Bowling Green, Ohio

===Growth and oil boom===
In 1868 Bowling Green was designated as the county seat, succeeding Perrysburg.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dinner celebrates Wood County history |url=https://www.sent-trib.com/news/dinner-celebrates-wood-county-history/article_6cb3fa8c-e6a4-11e9-bdba-8f83c31ff152.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=Sentinel-Tribune |language=en |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207154626/https://www.sent-trib.com/news/dinner-celebrates-wood-county-history/article_6cb3fa8c-e6a4-11e9-bdba-8f83c31ff152.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

With the discovery of oil in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century, Bowling Green enjoyed a boom to its economy. The results of wealth generated at the time can still be seen in the downtown storefronts, and along Wooster Street, where many of the oldest and largest homes were built.<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/localhis.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214212439/http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/localhis.html|url-status=dead|title=Early History of Bowling Green, Ohio|archivedate=December 14, 2011}}</ref> A [[Wood County Courthouse and Jail|new county courthouse]] was also constructed in the 1890s. The [[United States Post Office (Bowling Green, Ohio)|Neoclassical US post office]] was erected in 1913.<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>