Municipalities in the Columbus, Ohio Metro Area With Hints

With the help of a hint, can you name the cities, towns, and villages that are in the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area?
As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau
Some municipalities are partially in counties that are not in the Columbus metro
Census-Designated Places are not included
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Municipality
Shares a name with a city in Egypt
Licking
Alexandria
Senator Thomas Sterling was born here
Fairfield
Amanda
Common female first name
Delaware
Ashley
The Snake Den Mounds were constructed outside of the village
Pickaway
Ashville
Shares a name with a city in Maryland
Fairfield
Baltimore
Famous author R. L. Stine is from here
Franklin
Bexley
Named after a city in Germany
Fairfield
Bremen
Deemed a "speed trap" by state officials
Franklin
Brice
Formed to support coal mining in the area
Hocking
Buchtel
Sits upon Ohio's oldest man-made lake.
Fairfield, Licking
Buckeye Lake
Named after a canal and a city in Virginia
Fairfield, Franklin
Canal Winchester
Named after the first industrial tool the village had
Morrow
Cardington
Founded at the junction of the Ohio-Erie and Lancaster Lateral Canals
Fairfield
Carroll
Named after a Township in Morrow County
Morrow
Chesterville
City with a shape in its name
Pickaway
Circleville
Namesake of the metro
Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin
Columbus
Highest median income community in Pickaway County
Pickaway
Commercial Point
Formerly known as one of the most lawless towns in the State of Ohio
Perry
Corning
Was the home of Hull pottery
Perry
Crooksville
Takes its name from a nearby creek
Pickaway
Darby Creek
Named after a U.S. state
Delaware
Delaware
Wendy's is headquartered here
Delaware, Franklin, Union
Dublin
Named after a famous American inventor and businessman
Morrow
Edison
Shares a name with another County in Ohio
Morrow
Fulton
City where United Express Flight 6291 crashed after a failed landing at Port Columbus International Airport (Now John Glenn)
Franklin
Gahanna
Originally called Zoar
Delaware
Galena
Home to a financial scandal when in 2005, its former financial director confessed to embezzling nearly $100,000 from the city
Crawford, Morrow, Richland
Galion
Completely surrounded by Hopewell Township
Perry
Glenford
Home to "Bank Block", a historic strip mall
Franklin
Grandview Heights
Home to Denison University
Licking
Granville
Named after a colonel
Licking, Muskingum
Gratiot
Named for the remaining groves of trees after the initial clearing for the city
Franklin
Grove City
Formed when 2 rival cities merged in 1846
Franklin
Groveport
Originally called Fleming
Licking
Hanover
Named after the capital of Pennsylvania
Franklin, Pickaway
Harrisburg
Named after a city in Connecticut
Licking
Hartford
Home to the Great Circle Earthworks
Licking
Heath
The 6th town laid out in Licking County
Licking
Hebron
Named for a grove of trees near the original town site
Perry
Hemlock
Home of the Franklin County Fair
Franklin
Hilliard
Known for the finding of an almost complete mastodon skeleton under the city
Licking
Johnstown
Laid out at the site of a railroad junction
Perry
Junction City
Located along the South Fork of the Licking River
Licking
Kirkersville
Designated the "Pressed Glass capital of Ohio"
Fairfield
Lancaster
Named after a native plant that grew in the surrounding hills
Hocking
Laurelville
"Stone city" in Greek
Fairfield, Franklin
Lithopolis
Located near Rickenbacker International Airport
Franklin, Pickaway
Lockbourne
Named after a chief of the Mingo people
Hocking
Logan
Shares a name with a city in the UK
Madison
London
Platted in 1879 when undergrounds Springs were discovered in the area
Union
Magnetic Springs
Takes its name from a quarry company
Franklin
Marble Cliff
Reportedly named after an 1800 battle in France
Morrow
Marengo
Slogan is "Where the grass is greener"
Union
Marysville
Also known as Sedalia
Madison
Midway
A remnant of a tallgrass prairie is located near this village
Union
Milford Center
Known for its Sweet Corn festival
Fairfield
Millersport
Founded as a trolley park
Franklin
Minerva Park
County Seat of Morrow County
Morrow
Mount Gilead
Birthplace of basketball coach Bob Hill
Madison
Mount Sterling
Formerly fielded a semi-professional football team known as the Tigers
Hocking
Murray City
Known as one of the richest Columbus suburbs
Franklin, Licking
New Albany
Originally called Flemingsburgh
Fayette, Pickaway
New Holland
Nicknamed "The City With Values"
Perry
New Lexington
Founded as a coal mining town
Perry
New Straitsville
Home to the world's largest basket
Licking
Newark
Formed as a stagecoach junction in 1838
Franklin
Obetz
Known for a scavenger hunt where residents search for small doors around the village
Delaware
Ostrander
Name derives from the Delaware language
Licking
Pataskala
Known as the "Violet Capital of Ohio"
Fairfield, Franklin
Pickerington
Designated a "Tree City USA" in 2024
Madison
Plain City
A fire here destroyed a glass factory
Fairfield
Pleasantville
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is located near here
Delaware
Powell
Smallest incorporated community in Ohio
Perry
Rendville
The first commercially successful tomato variety was made here
Fairfield, Franklin, Licking
Reynoldsburg
Northernmost municipality in Union County
Union
Richwood
Incorporated in 1939
Franklin
Riverlea
The Nelson McCoy Pottery Company was founded here
Muskingum, Perry
Roseville
Named after a creek nearby
Fairfield
Rushville
Named after an Indian people
Perry
Shawnee
Originally founded to be a resort fishing community in the 1920s
Delaware
Shawnee Hills
Home to the oldest Catholic parish in Ohio
Perry
Somerset
Formerly the "Puppetry Capital of America"
Pickaway
South Bloomfield
Has a similar name to a city in Cuyahoga County
Madison
South Solon
Shares a name with a former Greek city-state
Morrow
Sparta
Located along the North Fork of the Licking River
Licking
St. Louisville
The founder of this village named it after himself
Fairfield
Stoutsville
Nicknamed "Gateway to the Hocking Hills"
Fairfield
Sugar Grove
Designated a city on October 22, 2021
Delaware
Sunbury
Birthplace of Union general William Sooy Smith
Fairfield, Pickaway
Tarlton
Location of the Lost Lands music festival
Perry
Thornville
Home to the Charles W. Fairbanks Festival
Union
Unionville Center
Located just west of The Ohio State University
Franklin
Upper Arlington
Had the first African-American female mayor in the United States
Franklin
Urbancrest
Named after a city in New York
Licking
Utica
One of the many enclaves of Ohio's state capital
Franklin
Valleyview
A cardinal direction was added to the city's name to distinguish it from another city in Ohio named after a president.
Madison
West Jefferson
"West" of a previous Fairfield County village
Fairfield
West Rushville
Home to Otterbein University
Delaware, Franklin
Westerville
Originally designated "refugee land" for Canadian refugees in the American Revolution
Franklin
Whitehall
Surrounded by Deer Creek Township
Perry
Williamsport
Named in honor of an Ohio governor
Franklin
Worthington
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