About Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati was founded in 1788 by John Cleves Symmes and Colonel Robert Patterson. The city spreads over a number of hills, bluffs, and low ridges overlooking the Ohio River in the Bluegrass region of the country. Although sometimes referred to as part of the Midwest, Cincinnati is geographically located within the periphery of the Upland South. Cincinnati is considered to have been the first major American boomtown rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early nineteenth century to rival the larger coastal cities in size and wealth. The population within city limits was 332,458 in 2007, while Greater Cincinnati's population exceeds 2.1 million. Cincinnati has seven major sports venues, two major league teams, six minor league teams, and five college institutions with their own sports teams. The major league teams include the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals. The city is also home to the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, among other colleges and universities. The city is undergoing significant changes due to an influx of new development and private investment as well as the construction of the long stalled Banks project. Cincinnati is home to major corporations, altogether, ten Fortune 500 companies and eighteen Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in the Cincinnati area. The city is also home to numerous festivals and events throughout the year, and is also known for having one of the larger collections of nineteenth-century German architecture in the U.S., primarily concentrated just north of Downtown, one of the largest historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cincinnati is located approximately 63 miles south of Richmond, IN., with a travel time of about 1 1/2 hours.