cincinnati

     

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio an the county seat of Hamilton County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border. With a 2006 population of 332,252, Cincinnati is Ohio's third largest city, behind Columbus and Cleveland, and the 56th largest city in the United States. Residents of Cincinnati are called Cincinnatians.

Trivia about cincinnati

  • In 1790 this Midwest city was named for a society that had been named for a Roman citizen-soldier
  • Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970, the same year as this city's Riverfront Stadium
  • On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city
  • This city's Red Stockings were the first baseball team to receive salaries
  • Roy Rogers once said his birthplace was roughly where second base at this city's Riverfront Stadium later stood
  • This Ohio city was called the "Queen of the West" even before a Longfellow poem popularized the nickname
  • President Taft wasn't a Communist, but he was from this city that's home to Reds
  • On the Ohio River, it's named after a society of Revolutionary War officers
  • Churchill called this largest city on the Ohio River "the most beautiful of the inland cities of the Union"
  • In bowling, it's a split of the 8 & 10 pins; it's also a city in Ohio
  • Ken Griffey Jr. attended this city's Moeller High, most famous as a football powerhouse
  • Due to expansive pork processing facilities, this city on the Ohio River was once known as "Porkopolis"
  • The huge mural that Miro painted for a hotel in this southwest Ohio city in 1947 is now owned by the city's art museum
  • That's the ballgame for this city's Synergy Field, formerly Riverfront Stadium, in December of 2002
  • Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city
  • Longfellow dubbed this Ohio city the "Queen City of the West"
  • From around 1885 to 1910 the political machine of George "Boss" Cox ran this southern Ohio metropolis
  • Jerry Springer (1977 to 1981); yes, that Jerry Springer
  • A "Big Red Machine" from this city ran right over the Yankees in a 4-game sweep of the 1976 World Series
  • Major Ohio city closest to the state's southwest corner
  • Procter & Gamble has been headquartered in this city since 1837
  • Founded in 1939, this city's Contemporary Arts Center was at the center of a 1990s 1st Amendment case