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Do not fill this in! {{Short description | City in Wood County, Ohio}} {{distinguish|Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio|Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bowling Green, Ohio | native_name = | settlement_type = [[City]] | nicknames = BG, Pull Town, USA | motto = | image_skyline = Downtown Bowling Green, OH 2.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Downtown Bowling Green, Ohio as seen from the intersection of Main St. and Wooster St. | image_flag = | image_seal = BowlingGreenOhioSeal.png | image_shield = | image_map = OHMap-doton-Bowling_Green.png | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in [[Ohio]] | image_map1 = Map of Wood County Ohio Highlighting Bowling Green City.png | mapsize1 = 250px | map_caption1 = Location of Bowling Green in Wood County | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Ohio]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | government_type = "Mayor-Administrator"<ref name=mayor>{{cite web |url=http://www.bgohio.org/elected-officials/mayor.html |access-date=December 31, 2006|title=The City of Bowling Green, Ohio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220075508/http://www.bgohio.org/history.html |archive-date=December 20, 2005 }}</ref> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mike Aspacher<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor Mike Aspacher |url=https://www.bgohio.org/478/Mayor-Mike-Aspacher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303203559/https://www.bgohio.org/478/Mayor-Mike-Aspacher |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=bgohio.org |publisher=City of Bowling Green Ohio}}</ref> | leader_title1 = Municipal Administrator | leader_name1 = Lori Tretter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal Administrator |url=https://www.bgohio.org/216/Municipal-Administrator |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303203506/https://www.bgohio.org/216/Municipal-Administrator |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=www.bgohio.org |publisher=City of Bowling Green Ohio}}</ref> | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date = 1901<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bgohio.org/history.html |title=City of Bowling Green |access-date=2006-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220075508/http://www.bgohio.org/history.html |archive-date=2005-12-20 }} Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref> | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 33.44 | area_land_km2 = 33.32 | area_water_km2 = 0.12 | area_total_sq_mi = 12.91 | area_land_sq_mi = 12.86 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.05 | area_water_percent = 0.40 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_note = census | population_total = 30808 | population_density_km2 = 924.72 | population_density_sq_mi = 2395.09 | population_metro = 651,429<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web|title=CPH-T-5. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|publisher=census.gov|access-date=14 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517083619/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|archive-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> | timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | coordinates = {{coord|41|22|26|N|83|39|03|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 689 | postal_code_type = Zip code | postal_code = 43402,43403 | area_code = [[Area code 419|419]], [[Area code 419|567]] | website = https://www.bgohio.org | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 39-07972<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1087179<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1087179}}</ref> | footnotes = }} '''Bowling Green''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Wood County, Ohio]], United States,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> located {{Convert|20|mi|km}} southwest of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. The population was 30,808 at the [[United States Census 2020|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Toledo metropolitan area]] and a member of the [[Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TOLEDO METROPOLITAN AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MEMBERSHIP|url=http://www.tmacog.org/membership/CURRENT_Map/TMACOG_membershipmap_8_2012.pdf|access-date=14 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132106/http://www.tmacog.org/membership/CURRENT_Map/TMACOG_membershipmap_8_2012.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> Bowling Green is the home of [[Bowling Green State University]]. ==History== ===Settlement=== Bowling Green was first settled in 1832, was incorporated as a town in 1855, and became a city in 1901. The village was named after [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]], by a retired postal worker who had once delivered mail there.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=33|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The History of Bowling Green State University |journal=Bgsu Faculty Books |date=January 1967 |page=16 |url=https://lib.bgsu.edu/scholarworks/other/Overman/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#20 |access-date=27 August 2020 |ref=20|last1=Overman |first1=James }}</ref> ===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> ===Industrialization=== This period was followed by an expansion of the [[automobile industry]]. In late 1922 or early 1923, [[Coats Steam Car]] moved to the area and hired numerous workers. It eventually went out of business as the industry became centralized in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. Bank robbers [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] and [[William Miller (criminal)|Billy the Killer]] encountered police in Bowling Green in April 1931. Their armed confrontation resulted in the death of Billy the Killer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Jan Larson |title=Wood County had its share of murders & robberies in 'wild west' past β BG Independent News |url=https://bgindependentmedia.org/wood-county-had-its-share-of-murders-robberies-in-wild-west-past/ |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> During World War II Italian and German [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] were held nearby. They were used to staff the [[Heinz Tomato Ketchup]] factory in town.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bee Gee News June 15, 1944 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/701/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=24 November 2019 |date=15 June 1944}}</ref> The ketchup factory closed in 1975.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The BG News April 2, 1975 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3087/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=25 November 2019 |date=2 April 1975}}</ref> A runaway freight train carrying hazardous liquids passed through Bowling Green in 2001, in what is known as the known as the [[CSX 8888 incident]]. It traveled more than 65 miles south of Toledo before being stopped by a veteran railroad worker near Kenton; he jumped into the train while it was moving. No one was hurt and there was no property damage in the incident.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Claiborne |first1=William |last2=Phillips |first2=Don |title=Railroad Worker Jumps Into, Stops Runaway Train |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/16/railroad-worker-jumps-into-stops-runaway-train/8048b577-f0b8-4137-9a73-e09dc6824914/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=16 May 2001}}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.61|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|12.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.05|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> Bowling Green is within an area of land that was once the [[Great Black Swamp]] which was drained and settled in the 19th century. The nutrient-rich soil makes for highly productive farm land. Bowling Green, Ohio is in the North Western hemisphere at approximately 41.376132Β°N, -83.623897Β°W. ===Climate=== {{Weather box <!-- Infobox begins --> | single line = Y | location = Bowling Green, Ohio, 1991β2020 normals, extremes 1893–present |Jan record high F = 72 |Feb record high F = 74 |Mar record high F = 85 |Apr record high F = 91 |May record high F = 97 |Jun record high F = 104 |Jul record high F = 110 |Aug record high F = 105 |Sep record high F = 101 |Oct record high F = 91 |Nov record high F = 82 |Dec record high F = 70 |Jan avg record high F = 55.3 |Feb avg record high F = 57.0 |Mar avg record high F = 69.1 |Apr avg record high F = 79.6 |May avg record high F = 87.4 |Jun avg record high F = 93.7 |Jul avg record high F = 93.8 |Aug avg record high F = 92.4 |Sep avg record high F = 90.1 |Oct avg record high F = 82.7 |Nov avg record high F = 68.7 |Dec avg record high F = 58.5 |year avg record high F = 95.6 <!-- Average high temperatures --> | Jan high F =32.6 | Feb high F =35.7 | Mar high F =46.0 | Apr high F =59.5 | May high F =71.2 | Jun high F =80.7 | Jul high F =84.2 | Aug high F =82.1 | Sep high F =76.3 | Oct high F =63.5 | Nov high F =49.5 | Dec high F =37.8 <!-- Mean daily temperature --> | Jan mean F =25.9 | Feb mean F =28.4 | Mar mean F =37.3 | Apr mean F =49.0 | May mean F =60.8 | Jun mean F =70.7 | Jul mean F =74.0 | Aug mean F =72.0 | Sep mean F =65.3 | Oct mean F =53.6 | Nov mean F =41.4 | Dec mean F =31.4 <!-- Average low temperatures --> | Jan low F =19.2 | Feb low F =21.0 | Mar low F =28.6 | Apr low F =38.5 | May low F =50.3 | Jun low F =60.8 | Jul low F =63.8 | Aug low F =61.8 | Sep low F =54.3 | Oct low F =43.6 | Nov low F =33.4 | Dec low F =25.1 |Jan avg record low F = -1.8 |Feb avg record low F = 3.2 |Mar avg record low F = 11.4 |Apr avg record low F = 24.4 |May avg record low F = 36.2 |Jun avg record low F = 46.9 |Jul avg record low F = 52.8 |Aug avg record low F = 51.1 |Sep avg record low F = 41.0 |Oct avg record low F = 30.0 |Nov avg record low F = 18.6 |Dec avg record low F = 7.0 |year avg record low F = -4.6 |Jan record low F = -21 |Feb record low F = -22 |Mar record low F = -7 |Apr record low F = 8 |May record low F = 25 |Jun record low F = 32 |Jul record low F = 41 |Aug record low F = 35 |Sep record low F = 25 |Oct record low F = 13 |Nov record low F = 0 |Dec record low F = -20 <!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. --> | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch =2.26 | Feb precipitation inch =2.01 | Mar precipitation inch =2.21 | Apr precipitation inch =3.40 | May precipitation inch =3.99 | Jun precipitation inch =3.60 | Jul precipitation inch =3.53 | Aug precipitation inch =3.79 | Sep precipitation inch =2.91 | Oct precipitation inch =2.83 | Nov precipitation inch =2.37 | Dec precipitation inch =2.26 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 8.1 |Feb precipitation days = 7.1 |Mar precipitation days = 7.6 |Apr precipitation days = 9.8 |May precipitation days = 10.3 |Jun precipitation days = 9.4 |Jul precipitation days = 8.1 |Aug precipitation days = 7.3 |Sep precipitation days = 7.3 |Oct precipitation days = 8.3 |Nov precipitation days = 7.4 |Dec precipitation days = 7.7 <!-- Snowfall --> | Jan snow inch =6.3 | Feb snow inch =6.1 | Mar snow inch =2.6 | Apr snow inch =0.5 | May snow inch =0.0 | Jun snow inch =0.0 | Jul snow inch =0.0 | Aug snow inch =0.0 | Sep snow inch =0.0 | Oct snow inch =0.0 | Nov snow inch =0.5 | Dec snow inch =5.3 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 4.1 |Feb snow days = 3.6 |Mar snow days = 1.6 |Apr snow days = 0.3 |May snow days = 0.0 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 0.0 |Nov snow days = 0.5 |Dec snow days = 2.4 |source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00330862&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access β Station: Bowling Green WWTP, OH |access-date = March 4, 2023 }} </ref> |source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData> {{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=cle |publisher = National Weather Service |title = NOAA Online Weather Data β NWS Cleveland |access-date = March 4, 2023 }} </ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1870= 906 |1880= 1539 |1890= 3467 |1900= 5067 |1910= 5222 |1920= 5788 |1930= 6688 |1940= 7190 |1950= 12005 |1960= 13574 |1970= 21760 |1980= 25745 |1990= 28176 |2000= 29636 |2010= 30028 |2020= 30808 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bowlinggreencityohio/PST045219 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Bowling Green city, Ohio |access-date=2021-11-16 |archive-date=2019-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214042634/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3907972 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===2010 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=American FactFinder - Results|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3907972|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142945/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3907972|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-12|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 30,028 people, 11,288 households, and 4,675 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2390.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 12,301 housing units at an average density of {{convert|979.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.8% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quick Facts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3907972|website=United States Census Bureau|publisher=United States|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> There were 11,288 households, of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 58.6% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.82.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3907972|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142945/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3907972|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|website=American FactFinder|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> The median age in the city was 23.2 years. 12.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 43.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.5% were from 25 to 44; 15.7% were from 45 to 64; and 8.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 29,636 people, 10,266 households, and 4,434 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{Convert|2919|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 10,667 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|1050.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.84% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.82% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.83% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.81% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.46% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.48% of the population.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} There were 10,266 households, out of which 20.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 56.8% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were people living alone, including 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21, and the average family size was 2.84.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} In the city, the population was spread out, with 13.1% under the age of 18, 46.6% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} The median income for a household in the city was $30,599, and the median income for a family was $51,804. Males had a median income of $33,619 versus $25,364 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,032. About 8.0% of families and 25.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} ==Economy== [[File:Industries of War - Machinery - MAKING JOINTS FRO SIGNAL CORPS, THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE CO., BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - NARA - 31490505 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Workers at the Universal Machine Co. in Bowling Green, Ohio producing materials for the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|Signal Corps]] during [[World War I]].]] [[Lubrizol]] maintains a soap and [[surfactant]] production plant in Bowling Green.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lubrizol to expand its B.G. plant |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/business/Economy/2013/02/13/Lubrizol-to-expand-its-Bowling-Green-plant/stories/20130213077 |access-date=25 November 2019 |website=Toledo Blade |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tensions Surface |url=https://www.happi.com/issues/2019-09-02/view_features/tensions-surface/ |access-date=6 December 2019 |website=HAPPI}}</ref> The Bowling Green plant opened in 1994 and was expanded in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lubrizol to expand its B.G. plant |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2013/02/13/Lubrizol-to-expand-its-Bowling-Green-plant.html |access-date=6 December 2019 |website=Toledo Blade |language=en}}</ref> ===Energy policy=== [[Image:Bowling Green Wind Power.jpg|thumb|A wind turbine outside of Bowling Green, Ohio.]] [[Wind power in Ohio#American Municipal Power Inc Wind Farm|Ohio's first]] utility-sized [[wind farm]] is located along [[U.S. Route 6]] just west of the city limits.<ref name="bg_wind_farm">{{Cite web |title=Ohio's First Commercial Wind Farm |url=http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=104 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050228/https://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=104 |archive-date=2007-11-10 |access-date=2008-12-15 |publisher=Green Energy Ohio}}</ref> There are four turbines that are each {{convert|257|ft}} tall. These turbines generate up to 7.2 megawatts of power, which is enough to supply electricity for some 3,000 residents. Located about {{convert|6|mi|0|spell=in}} from the city, the turbines can be seen for miles and have become a [[Unconventional wind turbines#Wind turbines on public display|local attraction]].<ref name="wind_tourism">{{Cite web |date=2008-01-12 |title=Ohio gov blows hard with wind-powered energy |url=http://www.environmentohio.org/in-the-news/energy/energy/-ohio-gov-blows-hard-with-wind-powered-energy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726032837/http://www.environmentohio.org/in-the-news/energy/energy/-ohio-gov-blows-hard-with-wind-powered-energy |archive-date=2011-07-26 |access-date=2008-12-15 |publisher=Environment Ohio}}</ref> At the site of the turbines, a solar-powered kiosk provides information for visitors, including current information on wind speeds and the amount of energy being produced by the turbines. ==Culture== The Black Swamp Arts Festival is a free arts and live music festival held the first full weekend after Labor Day. It's mission is to "connect art and the community by presenting an annual arts festival and by promoting the arts in the Bowling Green community."<ref name="blackswampfest">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.blackswampfest.org/main/festival |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=blackswampfest.org |publisher=Black Swamp Arts Festival}}</ref> ==Education== ===Primary and secondary=== Public elementary schools of the [[Bowling Green City School District]] include Kenwood Elementary, Conneaut Elementary and Crim Elementary.<ref name="schools">{{cite web | url=http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/schools/ | title=Bowling Green City Schools :: Schools | access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref> Ridge Elementary was closed in 2013<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bgnews.com/city/bowling-green-city-council-buys-ridge-elementary-to-convert-to/article_7a7dc992-2fc9-11e3-b654-001a4bcf887a.html | title=Bowling Green City Council buys Ridge Elementary to convert to park | publisher=The BG News | date=7 October 2013 | access-date=25 February 2014 | author=Alusheff, Alex}}</ref><ref name="bg-school-close">{{cite web | url=http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=619105#.Uw0p_kt9TWw | title=BG City Schools to close two schools, cut no teachers | publisher=North West Ohio | date=17 May 2011 | access-date=25 February 2014 | author=Rice, Laura | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305155231/http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=619105#.Uw0p_kt9TWw | archive-date=5 March 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and Milton Elementary was closed in 2011.<ref name="bg-school-close" /> Two private primary schools, Bowling Green Christian Academy and the [[Montessori education|Montessori]] School of Bowling Green, and one parochial, St. Aloysius, also call Bowling Green home. The Bowling Green Early Childhood Learning Center (Montessori) offers kindergarten and Plan, Do and Talk goes up to grade three. Secondary schools include Bowling Green Middle School and [[Bowling Green High School (Ohio)|Bowling Green Senior High School]]. ===Post-secondary=== [[Bowling Green State University]] is located on the northeast side of the city, along and north of Wooster Street ([[Ohio State Route 64]], [[Ohio State Route 105]]). As of September 2020, it has 20,232 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BGSU announces record retention, highest enrollment in more than a decade |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2020/09/bgsu-announces-record-retention-highest-enrollment-in-more-than-a-decade.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Bowling Green State University |language=en}}</ref> ===Library=== [[File:Wood County District Public Library, BG.jpg|thumb|The Wood County Public Library]] Bowling Green has the main branch of the Wood County District Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wcdpl.org/HoursLocations | title=Hours & Locations | publisher=Wood County District Public Library | access-date=3 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303164821/https://wcdpl.org/HoursLocations | archive-date=3 March 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Media== ===Newspapers=== * ''[https://www.sent-trib.com/ Sentinel Tribune]'' ([https://www.digitalaimmedia.com/ AIM Media Midwest, LLC]) * ''[[BG News|The BG News]]'' * ''[https://bgindependentmedia.org/about/ BG Independent Media]'' ===Radio=== * [[WBGU-FM|WBGU 88.1 FM]] * [[WFAL Falcon Radio]] * [[WRQN]] * [[WJYM|WJYM 730 AM]] * [[WWOC-LP]] 97.7 FM ===Television=== * [[WBGU-TV|WBGU-PBS]] ==Transportation== [[File:Centrex Bus Stop.jpg|thumb|A university shuttle]] A public [[Demand responsive transport|demand response]] bus service is operated by the city through B.G. Transit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bgohio.org/departments/municipal-administrator/grants-administration/public-transportation|title=Public Transportation|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=August 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814104108/http://www.bgohio.org/departments/municipal-administrator/grants-administration/public-transportation|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bowling Green State University]] offers shuttle services via its own buses with routes throughout campus and the downtown area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/parking-services/shuttle-routes.html|title=Shuttle Routes|work=Bowling Green State University|access-date=2018-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907113700/http://www.bgsu.edu/parking-services/shuttle-routes.html|archive-date=2017-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bowling Green is linked to [[North Baltimore, Ohio|North Baltimore]] via a {{Convert|13|mi|km|adj=on}} [[rail trail]] called the [[Slippery Elm Trail]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcparks.org/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301121620/http://www.woodcountyparkdistrict.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=113|url-status=dead|title=[Wood County Park District]|archivedate=March 1, 2014|website=www.wcparks.org}}</ref> with East Broadway Street in North Baltimore on the south end and Sand Ridge Road in Bowling Green on the north end.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wood County Park District|url=http://www.woodcountyparkdistrict.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=113|access-date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301121620/http://www.woodcountyparkdistrict.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=113|archive-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> A [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] line runs through town. ==Notable people== {{See also|List of Bowling Green State University alumni}} * [[John Barnes (author)|John Barnes]], science-fiction writer<ref>"Foreword," in Barnes, John. Apostrophes and Apocalypses. NYC:Tor 1998 p. 9</ref> * [[Alissa Czisny]], figure skater, 2009 and 2011 U.S. champion * [[Anthony De La Torre]], actor * [[William Easterly]], economist / professor at [[New York University|NYU]] * [[Randy Gardner (politician)|Randy Gardner]], Chancellor, Ohio Department of Higher Education * [[Theresa Gavarone]], Ohio Senator * [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]], figure skater, 1984 Olympic champion; television commentator * [[Chris Hoiles]], retired Major League Baseball player * [[Doug Mallory]], NFL assistant coach * [[Mike Mallory]], NFL assistant coach * [[Howard McCord]] poet, novelist, writing professor * [[Paul Pope]], alternative comic book writer/artist * [[Andy Tracy]], first baseman for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] * [[Dave Wottle]], runner, 1972 Olympic gold medalist in the 800m * [[Cara Zavaleta]], reality TV personality and model ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{commons category|Bowling Green, Ohio}} {{wikivoyage|Bowling Green (Ohio)|Bowling Green, Ohio}} {{EB1911 poster|Bowling Green (Ohio)}} * {{Official website|https://www.bgohio.org/}} {{Toledo}} {{Wood County, Ohio}} {{Ohio county seats}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Bowling Green, Ohio| ]] [[Category:Cities in Wood County, Ohio]] [[Category:County seats in Ohio]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1901]] [[Category:Cities in Ohio]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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