Youngstown, OH Summary

Youngstown lies 5 miles from the Pennsylvania border in northeast Ohio. It is a coal and steel town, and is the seat of Mahoning County.

Its first coal mine opened in 1826 and its first steel plant began operating in 1892. The industry of this city of 95,700 has become more diversified recently—rubber goods, lightbulbs, aluminum and paper goods, office equipment, clothes, rolling-mill equipment, vans, autos and parts, paint, electronic equipment, and plastics.

The city is known for Warner Theatre, built in 1929, and Youngstown University, which has 12,500 students and was established in 1908.

The Arms Family Museum of Local History exhibits arts and crafts of the early twentieth century, and the history of the Mahoning Valley.

The Butler Institute of American Art, built in 1919, was one of the first built specifically to house American artworks. The permanent collection includes works by Mary Cassat, John Copley, Thomas Eakins, Adolph Gottlieb, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington, Charles Sheeler, Robert Vonnoh, Andy Warhol, and Benjamin West.

Mill Creek Metropark is a 2,500-acre park with a long gorge, foot trails, three lakes, and Lanterman Falls.

The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor chronicles the local iron and steel industry, using artifacts, videotaped interviews with steelworkers and executives, and full-scale reproductions of the places where the steelmakers lived and worked.

Youngstown can be reached by car by I-680, US-62 and US-422, and Hwys 18 and 193. It can also be reached by plane and bus.