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How Columbus Changed in 10 Years Part 2

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how Columbus changed in 10 years part 2 Columbus, Ohio

An overcast day in 2011.

I received a massive positive response for the first version of this series, which was just a simple mashup of before and after photos of different parts of Columbus urban neighborhoods over the course of a decade. Because of that response, I have decided to do this How Columbus has changed in 10 years part 2 series. This time, besides adding more photos from core neighborhoods, I will expand the series out to other parts of the city and some suburbs, though still remaining within the 270 Outerbelt. In some ways, these before and after photos are even more drastic than the first set.

Downtown

Front Street, looking north from Main Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Gay Street, looking west from Front Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Gay Street, looking northeast from Normandy Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking north at the Convention Center.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Nationwide Boulevard, looking north just east of Front Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Nationwide Boulevard, looking east from the Olentangy River.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Spring Street, looking northeast from Neil Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Spruce Street, looking south from 670.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Goodale Street, looking west from the 315 Exit.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Short North

High Street, looking south just north of 3rd Avenue.
Before: 2009

After: 2021

Weinland Park

High Street, looking north at 7th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Italian Village

Detroit Avenue, looking east at Hamlet.
Before: 2009

After: 2019

4th Street, looking north from 4th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

OSU Campus

Fred Taylor Drive, looking east at Defiance Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking east at 15th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Medical Center Drive, looking north at Old Cannon Drive.
Before: 2009

After: 2021

Olentangy River Road, looking west at J Edward Weaver Memorial Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Milo-Grogan

Cleveland Avenue, looking north towards 5th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

American Addition

Lee Avenue, looking south from 12th Avenue.
Before: 2009

After: 2019

Linden

Cleveland Avenue, looking north at Agler Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Easton

Worth Avenue, looking east from Fenlon Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Worth Avenue, looking east from Stelzer Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Franklinton

Souder Avenue, looking west just south of I-70.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Fifth by Northwest

Norton Avenue, looking north halfway between 3rd and 5th.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Chesapeake Avenue, looking west.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

King-Lincoln

Long Street, looking west at I-71.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Long Street, looking northeast at Garfield Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Long Street, looking north just west of 21st Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

West Side

Georgesville Road, looking east south of Broad Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021



North Side

Wakeford Street, looking west from Olentangy River Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Ohio Health Parkway, looking north from Healthy Community Way.
Before: 2015

After: 2021

East North Broadway, looking north at 315.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Grandview Heights

Yard Street, looking north from just south of Burr Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

First Avenue, looking northeast at Edgehill Road.
Before: 2012

After: 2021

Dublin

Edwards Farms Drive, looking south at Frawley Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Dale Drive, looking northwest north of Banker Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking north from North Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking east at Rock Cress Parkway.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Upper Arlington

Riverside Drive, looking east just south of Bethel Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Bexley

Parkview Avenue, looking southwest just north of Main Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Main Street, looking northwest at Cassady Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

As I stated in the previous installment, these photos still just represent a small fraction of the development and changes that have occurred across the city and its suburbs in the past decade. These are meant to be representative of those changes, not to suggest that other neighborhoods not featured didn’t change as well. Either way, enjoy!

This 2-part before and after series highlights many projects that have changed the landscape around the city. Many other projects that will continue to transform the area for the next decade and beyond are still in development or construction phases. A list of local area commissions provide monthly updates on potential new projects around the city.



Snowiest Christmas Eve in History

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Snowiest Christmas Eve in history Columbus, Ohio

White Christmases are pretty rare in the Columbus, Ohio area. An inch or more has fallen on the date only 11 times since 1878. An official White Christmas, however, is defined as having 1″ or more snow on the ground, not necessarily falling on the day itself. That has only happened 21 times since 1939, with only 4 of those times coming since 2000. So these white holidays are relatively rare.

A white Christmas Eve has been even less likely. 1″ or more has been on the ground on December 24th just 16 times since 1939.

Accumulating snow is not all that rare for Christmas Eve. It’s occurred 31 times since 1878, or about once every 4-5 years. So not exactly an annual occurrence, but it happens at least a few times per decade. However, most of those instances were less than 1″ of snow- in fact, 27 of the 31 times were less than 1″. That means 1″ or more of snow has fallen on Christmas Eve just 4 times in the last 142 years, a very rare event indeed.

The largest Christmas Eve snowfall until this year was just 2.7″ in 1980. This year’s Christmas Eve snowstorm brought anywhere from 2″-8″ across the Columbus metro area. In Franklin County, 3″-5″ was common. Officially, the airport received 3.4″ on the 24th, which counts as the largest Christmas Eve snowstorm in Columbus history. Snow was still falling lightly Christmas day, so a little more could be added to the final storm total, but another official White Christmas has gone into the books.

To see snowfall reports across the area, check out this map:
https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?zoom=8&lat=39.5&lon=-82.33&hr=48

And to view other local December and winter weather records, follow the links below.
December Weather Records
Winter Season Records
Current weather and forecasts can be found here: Wilmington National Weather Service



2020 Election Results for Columbus Metro Counties

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2020 election results

Although Ohio is technically still counting some votes, there shouldn’t be any significant movement in the overall numbers, so we can now take a look at how the local area voted down to the precinct level. In this post, though, the focus is on 2020 election results for Columbus metro counties, as well as past elections going back to 2000.

First, here are the voting total breakdowns by every metro county since 2000.

Delaware County
Total Votes By Election
2020: 126,374
2016: 105,639
2012: 98,899
2008: 92,581
2004: 80,456
2000: 55,403
Fairfield County
2020: 81,598
2016: 73,554
2012: 72,220
2008: 72,147
2004: 67,882
2000: 54,094
Franklin County
2020: 632,532
2016: 587,524
2012: 572,188
2008: 561,763
2004: 525,827
2000: 414,074
Hocking County
2020: 13,860
2016: 12,929
2012: 12,768
2008: 13,016
2004: 13,199
2000: 10,756
Licking County
2020: 94,396
2016: 83,624
2012: 81,550
2008: 82,570
2004: 79,420
2000: 62,466
Madison County
2020: 19,887
2016: 17,421
2012: 17,557
2008: 17,510
2004: 17,398
2000: 14,667
Morrow County
2020: 18,468
2016: 16,688
2012: 16,217
2008: 16,679
2004: 16,328
2000: 12,839
Perry County
2020: 16,676
2016: 15,101
2012: 15,020
2008: 15,437
2004: 15,189
2000: 12,828
Pickaway County
2020: 28,326
2016: 24,912
2012: 24,154
2008: 23,787
2004: 22,852
2000: 17,740
Union County
2020: 33,535
2016: 27,695
2012: 25,623
2008: 24,984
2004: 22,631
2000: 17,024

Total Metro Area
2020: 1,065,652
2016: 965,087
2012: 936,196
2008: 920,474
2004: 861,182
2000: 671,891

All of Columbus’ metro counties saw at or near record turnout levels, but also just high general vote totals. The metro added almost 400,000 total voters since 2000, partly explained by the area’s population growth.

Now let’s look at a breakdown of partisanship by total votes. With the margins, positive numbers are Republican, negative numbers are Democratic, again since 2000.

Delaware County
Democratic Votes
2020: 57,735
2016: 40,872
2012: 37,292
2008: 36,653
2004: 27,048
2000: 17,134
Republican Votes
2020: 66,356
2016: 57,568
2012: 60,194
2008: 54,778
2004: 53,143
2000: 36,639
Partisan Margin
2020: +8,621
2016: +16,696
2012: +22,902
2008: +18,125
2004: +26,095
2000: +19,505
Fairfield County
Democratic Votes
2020: 30,634
2016: 24,881
2012: 29,890
2008: 29,250
2004: 24,783
2000: 19,065
Republican Votes
2020: 49,714
2016: 44,314
2012: 41,034
2008: 41,580
2004: 42,715
2000: 33,523
Partisan Margin
2020: +19,080
2016: +19,433
2012: +11,144
2008: +12,330
2004: +17,932
2000: +14,458
Franklin County
Democratic Votes
2020: 409,144
2016: 351,198
2012: 346,373
2008: 334,709
2004: 285,801
2000: 202,018
Republican Votes
2020: 211,237
2016: 199,331
2012: 215,997
2008: 218,486
2004: 237,253
2000: 197,862
Partisan Margin
2020: -197,907
2016: -151,867
2012: -130,376
2008: -116,223
2004: -48,548
2000: -4,156
Hocking County
Democratic Votes
2020: 3,880
2016: 3,775
2012: 6,157
2008: 6,259
2004: 6,175
2000: 4,474
Republican Votes
2020: 9,737
2016: 8,497
2012: 6,285
2008: 6,364
2004: 6,936
2000: 5,702
Partisan Margin
2020: +5,857
2016: +4,722
2012: +128
2008: +105
2004: +761
2000: +1,228
Licking County
Democratic Votes
2020: 33,055
2016: 27,376
2012: 34,201
2008: 33,932
2004: 30,053
2000: 23,196
Republican Votes
2020: 59,514
2016: 51,241
2012: 45,503
2008: 46,918
2004: 49,016
2000: 37,180
Partisan Margin
2020: +26,459
2016: +23,865
2012: +11,302
2008: +12,986
2004: +18,963
2000: +13,984
Madison County
Democratic Votes
2020: 5,698
2016: 4,779
2012: 6,845
2008: 6,532
2004: 6,203
2000: 5,287
Republican Votes
2020: 13,835
2016: 11,631
2012: 10,342
2008: 10,606
2004: 11,117
2000: 8,892
Partisan Margin
2020: +8,137
2016: +6,852
2012: +3,497
2008: +4,074
2004: +4,914
2000: +3,605
Morrow County
Democratic Votes
2020: 4,048
2016: 3,761
2012: 5,933
2008: 6,177
2004: 5,775
2000: 4,529
Republican Votes
2020: 14,077
2016: 11,948
2012: 9,865
2008: 10,067
2004: 10,474
2000: 7,842
Partisan Margin
2020: +10,029
2016: +8,187
2012: +3,932
2008: +3,890
2004: +4,699
2000: +3,313
Perry County
Democratic Votes
2020: 4,098
2016: 4,138
2012: 7,033
2008: 7,261
2004: 7,257
2000: 5,895
Republican Votes
2020: 12,357
2016: 10,228
2012: 7,627
2008: 7,721
2004: 7,856
2000: 6,440
Partisan Margin
2020: +8,259
2016: +6,090
2012: +594
2008: +460
2004: +599
2000: +545
Pickaway County
Democratic Votes
2020: 7,304
2016: 6,529
2012: 9,684
2008: 9,077
2004: 8,579
2000: 6,598
Republican Votes
2020: 20,593
2016: 17,076
2012: 14,037
2008: 14,228
2004: 14,161
2000: 10,717
Partisan Margin
2020: +13,289
2016: +10,547
2012: +4,353
2008: +5,151
2004: +5,582
2000: +4,119
Union County
Democratic Votes
2020: 11,141
2016: 7,718
2012: 8,805
2008: 8,761
2004: 6,665
2000: 5,040
Republican Votes
2020: 21,669
2016: 18,096
2012: 16,289
2008: 15,744
2004: 15,870
2000: 11,502
Partisan Margin
2020: +10,528
2016: +10,378
2012: +7,484
2008: +6,983
2004: +9,205
2000: +6,462

Only 3 metro counties- Delaware, Fairfield and Franklin- moved further blue since 2016. Franklin and Delaware moved strongly left, Fairfield only slightly. Delaware and Franklin also moved more blue from 2012 to 2016. Union stayed very similar to 2016. Delaware and Franklin are the 2 most urbanized counties in the metro, so it makes sense they moved bluer. The most rural counties tended to have the strongest movement to the right.

Total Metro Area
Democratic Votes
2020: 566,737
2016: 475,027
2012: 492,213
2008: 478,611
2004: 408,339
2000: 293,236
Republican Votes
2020: 479,089
2016: 429,930
2012: 427,173
2008: 426,492
2004: 448,541
2000: 356,299

2020 was the first election in which either party surpassed half a million votes.

Metro Area Margin Between Democratic and Republican Votes (Negative is Democrat, Positive is Republican)
2020: -87,648
2016: -45,097
2012: -65,040
2008: -52,119
2004: +40,202
2000: +63,063

2020 provided the largest margin for either party since 2000, and the metro has generally become more blue over time.



And here is the partisan vote breakdown by % since 2000.
Delaware County
Democratic
2020: 45.69%
2016: 38.69%
2012: 37,71%
2008: 39.59%
2004: 33.62%
2000: 30.93%
Republican
2020: 52.51%
2016: 54.50%
2012: 60.86%
2008: 59.17%
2004: 66.05%
2000: 66.13%
Fairfield County
Democratic
2020: 37.54%
2016: 33.83%
2012: 41.39%
2008: 40.54%
2004: 36.51%
2000: 35.24%
Republican
2020: 60.93%
2016: 60.25%
2012: 56.82%
2008: 57.63%
2004: 62.93%
2000: 61.97%
Franklin County
Democratic
2020: 64.68%
2016: 59.78%
2012: 60.53%
2008: 59.58%
2004: 54.35%
2000: 48.79%
Republican
2020: 33.40%
2016: 33.93%
2012: 37.75%
2008: 38.89%
2004: 45.12%
2000: 47.78%
Hocking County
Democratic
2020: 27.99%
2016: 29.20%
2012: 48.22%
2008: 48.09%
2004: 46.78%
2000: 41.60%
Republican
2020: 70.25%
2016: 65.72%
2012: 49.22%
2008: 48.89%
2004: 52.55%
2000: 53.01%
Licking County
Democratic
2020: 35.02%
2016: 32.74%
2012: 41.94%
2008: 41.09%
2004: 37.84%
2000: 37.13%
Republican
2020: 63.05%
2016: 61.28%
2012: 55.80%
2008: 56.82%
2004: 61.72%
2000: 59.52%
Madison County
Democratic
2020: 28.65%
2016: 27.43%
2012: 38.99%
2008: 37.30%
2004: 35.65%
2000: 36.05%
Republican
2020: 69.57%
2016: 66.76%
2012: 58.91%
2008: 60.57%
2004: 63.90%
2000: 60.63%
Morrow County
Democratic
2020: 21.92%
2016: 22.54%
2012: 36.59%
2008: 37.03%
2004: 35.37%
2000: 35.28%
Republican
2020: 76.22%
2016: 71.60%
2012: 60.83%
2008: 60.36%
2004: 64.15%
2000: 61.08%
Perry County
Democratic
2020: 24.57%
2016: 27.40%
2012: 46.82%
2008: 47.04%
2004: 47.78%
2000: 45.95%
Republican
2020: 74.10%
2016: 67.73%
2012: 50.78%
2008: 50.02%
2004: 51.72%
2000: 50.20%
Pickaway County
Democratic
2020: 25,79%
2016: 26.21%
2012: 40.09%
2008: 38.16%
2004: 37.54%
2000: 37.19%
Republican
2020: 72.70%
2016: 68.55%
2012: 58.11%
2008: 59.81%
2004: 61.97%
2000: 60.41%
Union County
Democratic
2020: 33.22%
2016: 27.87%
2012: 34.36%
2008: 35.07%
2004: 29.45%
2000: 29.61%
Republican
2020: 64.62%
2016: 65.34%
2012: 63.57%
2008: 63.02%
2004: 70.13%
2000: 67.56%

Metro Area Partisan % By Year
Democratic
2020: 53.18%
2016: 49.22%
2012: 52.58%
2008: 52.00%
2004: 47.42%
2000: 43.64%
Republican
2020: 44.96%
2016: 44.55%
2012: 45.63%
2008: 46.33%
2004: 52.08%
2000: 53.03%

% Margin Between Democratic and Republican Vote (Negative is Democratic, Positive is Republican)
2020: -8.22
2016: -4.67
2012: -6.95
2008: -5.67
2004: +4.66
2000: +9.39

To see national election results back to the 1700s, visit here:
US Election Atlas




Ohio 2020 Election Voting Trends

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Ohio 2020 election voting trends

Handy Election Links
Ohio Board of Elections
US Election Atlas

This post will update daily county voting data, where available, through the election. Numbers in parenthesis are from the previous day, for comparison. There are 8 counties without data, as those county board of elections do not post their statistics online.

**Last Updated: 11/2/2020- 10AM

Total Votes in Ohio Through 11/1: 2,909,171 (2,854,258)

Total Votes By County Through 11/1
Adams: 6,772 (6,671)
Allen: 23,182 (22,933)
Ashland: 15,801 (15,490)
Ashtabula: 21,965 (21,965)
Athens: 15,356 (15,174)
Auglaize: 13,535 (13,185)
Belmont: 19,061 (18,838)
Brown: 11,252 (11,075)
Butler: 22,972 (22,768)
Carroll: 7,313 (7,209)
Champaign: 11,201 (11,029)
Clark: 38,899 (38,343)
Clermont: County not reporting.
Clinton: 11,651 (11,441)
Columbiana: 21,210 (20,849)
Coshocton: 10,556 (10,399)
Crawford: 11,804 (11,804)
Cuyahoga: 353,965 (345,496)
Darke: 15,243 (14,905)
Defiance: 12,729 (12,461)
Delaware: 82,556 (81,087)
Erie: 21,899 (21,566)
Fairfield: 26,869 (25,350)
Fayette: 6,843 (6,655)
Franklin: 347,811 (335,495)
Fulton: 12,244 (11,890)
Gallia: 7,821 (7,694)
Geauga: 32,862 (32,367)
Greene: 50,008 (48,243)
Guernsey: 9,082 (9,082)
Hamilton: 235,412 (227,802)
Hancock: County not reporting.
Hardin: 7,289 (7,074)
Harrison: 3,650 (3,599)
Henry: 8,687 (8,433)
Highland: 9,630 (9,365)
Hocking: 8,983 (8,827)
Holmes: 7,325 (7,325)
Huron: 15,374 (15,071)
Jackson: 10,155 (9,965)
Jefferson: 17,441 (17,227)
Knox: 18,807 (18,554)
Lake: 79,840 (75,508)
Lawrence: 13,749 (13,469)
Licking: 59,108 (57,533)
Logan: 15,956 (15,644)
Lorain: 93,233 (92,027)
Lucas: 90,962 (90,089)
Madison: 11,671 (11,424)
Mahoning: 65,722 (64,003)
Marion: 18,048 (17,647)
Medina: 62,168 (61,353)
Meigs: 6,048 (6,048)
Mercer: County not reporting.
Miami: 35,168 (34,486)
Monroe: 4,003 (3,956)
Montgomery: 148,677 (146,289)
Morgan: 4,363 (4,284)
Morrow: County not reporting.
Muskingum: 23,241 (22,990)
Noble: 3,772 (3,772)
Ottawa: County not reporting.
Paulding: 5,558 (5,445)
Perry: 8,974 (8,771)
Pickaway: 14,676 (14,443)
Pike: 8,515 (8,279)
Portage: 45,041 (44,366)
Preble: 10,994 (10,818)
Putnam: 11,608 (11,366)
Richland: 36,453 (35,548)
Ross: 19,779 (19,581)
Sandusky: County not reporting.
Scioto: 17,883 (17,595)
Seneca: 13,273 (13,047)
Shelby: 13,867 (13,676)
Stark: County not reporting.
Summit: 144,983 (143,107)
Trumbull: 27,901 (27,901)
Tuscarawas: 19,975 (19,686)
Union: 22,739 (22,379)
Van Wert: 10,322 (10,040)
Vinton: 3,262 (3,198)
Warren: 86,450 (84,772)
Washington: 20,072 (19,781)
Wayne: County not reporting.
Williams: 10,409 (10,051)
Wood: 35,492 (35,492)
Wyandot: County not reporting.

Top 20 Counties with the Highest % of 2016’s Absentee Vote Through 11/1
1. Seneca: 242.96% (238.82%)
2. Meigs: 238.67% (238.67%)
3. Williams: 231.83% (223.85%)
4. Defiance: 225.13% (220.39%)
5. Auglaize: 220.37% (214.67%)
6. Fulton: 218.68% (212.36%)
7. Union: 216.27% (212.85%)
8. Putnam: 214.92% (210.44%)
9. Brown: 214.28% (210.91%)
10. Preble: 211.91% (208.52%)
11. Logan: 210.33% (206.22%)
12. Gallia: 209.34% (205.94%)
13. Hamilton: 208.96% (202.20%)
14. Shelby: 206.82% (203.97%)
15. Henry: 206.54% (200.50%)
16. Columbiana: 202.66% (199.21%)
17. Ashtabula: 198.03% (198.03%)
18. Washington: 196.19% (193.34%)
19. Wood: 195.93% (195.93%)
20. Delaware: 195.44% (92.16%)

County Average of 2016’s Absentee Vote: 153.92% (151.01%)

Top 20 Counties with the Highest % of 2016’s Total Vote Through 11/1
1. Union: 82.11% (80.81%)
2. Delaware: 78.15% (76.76%)
3. Van Wert: 74.96% (72.91%)
4. Jackson: 73.72% (72.34%)
5. Logan: 73.49% (72.05%)
6. Warren: 73.07% (71.65%)
7. Pike: 71.25% (69.27%)
8. Licking: 70.68% (68.80%)
9. Hocking: 69.48% (68.27%)
10. Defiance: 69.37% (67.91%)
11. Marion: 68.16% (66.65%)
12. Lake: 68.13% (64.43%)
13. Medina: 67.45% (66.57%)
14. Coshocton: 67.41% (66.41%)
15. Morgan: 67.36% (66.14%)
16. Madison: 66.99% (65.58%)
17. Washington: 66.60% (65.64%)
18. Lorain: 66.33% (65.47%)
19. Miami: 66.24% (64.95%)
20. Holmes: 65.96% (65.96%)

County Average of 2016’s Total Vote: 52.54% (51.55%)

Top 20 Counties with the Highest Return Rate for 2020 Absentee Ballots Through 11/1
1. Van Wert: 97.18% (96.33%)
2. Logan: 96.87% (96.61%)
3. Putnam: 96.49% (96.31%)
4. Defiance: 96.48% (96.20%)
5. Shelby: 96.33% (96.02%)
6. Henry: 96.21% (95.71%)
7. Washington: 96.20% (95.91%)
8. Paulding: 96.18% (96.08%)
9. Darke: 96.16% (95.43%)
10. Hocking: 96.09% (95.60%)
11. Preble: 96.07% (96.00%)
12. Auglaize: 95.93% (95.61%)
13. Union: 95.92% (94.41%)
14. Ashland: 95.90% (95.81%)
15. Hardin: 95.81% (95.39%)
16. Brown: 95.80% (95.65%)
17. Marion: 95.79% (95.47%)
18. Meigs: 95.79% (95.79%)
19. Miami: 95.75% (93.89%)
20. Fulton: 95.74% (92.97%)

County Average of the Return Rate for 2020 Absentee Ballots: 92.02% (91.09%)

Ohio does not register voters by party, but most counties do release the breakdown of how registered voters voted in previous elections and apply that breakdown to current early voting totals. These numbers are in no way any guarantee of how voters will actually vote in 2020, but they do provide at least some context as to *who* is voting so far. So which party’s past voters are ahead in the counties?

And here is a map of the net change of Democratic and Republican early votes between 2016 and 2020. Again, although we can’t be sure who these people voted for, it does appear that Democrats have made broad gains across most of the state.



Cool Link Ohio Ghost Towns and Abandoned Places

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Ohio ghost towns and abandoned places

While the West is better known for its many ghost towns, they exist in the Midwest as well. If you’re interested in learning about Ohio’s many long-lost small towns and villages, this is a great link. You can search through information for every county, read town histories, view photos and more. There are also links to old maps and indexes, as well as historic research resources.
Not all of the places still have remaining evidence, but enogh exist to easily justify a cool road trip around the state.

Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co.