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Welcome to Lima ...The city of Lima is located in Allen County<1> and is the County Seat for Allen County. The pronunciation of Lima: LEYE-muh<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lima, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lima has a population of 36,699 people<3> (see below for details). Lima is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Lima lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Lima: (419) & (567)<5> Websites for Lima ...Official Website: www.cityhall.lima.oh.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.limachamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lima had an population of 36,699 people. This is a decrease of 5.34% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.44% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lima had a population of 38,771 people (or 36.46% of the total population of Allen County). This makes Lima the county's most populous community. The population of Lima represents 0.34% of the population of Ohio (which has 11,536,504 people), making it the state's 29th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 38,771 people, the population of Lima decreased 3.27% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 40,081 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lima. Communities Also Named Lima ...While we believe that this Lima is located in Allen County, we know of another 2 Ohio communities named Lima. Those communities are located in the following counties: Coshocton and Meigs County. Beyond Ohio, there are 24 communities that are also named Lima - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lima. Communities near Lima ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lima.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lima. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lima. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lima. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lima. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lima. Our list includes 64 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lima. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lima ...Looking for more information about Lima? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Lima, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lima. Adding Lima to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lima in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lima was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Lima in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lima. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lima: www.cityhall.lima.oh.us/ The official website for Allen County: www.co.allen.oh.us/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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