Van Wert, Ohio

Van Wert, Ohio
Van Wert, Ohio
City
	Downtown Van Wert
	Location of Van Wert in Van Wert County
	Van Wert Van Wert
	Coordinates: 40°52′04″N 84°35′50″W / 40.86778°N 84.59722°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Van Wert
Township	Pleasant, Ridge
Incorporated (town)	1848
Incorporated (city)	1903
Government
• Mayor	Ken Markward
Area
• Total	7.81 sq mi (20.23 km2)
• Land	7.53 sq mi (19.50 km2)
• Water	0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2)
Elevation	778 ft (237 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	11,092
• Density	1,473.04/sq mi (568.74/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	45891
Area code	419
FIPS code	39-79562
GNIS feature ID	2397117
Website	www.vanwert.org

Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Van Wert, Ohio
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^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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