Are Sandusky, Ottawa and Seneca counties Ohio considered more Northwest Ohio or North Central Ohio? (Columbus: college)

[flemusdeleon]

Do you consider Sandusky, Ottawa and Seneca counties Ohio more part of Northwest or North Central Ohio?
(Fremont, Port Clinton and Tiffin areas).

[Tobias C]

If were describing Ohio as having a Northwest, Northeast, and North Central region....than I would honestly say they could go either way. Kind of the cusp of both so to speak. They don't feel like they're definitely one or the other. I've lived in the heart of both regions (Toledo and Sandusky) and spent plenty of time in the 3 cities you mentioned as well and they kind of do feel like they're in a no-mans land.

I dont have a better answer for the question but It did get me thinking and staring at a map for a while lol.

[LTU2]

Originally Posted by flemusdeleon

Do you consider Sandusky, Ottawa and Seneca counties Ohio more part of Northwest or North Central Ohio?
(Fremont, Port Clinton and Tiffin areas).

Read this whole thread and internal links, see what you come up with.

https://www.city-data.com/forum/ohio...northeast.html

[schmave]

For me, all feel like northwest Ohio. Lots of open flat farmland up that way.
I'm also coming from a background of having spent four years in Toledo for college. All three of those counties are within the Toledo sphere of influence. It's the closest big city and all are within the Toledo media market. Erie and Huron are officially Cleveland DMA counties but I sure don't feel like I'm in northeast Ohio when I'm in Sandusky or Norwalk.
To me, "north central Ohio" consists of areas closer to Columbus, although not all that close. I mean the northern counties of central Ohio, such as Crawford, Marion and Morrow.
Richland and Wyandot could fall into that as well. To me, those two definitely are "tweener" counties. Equidistant between Columbus and Cleveland/Toledo and I wouldn't be shocked if people in the southern parts of those counties gravitate more to Columbus while the northern portions look more to the other two cities, respectively.

[Visitputinbay]

Living here we refer to our area as Northwest Ohio