Road Tour of Downtown Van Wert and Downtown Celina, Ohio in 4K

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The drive begins immediately north of Downtown Van Wert on U.S. 127. The video will take you through Van Wert and Celina, Ohio, also on U.S. 127. Enjoy the ride of Far West Ohio near the Indiana border.

VAN WERT, OHIO

Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. It is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 77 miles (124 km) southwest of Toledo and 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The population was 11,092 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Van Wert micropolitan area, which is included in the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta combined statistical area.

Van Wert is named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library.

Van Wert County Courthouse (built 1874–1876) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Van Wert was surveyed in 1824 by Captain James Riley, who was contracted by the government to survey lands purchased from Native Americans under a treaty in 1818. It was incorporated as a town in 1848 and was chartered as a city in 1903.

The town is located in an area originally known as the Black Swamp. Early pioneers had to deal with swampy ground, mud, and malaria. They persevered, draining the swamp for agriculture and eventually reclaiming enough dry land to establish the town. Van Wert was the birthplace of aviation pioneer Walter Hinton and the famous baritone Charles W. Clark.

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CELINA, OHIO

Celina is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio, United States about 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Dayton. The population was 10,935 at the 2020 census. Celina is situated on the northwestern shores of Grand Lake St. Marys.

James Watson Riley established Celina in 1834. The settlement was named after Salina, New York.

By the 1880s, the town had grown significantly, primarily due to the discovery of deposits of oil and natural gas nearby.

The town was hit by a deadly EF3 tornado on May 27, 2019. Numerous homes, building, trees, and power lines and poles were damaged or destroyed. One person was killed and eight others were injured.

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