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Wooster, Ohio

USA / Ohio / Wooster /
 city, county seat

Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately 50 mi (80 km) SSW of Cleveland, Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster. Wooster was established in 1808 by John Bever, William Henry, and Joseph Larwill, and named after David Wooster, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The population was 24,811 at the 2000 census. The city is the largest in Wayne County, and the center of the Wooster Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003). Wooster has the main branch and administrative offices of the Wayne County Public Library.

Wooster is the birthplace of physics Nobel Prize winner and chancellor of Washington University, Arthur Compton and his brother, physicist and president of MIT, Karl Taylor Compton.

Website: www.woosteroh.com/
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Coordinates:   40°48'24"N   81°56'0"W

Comments

  • bbb (guest)
    Avoid listening to the person above me. Wooster is an amazing place to live and grow up! There are so many great things to do and GREAT places to eat!
  • Brandon (guest)
    I agree bbb. aaa what is your problem. Obviously you have never been to Wooster. It is a great growing little city close to the big cities, but Wooster offers so much.
  • dg28 (guest)
    Wooster is a great town, many fond memories from there. Check out the College of Wooster, the quintessential Midwestern liberal arts campus
  • optimusprime762003 (guest)
    Wooster is my birthplace!!!! Wooster is awesome place to live and rasie.
  • ccc (guest)
    One of the best small towns in NEO. If its horrible, then I don't know what can be considered good.
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