Lorain County

Lorain County is in . Located a short distance west of , Ohio and east of , Ohio, along the North Coast and shore of Lake Erie.
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is a city of 64,000 people 30 miles west of Cleveland in . A former industrial center for shipbuilding, auto manufacturing, and steel, like other Rust Belt cities, the city faces population decline and urban decay.

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is a city in . It is the county seat of Lorain County. sits at the forks of the Black River 23 mi southwest of Cleveland. The city is home to Lorain County Community College.

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is a city in 's Lorain County. The population was 8,200 in 2019. It is known as the home of College and the Conservatory of Music as well as many innovations in the fields of natural science, filmmaking and music composition.

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is a suburb of on Lake Erie in Lorain County. In 2018, it had a population of 24,000 people. The community has public beaches, 20 miles of bike trails, a boat launch, and many other recreational amenities.

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is a city located along the eastern border of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 35,280 as of the 2020 census.

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is a suburb of with about 24,000 people. There's not a lot to draw visitors, but those with a sense of whimsy may want to come in late June for the Heritage Duck Tape Festival, which celebrates duct tape and is sponsored by Duck brand duct tape.

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is a city of 12,000 people in the Greater Cleveland area, near the Lake Erie shore. It has been called the Sandstone Center of the World. Its quarries were an important source of grindstones.

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is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,957 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

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is a small town in Lorain county, , some 20 miles south of Lake Erie. It was established in 1855 and came to national prominence in 1858 when some three dozen men stormed the town hotel, rescued a runaway slave from a US posse, and smuggled him to freedom in Canada.

Lorain County

Latitude of center
41.4525° or 41° 27′ 9″ north
Longitude of center
-82.1515° or 82° 9′ 5″ west
Population
313,000
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5161272
Wiki­data ID
Q251277
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lorain County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lorain County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لورين”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه لوراين، أوهايو”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lorain”
  • Basque: “Lorain konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Bavarian: “Lorain County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Ларэйн”
  • Belarusian: “Ларэйн (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Ларэйн”
  • Bishnupriya: “লোরেইন কাউন্টি, ওহাইও”
  • Bishnupriya: “লোরেইন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лорейн”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lorain”
  • Cebuano: “Lorain County”
  • Chinese: “Lorain Kūn”
  • Chinese: “洛雷恩县”
  • Chinese: “洛雷恩縣”
  • Chinese: “罗蓝县”
  • Chinese: “羅藍縣”
  • Danish: “Lorain County”
  • Dutch: “Lorain County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lorain”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lorain”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Loreno”
  • Esperanto: “Lorain County”
  • Estonian: “Loraini maakond”
  • Finnish: “Lorainin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lorain”
  • French: “Comté de Lorain”
  • French: “Lorain County”
  • Ganda: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Ganda: “Lorain County”
  • Georgian: “ლორეინის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lorain County”
  • Gilaki: “لورین ٚ شأرستان (اؤهایؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “لورین ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לוריין”
  • Hungarian: “Lorain megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lorain”
  • Italian: “contea di Lorain”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lorain”
  • Italian: “Lorain County”
  • Japanese: “ロレイン郡”
  • Korean: “로레인군”
  • Latin: “Lorain Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Lorain County”
  • Mazanderani: “لورین شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lorain Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lorain Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lorain County”
  • Norwegian: “Lorain County”
  • Ossetian: “Лорейн (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Лорейн”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لورین، اوهایو”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لورین”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lorain”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Lorain”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lorain”
  • Portuguese: “Lorain County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lorain, Ohio”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lorain”
  • Russian: “Лорейн”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lorain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lorain County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лорејн”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лорен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorain County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوراین بؤلگه‌سی، اوهایو”
  • Spanish: “condado de Lorain”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lorain”
  • Spanish: “Lorain County”
  • Swedish: “Lorain County”
  • Tatar: “Лорейн (округ, Огайо)”
  • Tumbuka: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Tumbuka: “Lorain County”
  • Turkish: “Lorain County, OH”
  • Turkish: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Turkish: “Lorain County”
  • Turkish: “Lorain ilçesi, OH”
  • Turkish: “Lorain ilçesi, Ohio”
  • Turkish: “Lorain ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лорейн”
  • Urdu: “لورین کاؤنٹی، اوہائیو”
  • Urdu: “لورین کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lorain”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lorain, Ohio”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lorain”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lorain, Ohio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lorain”
  • Welsh: “Lorain County, Ohio”
  • Welsh: “Lorain County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لورین کاؤنٹی”

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