially became a city in 1911. East Cleveland was the first suburb of Cleveland and is the home of General Electric’s Nela Park, the world’s first industrial park. Nela Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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Fairborn

Fairborn was incorporated in 1950, and it’s the only city in the world with that name, which is the combination of Fairfield and Osborn – two villages that merged in 1950, years after the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 forced Osborn residents to move onto land alongside Fairfield.

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Germantown

Germantown, located in Montgomery County, was incorporated as a city in 1980.

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Green

Green started out as a township in 1809 as a part of Stark County, and joined Summit County in 1840. In 1991, the township was incorporated into a village. The following year, Green officially became a city.

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Huber Heights

Huber Heights was incorporated as a city in 1981 and spans over three counties: Montgomery, Miami and Greene.

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Latty Township

Latty Township, founded in 1855, is one of twelve townships located in Paulding County.

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Lima

Lima was founded in 1831, and achieved the necessary population growth to become a city in the 1870s.

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Lorain

Lorain was incorporated as a township in 1834 and, based on census records, exceeded the 5,000-resident mark sometime during the 1890s.

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Loveland

Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont and Waren counties, and was incorporated as a chartered city in 1961.

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Maumee

Maumee officially became a city in 1952, and was declared an All-American City by the National Civic League in 2006. The wording at the bottom of the city's flag -

Peh-Kes-Ina Si-Pio-Ue Tci-Ki-Wi – translates to "Beautiful River Valley."

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Minster

The flag for Minster was designed to celebrate the village's 150th anniversary in 1982. As of 2017, Minster's population is just over 2,800 residents.

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Mt. Healthy

Mt. Healthy was originally named Mt. Pleasant when it was founded in 1817. It was officially incorporated as a city in 1951.

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Mount Vernon

Founded in 1805, Mt. Vernon was incorporated as a city in 1880 and is the birthplace of actor/comedian Paul Lynde.

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Munroe Falls

Munroe Falls was founded in 1838 and officially became a city in 1991.

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New Knoxville

New Knoxville is a village in Auglaize County which was established in 1836.

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Norwalk

Norwalk was founded in 1817, and by 1881 the population had grown enough to be incorporated as a city.

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Ohio City

Ohio City split from Brooklyn Township in 1836, becoming its own independent municipality. It was annexed by the City of Cleveland in 1854. Ohio City is the only neighborhood in the City of Cleveland to have its own flag.

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Ontario

Ontario was founded in 1843, incorporated as a village in 1958, and officially became a city in 2001.

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Painesville

Painesville was settled in 1800, became a village in 1852, and was incorporated as a city in 1902.

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Parma

Founded in 1816 and named after Parma, Italy, Parma is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the State of Ohio. It was incorporated as a city in 1931.

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Springfield

Springfield was founded by James Demint in 1801, and achieved city status in 1850.

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Sycamore Township

Sycamore Township (Hamilton County) was founded in 1803 and is one of twelve townships within the county. There is also a Sycamore Township located in Wyandot County.

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Toledo

When Toledo was initially founded in 1833, it was a part of the state of Michigan. The area was re-founded in 1837 when it was incorporated in Ohio.

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Twinsburg

Twinsburg was originally named Millsville. In 1819, identical twins Moses and Aaron Wilcox purchased thousands of acres of land in Millsville and sold small plots to new settlers. The brothers offered to donate funds to start the area’s first school if the residents agreed to change the name of the town to Twinsburg. It became a city in 1969.

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Wooster

Wooster was founded in 1808 and named after David Wooster, a general in the American Revolutionary War. Incorporated as a town in 1817, Wooster advanced to second class city status in 1868, and is the birthplace of brothers/physicists Arthur and Karl Taylor Compton.

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Check out the flags of Ohio's 88 counties

Each of Ohio's 88 counties has its own flag, and an interesting story behind it. It's important to remember that some of the flags are decades old while others are only a few years old. Many counties redesigned their flags for Ohio's Bicentennial Celebration in 2003. Read more here.