Population

County/Entity

Community

Tax Information 

1980

32,991

2,313

$48.72/$1,000 

1990

33,819

2,231

1.25% Local Income Tax

2000

34,726

2,200

Primary County/Entity

Contiguous Counties/Entities

Employment:

21,100

Employment:

215,100

Labor Force:

22,200 

Labor Force:

223,200

Unemployment Rate:

4.95% 

Unemployment Rate:

3.63%

Transportation

Rail:

CSX & Indiana&Ohio

Airport:

Putnam County Airport

Truck:

8 Motor Freight Lines

Distance:

9 mi. 

Airport:

Toledo Express 

Distance:

72 mi.

Interstate:

1-75 (19 mi.) 

U.S. Route 30 (9 mi.)

Highway:

St. Rts. 12 & 65

Utilities

Electric:

AEP-Ohio Power

Midwest Electric

Water

Village of Columbus Grove

Gas:

East Ohio Gas

Source:

Wells

Telephone:

Internet:

Fiber Optic:

Columbus Grove Tel. Co.

Q1 Cable

Columbus Grove Tel. Co.

Excess Capacity:

750,000 gpd

Sewer:

Village of Columbus Grove

Treatment:

Primary/Secondary

Excess Capacity:

620,000 gpd

Higher Education

Distance (mi)

Medical Services

Distance (mi)

Bluffton College

14

Blanchard Valley Health Ctr.

14

Bluffton, Ohio

Bluffton, Ohio

Defiance College

15

Defiance Hospital

15

Defiance, Ohio

Defiance, Ohio

Ohio State Univ. (Branch)

15

Ottawa Medical & Diagnostic

10

Lima, Ohio

Ottawa, Ohio

Owens Community College

25

Paulding County Hospital

45

Findlay, Ohio

Paulding, Ohio

University of Findlay

25

St. Rita’s Ambulatory Care

10

Findlay, Ohio

Glandorf, Ohio

St. Rita’s Hospital

15

Lima, Ohio

Local Employers

Products

Unions

Employees

H&K Products

Sassafras tea concentrate

None

6

Northwest Fuel Injection

Rebuild gas & diesel

None

21

Witt-Gor Inc.

PPI

Grove Engineered Products

Carpet and hard surface display racks

Automotive Stamping Plant

Ag. Parts Assembly

None

None

None

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