Greater Columbus
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.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Columbus and Dublin.
Columbus
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.Dublin
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Mount Vernon
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.Marysville
Marysville is a city in Union County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 25,571 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb approximately 27 miles northwest of Columbus.Worthington
Worthington is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. Located slightly North of Columbus on State Route 23. Founded in 1803, with a New England heritage reflected in its authentic brick sidewalks and central Village Green, many of the city’s original commercial buildings and churches still stand.Reynoldsburg
Reynoldsburg is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. It is part of Franklin, Fairfield, and Licking counties.London
London is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States. Located about 25 miles southwest of the Ohio capital of Columbus, London was established in 1811 to serve as the county seat.Lancaster
Powell
Powell is a city in the Greater Columbus area of Ohio. Powell is a Columbus upscale bedroom community with several luxury neighborhoods. It is located in Liberty Township, Delaware County's first settlement.Heath
Heath is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States, and is located approximately 30 mi east of Columbus. The population was 10,412 at the 2020 census.Canal Winchester
Canal Winchester is a city in Fairfield and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 9,107 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the Columbus metropolitan area.Hebron
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Granville
Granville is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,946 at the 2020 census. The village is located in a rural area of hills, known locally as the Welsh Hills, in central Ohio.Gambier
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. The liberal-arts college has a student body of 1,900 in a village of 2,200.Fredericktown
Greater Columbus
- Type: Economic region with 1,900,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area centered on Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Also known as: “18140”, “Central Ohio”, “Columbus area”, “Columbus metro area”, “Columbus metropolitan area”, “Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio”, “Columbus metropolitan statistical area”, “Columbus, OH”, “Columbus, OH Metro Area”, “Columbus, OH metropolitan area”, “Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area”
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
39.9681° or 39° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
-82.8368° or 82° 50′ 12″ west
Population
1,900,000
Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Greater Columbus” goes by many names.
- French: “aire métropolitaine de Columbus”
- French: “Aire métropolitaine de Columbus”
- German: “Metropolregion Columbus”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Columbus”
- Japanese: “コロンバス・オハイオ都市圏”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری کلمبوس”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Columbusa”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Columbus”
- Ukrainian: “Колумбус, штат Огайо”
- Urdu: “کولمبس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ، اوہائیو”
- Urdu: “کولمبس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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