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Van Wert

city in and seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States
Place city_of_ohio Q1012164

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
city of Ohio, county seat[4]
Inception
1848[7]
Country
United States[2]
Official website
www.vanwert.org[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.868°, -84.583°
Capital of
Van Wert County[13]
Area
+7.61, +19.698159[18][19]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
Different from
Van Wert[16]
Elevation above sea level
+237[17]
Head of government
Kenneth J. Markward[3]
Local dialing code
419[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Van Wert County[1]
Number of households
+4304[15]
Official name
Van Wert[14]
Per capita income
+25807[22]
Population
11k (11k–11k, n=3)[9][10][11]
Postal code
45891[5]
Territory overlaps
Van Wert urban area[21]
Water as percent of area
+3.6924[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Van Wert en Van Wert, OH en Van Wert, Ohio ar فان ويرت es Van Wert (Ohio) fa ون ورت ja ヴァン・ワート ja バンワート ru Ван-Верт ru Ван-Уэрт ru Ван-Уэрт (Огайо) zh 范沃特
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
136073110
Library of Congress authority ID
n82235426
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Main Street, Van Wert - panoramio.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
10000
Curlie ID
Regional/North_America/United_States/Ohio/Localities/V/Van_Wert/
Domain name
vanwert.oh.us
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
3979562
FactGrid item ID
Schluchsee
Freebase ID
/m/0z2ts
GNIS Feature ID
1058096, 2397117
GeoNames ID
5175079
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
2082360
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MusicBrainz area ID
fcebc66a-40ee-4466-96f2-b76c87d30bbd
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007557531405171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
182535
OpenWeatherMap city ID
5175079
Quora topic ID
Van-Wert-OH
Subreddit
vanwert
Topic's main category
Category:Van Wert, Ohio
UN/LOCODE
USVNW
Who's on First ID
101713093
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwdjwG88PCgf7qmX8cF8C

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🔗 Connections
People born here 4
C. C. Pyle, Kory Lichtensteiger, John Randolph Spears, Walter Hinton
← Headquarters location 3
The Times Bulletin, Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
← Place of publication 3
The Times Bulletin, The Van Wert Times-Bulletin, Van Wert Independent
Instance of 2
county seat, city in the United States
Capital of 1
Van Wert County
Contained subdivisions 1
Van Wert Independent
Country 1
United States
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Different from 1
Van Wert
FactGrid item ID 1
Schluchsee
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Van Wert County
Topic's main category 1
Category:Van Wert, Ohio
← Capital 1
Van Wert County
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Van Wert, Ohio
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Van Wert County
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . vanwert.org. Retrieved . vanwert.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → city in and seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States
    Instance of → city of Ohio, county seat
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: city of Ohio"
  2. 23w ago · Wolfgang8741 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1848-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+3.6924'}
    Country → United States
    Area → {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+7.61'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.698159'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Head of government: Kenneth J. Markward"
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