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Columbus, OH
Ohio · Fairfield County · Columbus Metro
Columbus is a major city in Ohio with a population of 906,480. Residents earn $65,327 per year, which is 13% below the national average.
3.4
/5.0
B
Good
906,480
Population
4,092/sq mi density
$65,327
Median Income
$37,189 per capita
$234,500
Home Value
$243,005 Zillow
$1,224
Median Rent
28.2% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
271 sunny days/yr
503
Violent Crime/100K
3,308 property/100K
B
Overall
3.4 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$65,327 median income, 3.6% unemployment
A+
Affordability
4.7 / 5.0
$234,500 home value, $1,224/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
503 violent crimes/100K (32% above avg)
A
Education
4.1 / 5.0
38.2% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Columbus
Historic Markers
46
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Haunted Places
9
Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Mines
8
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Haunted Places Near Columbus, OH
9 reported haunted locations found near Columbus, OH.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Alpha Omicron Pi House | Legend has it that years ago, when the house was owned by another sorority, a sister jumped into Mirror Lake as an Ohio State tradition for Michigan Weekend. She was intoxicated and broke her neck. Her sisters took her back to the sorority house and placed her in her bed, afraid they would get in trouble for being drunk if they took her to the hospital. She died in the room and is said to open the closet doors and move things in the room. In other rooms, girls have said that they have heard t... |
| Children's Hospital | The hospital is belived to be built over a grave yard, and if you go to the park at night time, you can feel things and you might see something. |
| Columbus State Community College | The ghosts that haunt it are there because the school was built directly on top of a Catholic cemetery. It is a few blocks away from Kelton house, mentioned above. |
| Fort Hayes Metropolitan High School | The school is partly built in remaining buildings of a civil war camp. Many of the old buildings still remain and are used for classes. One building was a hospital and it is home to many roaming spirits! People have heard the cries of dying and injured, spirits have been seen walking the halls dressed in old nurses uniforms and some soldiers roam it too. Another building is called "The Shot Tower" and it is home to numerous spirits. It was a tower to make ammunition during the Civil War. Many... |
| Kelton House | the ghost of Grace Bird Kelton is seen in this house. |
| Mirror Lake | There is a ghost of a jogger who was killed there. If you sit on the east side and face west a cold breeze comes through and the lake goes perfectly calm and then on the northwest side you see the apparition of a spirit in a jogging suit who keeps turning around as though he was followed. |
| Mirror Lake | Ohio State - There was a student who drowned in Mirror Lake at Ohio State University back in the sixties. Every once in a while at night, there are sounds of water splashing and a guy screaming...but there is no one there. |
| Nationwide Arena | Site of the Ohio State Pen - built where the old pen used to be when the pen was there many people sighted & heard things that were not meant to be seen or heard examples: 1. old cafeteria used to be place where hangings occurred before it was cafeteria, even though there were broken windows to let in traffic noise upon entering the building was dead silent 2. the electro shock therapy room has noises and is extremely cold now it seems as the nationwide arena area is cursed - 12 yr. old girl... |
| Wallahalla | It's said that years ago [I've heard both the 1800's and the 1960's] a man murdered his wife and daughter in a house on Wallahalla. If you drive down the road at night and go under the bridge, you can see the reflection of the wife and daughter in the water [to the right of the road]. After you go under the bridge, the road very VERY gradually but if you take your foot off of the gas and break, not only do you not slow down, you don’t even keep even. You speed up. - November 2003 update:In... |