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Van Wert
Also known as Van Wert, Ohio, Van Wert, OH
city in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Van Wert
- Township
- Pleasant , Ridge
- Mayor
- Ken Markward
- Total
- 7.81 sq mi (20.23 km )
- Land
- 7.53 sq mi (19.50 km )
- Water
- 0.28 sq mi (0.73 km )
- Elevation
- 778 ft (237 m)
- Density
- 1,473.0/sq mi (568.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 39-79562
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Van Wert is a city in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 77 miles (124 km) southwest of Toledo and 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The population was 11,092 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Van Wert micropolitan area, which is included in the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta combined statistical area.
Van Wert is named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library.
