Ada in Ohio

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Wilson American football 'The Duke' © Torsten Bolten/cc-by-sa-4.0

Wilson American football ‘The Duke’ © Torsten Bolten/cc-by-sa-4.0

Ada is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States, located about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Toledo. The population was 5,334 at the 2020 census. It is the home of Ohio Northern University. The National Arbor Day Foundation has qualified Ada as a Tree City USA since 1981.

According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 2.08 square miles (5.4 km²), all land. The area surrounding the village is mostly farmland and small plots of forest. Hog Creek is the only waterway of note and snakes around the village to the north and the east.

First United Methodist Church © Nyttend Ohio Northern University campus, with undergraduate student dorms © Bmamlyuk Presser Hall, music department of the Ohio Northern University, with Dukes and Lehr buildings in the background © Bmamlyuk Wilson American football 'The Duke' © Torsten Bolten/cc-by-sa-4.0 Ada station © Nyttend Buckeye Avenue and Main Street © Nyttend First Presbyterian Church © Nyttend
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Presser Hall, music department of the Ohio Northern University, with Dukes and Lehr buildings in the background © Bmamlyuk
Following the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, the Shawnee Indians held reservation land at Hog Creek near Ada. Ada itself was originally called Johnstown, platted in 1853 by S. M. Johnson when the railroad was extended to that point. When a post office was established it was called Ada Post Office, named after the postmaster’s daughter, Ada. The post office has been in operation since 1854. Ada has been noted for having one of the shortest place names in Ohio.

The Wilson Sporting Goods NFL football manufacturing facility is located in Ada, and is the only leather football manufacturing facility in the United States. The world-famous football “The Duke” is produced here and has been the official game ball of the NFL since the 1940s, with interruptions.

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