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2023 Population Estimates of Columbus Metro Places

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2023 population estimates

New 2023 population estimates of Columbus metro places were just released by the US Census. In general, they showed that most places are now recovering from the pandemic population decline blip.

First, the full list of all available population estimates for Columbus metro area incorporated places. This list does not include Census Designated Places, as estimates for those are only done once per decade. Red places have moved down in the rankings, green have moved up.


Out of Ohio’s 925 incorporated communities, 660 showed a population loss between 2020-2023, or 71.35%. 27 saw no population change, and 238- or 25.73%- saw population growth.
In the Columbus metro, however, 60% of its communities saw growth, with 6% seeing no change and 34% seeing a loss. The Columbus metro places represented just 5.15% of the total communities seeing loss within the state, but 25.73% of all the communities seeing growth. This shows just how poorly most of the state is doing in comparison to the Columbus area.

CoGo Bike Share Sees Record Ridership in 2023

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CoGo bike share

Columbus’ CoGo bike share system has been in operation since July, 2013. After a decade of ups and downs, the system seems to be finally hitting its stride.

CoGo bikeshare total trips by year

As the chart above shows, total CoGo trips were generally up between 2013-2017, and then saw a fairly steep decline 2018-2019. It’s unclear what caused that decline, but everything from system disruptions to weather could have played a role. Regardless, the pandemic, protests and general chaos of 2020 didn’t seem to matter as total trips for the year rebounded strongly. After another down year in 2021, 2022 saw CoGo’s highest ridership since the system opened, and 2023 continued that trend by blowing out 2022’s record. There were an extra 33 trips per day in 2023 vs. 2022, which added up to more than 12,000 more for the year.
Hopefully, the increase in ridership will prompt another expansion of the system into new areas soon. And some actual protected bike lanes would be nice, as Columbus- to date, anyway- has been less than stellar on this issue.




Strange Columbus September 4, 1961 UFO

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Th September 4, 1961 UFO event was witnessed by someone sitting on their back porch in the early morning hours. It was concluded to have been Jupiter, a seemingly common outcome with these sightings.
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Cool Link- Issue 1 Results in Franklin County

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Issue 1 Results

Issue 1 was a contentious, controversial proposal to make it harder for Ohioans to make changes to the state constitution. After a short campaign season, it would go on to defeat by just over 14 points- 57.01% to 42.99%. I provided a state county map with the results on the new Special Issues page. But what were the Issue 1 results in Franklin County and its precincts, specifically?

Today’s Cool Link provides the answer with a precinct map of the county. The map shows the results of Issue 1 for every single precinct, ward or city in Franklin County.

Based on the map, here were the overall margins for all the places in the county. Negative numbers are No wins, and positive numbers are Yes wins.
1. Bexley: -74.35
2. Grandview Heights: -71.19
3. Riverlea: -70.04
4. Marble Cliff: -69.02
5. Urbancrest: -64.16
6. Minerva Park: -63.1
7. Worthington: -61.94
8. Columbus: -61.8
9. Clinton Township: -58.32
10. Upper Arlington: -51.55
11. Sharon Township: -50.76
12. Mifflin Township: -46.54
13. Perry Township: -45.32
14. Whitehall: -43.97
15. Gahanna: -42.54
16. New Albany: -42.43
17. Hilliard: -41.09
18. Blendon Township: -39.79
19. Truro Township: -37.93
20. Reynoldsburg: -36.32
21. Jefferson Township: -36.29
22. Westerville: -36.0
23. Dublin: -35.71
24. Norwich Township: -27.9
25. Valleyview: -26.32
26. Canal Winchester: -18.14
27. Madison Township: -17.75
28. Groveport: -16.1
29. Obetz: -14.03
30. Grove City: -13.66
31. Prairie Township: -11.44
32. Plain Township: -9.12
33. Washington Township: -7.5
34. Franklin Township: -6.7
35. Brown Township: -2.58
36. Pleasant Township: +9.2
37. Jackson Township: +13.71
38. Hamilton Township: +15.04
As we can see, almost no part of the county voted Yes except for a few rural townships on the far south side. Not a single suburb voted yes, including in more conservative suburbs like Grove City and Canal Winchester. This suggests there was a lot of bipartisan opposition within the county.




Cool Link Ohio Movie Locations

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Ohio movie locations

The history of Ohio movie locations begins long before any movies were ever even filmed, let alone before movies as entertainment were ever a thing. Daeida Wilcox Beveridge was born in Hicksville in 1861. She went to school both in Hicksville and Canton and spent her formative years in the area. After marrying Harvey Wilcox, the couple moved around a bit before ending up in Southern California in 1886. There, they purchased a 200-acre ranch outside LA.

The following year, in 1887, the couple started to subdivide their land in order to lay out a brand new town. The town’s name was Hollywood, a name they supposedly came up with while visiting family in Ohio. Daeida may have gotten the name from what a Chicago friend called her country estate, but this is not the only legend around the name, so who knows how true it is. In any case, it was Daeida who helped name many of the city’s most famous streets, including Sunset Boulevard.

Until her death in 1914, Daeida spent her life promoting her new city, and she was instrumental in helping the city gain many of its amenities. This included the nascent focus on the arts. By the end of her life, she was known as the Mother of Hollywood, and she is now a part of the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame.

Despite all of this, Ohio has only occasionally been the location for movie shoots, though that seems to be increasing in recent years with several high-profile projects filming around the state. The link of the day is a site that gives maps, photos and other information on movie locations around the state. Take a look and remember that Ohio helped give the world the movies that they enjoy (not to mention native Ohioan Thomas Edison’s contributions to cameras, lighting and sound).

https://movie-locations.com/places/usa/ohio.php