Editing Lancaster, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Lancaster, Ohio
| settlement_type          = [[City (Ohio)|City]]
| nickname                 = "Glass City", "The Stir", "L Town" 
| image_skyline            = Lancaster Ohio Main Street.jpg
| imagesize                = 300px
| image_caption            = Main Street in Downtown Lancaster
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = 
| image_map                = Map of Fairfield County Ohio Highlighting Lancaster City.png
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of Lancaster in Fairfield County
| pushpin_map              = Ohio#USA
| pushpin_relief           = yes
| pushpin_label            = Lancaster
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| Don G. McDaniel (Rep)             = 
| established_date         = 
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 49.29
| area_land_km2            = 49.12
| area_water_km2           = 0.17
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_total         = 40552
| population_density_sq_mi = 2138.03
| population_density_km2   = 825.50
| population_demonym       = Lancastrian
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| coordinates              = {{coord|39|44|35|N|82|36|25|W|region:US-OH_type:city(40,500)|display=title,inline}}
| area_total_sq_mi         = 19.03
| area_land_sq_mi          = 18.97
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.06
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 840
| website                  = [https://www.ci.lancaster.oh.us/ www.ci.lancaster.oh.us]
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code              = 43130
| area_code                = [[Area code 740|740]] and [[Area code 220|220]]
| area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 39-41720
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1086078<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1086078}}</ref>
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Lancaster''' ({{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|l|æ|ŋ|k|(|@|)|s|t|ər}} {{respell|LANK|(ə|)stər}}) is a city in [[Fairfield County, Ohio]], and its [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 40,552 at the [[2020 United States census]], making it [[List of municipalities in Ohio|Ohio's 30th largest city]], having surpassed [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]] and [[Findlay, Ohio|Findlay]] due to its own growth while the latter two cities declined. The city is near the [[Hocking River]] in the south-central part of the state, about {{convert|33|mi|km}} southeast of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] and {{convert|38|mi|km}} southwest of [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]]. It is part of the [[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio|Columbus metropolitan area]].

== History ==
The earliest known inhabitants of the southeastern and central Ohio region were the [[Hopewell culture|Hopewell]], [[Adena culture|Adena]], and [[Fort Ancient]] Native Americans, of whom little evidence survived, beyond the burial and ceremonial mounds built throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. Many mounds and burial sites have also yielded archaeological artifacts.<ref>Woodward, Susan L., and McDonald, Jerry N., ''Indian mounds of the middle Ohio Valley : a guide to mounds and earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient people'', University of Nebraska Press, 2002</ref> [[Serpent Mound]] and [[Hopewell Culture National Historical Park]], though not in Fairfield County, are nearby.

Before and immediately after European settlement, the land today comprising Lancaster and Fairfield County was inhabited by the [[Shawnee]], nations of the [[Iroquois]], [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]], and other [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes. It served as a natural crossroads for the inter- and intra-tribal wars fought at various times.<ref>Garbarino, William M. ''Indian Wars along the Upper Ohio: a history of the Indian Wars and related events along the Upper Ohio and its tributaries'' Midway, Pennsylvania : Midway Pub., c2001.</ref> Frontier explorer [[Christopher Gist]] reached Lancaster's vicinity on January 19, 1751, when he visited the small Delaware town of Hockhocking nearby. Leaving the area the next day, Gist rode southwest to Maguck, another Delaware town near Circleville.

Having been ceded to the United States by Great Britain after the [[American Revolution]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], the lands north of the [[Ohio River]] and west of the Appalachian Mountains were incorporated into the [[Northwest Territory]] in 1787. White settlers began to encroach on Native American lands in the Northwest Territory. As the new United States government began to cast its eye westward, the stage was set for the series of campaigns that culminated in the [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] in 1794 and the [[Treaty of Greenville]] in 1795. With pioneer settlement within Ohio made legal and safe from Indian raids, developers began to speculate in land sales in earnest.

Knowing that such speculation, combined with congressional grants of land sections to veterans of the Revolution, could result in a lucrative opportunity, in 1796 [[Ebenezer Zane]] petitioned [[United States Congress|Congress]] to grant him a contract to blaze a trail through Ohio, from [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], to Limestone, Kentucky (near modern [[Maysville, Kentucky]]), a distance of {{convert|266|mi|km}}. As part of the deal, Zane was awarded square-mile tracts of land at the points where his trace crossed the [[Hocking River|Hocking]], [[Muskingum River|Muskingum]], and [[Scioto River|Scioto]] Rivers. [[Zane's Trace]], as it is now known, was completed by 1797. As Zane's sons began to carve the square-mile tract astride the Hocking into saleable plots, the village of Lancaster was founded in 1800. Lancaster antedated the formal establishment of the state of Ohio by three years. Many villages and townships right outside Lancaster, such as [[Lithopolis, Ohio|Lithopolis]], [[Royalton, Ohio|Royalton]], and [[Greencastle, Ohio|Greencastle]], were settled around the same time, which contributed to the village's success.

Initially known as New Lancaster, and later shortened by city ordinance (1805), the town quickly grew; formal incorporation as a city came in 1831. The connection of the [[Hocking Canal]] to the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]] in this era provided a way for the region's rich agricultural produce to reach eastern markets.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The initial settlers were predominantly [[Germans|German]] immigrants and their descendants, many from [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. Ohio's longest continuously operating newspaper, the ''[[Lancaster Eagle-Gazette]]'', was born of a merger of the early ''Ohio Adler'', founded around 1807, with the ''Ohio Gazette'', founded in the 1830s. The two papers were ferocious competitors since they were on opposite sides of the [[American Civil War]]{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}, with the ''Adler'' antislavery and pro-Union. The city also had numerous migrants from the Upper South who sympathized with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}. The papers merged in 1937, 72 years after the war's end. This was shortly after the ''Gazette'' was acquired by glassmaker [[Anchor-Hocking]]. The newspaper is currently part of the Newspaper Network of Central Ohio, a unit of [[Gannett Company|Gannett Company, Inc]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is covered by water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Lancaster, Ohio, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1997&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 88
|May record high F = 92
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 100
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 97
|Oct record high F = 91
|Nov record high F = 81
|Dec record high F = 74

|Jan avg record high F = 62.5
|Feb avg record high F = 64.0
|Mar avg record high F = 74.3
|Apr avg record high F = 83.1
|May avg record high F = 89.3
|Jun avg record high F = 92.3
|Jul avg record high F = 93.1
|Aug avg record high F = 92.0
|Sep avg record high F = 91.3
|Oct avg record high F = 83.7
|Nov avg record high F = 72.4
|Dec avg record high F = 64.2
|year avg record high F = 94.2

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =37.5
| Feb high F  =41.3
| Mar high F  =51.6
| Apr high F  =64.8
| May high F  =74.1
| Jun high F  =82.0
| Jul high F  =85.0
| Aug high F  =84.1
| Sep high F  =78.1
| Oct high F  =65.8
| Nov high F  =53.0
| Dec high F  =41.8
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =29.5
| Feb mean F  =32.6
| Mar mean F  =41.7
| Apr mean F  =53.0
| May mean F  =63.0
| Jun mean F  =71.6
| Jul mean F  =74.9
| Aug mean F  =73.4
| Sep mean F  =66.5
| Oct mean F  =54.7
| Nov mean F  =43.2
| Dec mean F  =34.4
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =21.5
| Feb low F  =24.0
| Mar low F  =31.7
| Apr low F  =41.2
| May low F  =51.8
| Jun low F  =61.1
| Jul low F  =64.7
| Aug low F  =62.7
| Sep low F  =54.8
| Oct low F  =43.5
| Nov low F  =33.5
| Dec low F  =26.9

|Jan avg record low F = 1.6
|Feb avg record low F = 3.9
|Mar avg record low F = 15.0
|Apr avg record low F = 25.4
|May avg record low F = 35.5
|Jun avg record low F = 48.3
|Jul avg record low F = 52.0
|Aug avg record low F = 50.4
|Sep avg record low F = 42.3
|Oct avg record low F = 28.3
|Nov avg record low F = 19.5
|Dec avg record low F = 10.6
|year avg record low F = -0.8

|Jan record low F = -12
|Feb record low F = -9
|Mar record low F = 2
|Apr record low F = 16
|May record low F = 28
|Jun record low F = 40
|Jul record low F = 41
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 31
|Oct record low F = 18
|Nov record low F = 11
|Dec record low F = -7

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =2.86
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.32
| Mar precipitation inch  =3.40
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.93
| May precipitation inch  =4.17
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.08
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.22
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.37
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.22
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.07
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.69
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.85

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.8
|Feb precipitation days = 9.8
|Mar precipitation days = 10.4
|Apr precipitation days = 11.2
|May precipitation days = 11.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.7
|Jul precipitation days = 10.0
|Aug precipitation days = 9.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.8
|Oct precipitation days = 9.5
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3
|Dec precipitation days = 10.4

<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
| source = NOAA (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00334403 |title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher=NOAA |access-date=July 8, 2022 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=iln
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Wilmington OH
|access-date = February 18, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}<!-- Infobox ends -->

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 1037
|1830= 1530
|1840= 3272
|1850= 3483
|1860= 4308
|1870= 4725
|1880= 6803
|1890= 7555
|1900= 8991
|1910= 13093
|1920= 14706
|1930= 18716
|1940= 21940
|1950= 24180
|1960= 29916
|1970= 32911
|1980= 34925
|1990= 34507
|2000= 35335
|2010= 38780
|2020= 40552
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Romanesque Building in Lancaster, Ohio.JPG|thumb|Lancaster City Hall]]
The city's median household income was $44,794 and median family income was $59,930. Males had a median income of $36,169 versus $24,549 for females. The city's [[per capita income]] was $25,230. About 12.0% of all families (4.4% of married-couple families), and 16.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those over 65.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Lancaster%20city,%20Fairfield%20County,%20Ohio&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1701 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[2020 United States census]], 40,438 people, 16,451 households, and 9,951 families were residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,058.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. The 18,250 housing units had an average density of {{convert|879.6|/mi2|/km2}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 92.5% White, 1.8% African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.20% Native American, 0.2% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.8% of the population.

Of the 16,451 households, 30.9% had children under 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were not families. About 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39, and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city, the age distribution was 22.3% under 18, and 17.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census]] of 2010, 38,780 people, 16,048 households, and 9,937 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,955.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. The 17,685 housing units had an average density of {{convert|879.6|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% White, 1.0% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.30% Native American, 0.6% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.6% of the population.

Of the 16,048 households, 27.8% had children under 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were not families. About 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36, and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the age distribution was 24% under the age of 18 and 15.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 37.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

==Economy==
===Top employers===
According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ci.lancaster.oh.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5139|title=City of Lancaster CAFR}}</ref> Lancaster's top employers are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! No. of employees
|-
| 1
|Fairfield Medical Center
|2,314
|-
| 2
|[[Anchor Hocking]]
|1,782
|-
| 3
|[[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield County]]
|1,387
|-
| 4
|Lancaster City Schools
|1,121
|-
| 5
|[[Kroger]]
|936
|-
| 6
|MAGNA
|621
|-
| 7
|City of Lancaster
|496
|-
| 8
|SRI Ohio Inc
|456
|-
| 9
|Daily Services
|432
|-
| 10
|Group Management Services
|412
|-
|}

==Arts and culture==
Lancaster is home to the Fairfield County Fair,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldcountyfair.com/|title=The 168th Fairfield County Fair &ndash; October 7-13, 2018|website=www.fairfieldcountyfair.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> a weeklong fair and the last (88th) county fair in Ohio each year, always in the second week of October. It features a variety of attractions, including truck, tractor, and horse pulls, demolition derbies, concerts, bands, and horse races. The Fairfield County Fair also includes food, animals, exhibits, games, and rides for people of all ages.

===AHA! A Hands-on Adventure {{anchor|aha}} ===
AHA! is a children's museum founded in 2006. Its mission is to provide a hands-on, interactive, playful, and educational environment that invites curiosity, allows exploration, encourages participation, and celebrates the child-like wonder in everyone.<ref>{{cite web|title=AHA! A Hands-On Adventure|url=http://www.aha4kids.org|access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>

===Georgian Museum===
Originally built in 1832 for the Maccracken Family, this Federal-style home is constructed predominantly of brick and local limestone. Converted into a museum, it is now furnished as it would have been in the 1830s with some original pieces and numerous early Fairfield County items. Located in one of Lancaster's three national historic districts, the structure mixes elements of American, Georgian, and Regency architecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegeorgianmuseum.org/|title=The Georgian Museum|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref>

===The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio===
The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio is a nonprofit museum whose mission is to foster knowledge and appreciation of the decorative arts, celebrate the architecture and heritage of the Reese-Peters House, and enhance historic Lancaster's vitality and integrity. It provides exhibitions, public programs, art classes, and workshops for all ages, and a focus for research and communication about the decorative arts of Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio|url=http://www.decartsohio.org/|access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>

===Ohio Glass Museum===
Opened in 2002, the Ohio Glass Museum is in historic downtown Lancaster and dedicated to recording the history of the glass industry, which for over 100 years has been one of the mainstays of Fairfield County's economy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio Glass Museum|url=http://www.ohioglassmuseum.org|access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>

===Sherman House===
{{main|John Sherman Birthplace}}
Lancaster was the birthplace of Civil War General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] and his brother, Senator [[John Sherman (politician)|John Sherman]]. The house where they were born, built in 1811, has been converted into a museum, housing articles related to General Sherman's life and Civil War artifacts. The Sherman family expanded the frame house in 1816 and again, with an additional brick front, in 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shermanhouse.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020123133222/http://www.shermanhouse.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-01-23|title=Sherman House Museum|access-date=2011-03-05}}</ref>

===Robert K Fox Family YMCA Swim Team===
The Robert K Fox Family YMCA Swim Team (LYST, or Lancaster YMCA Swim Team), is a competitive, year-round swim team coached by Axel Birnbrich and a team of experienced assistant coaches. Birnbirch is in his 39th year of coaching and his second year at LYST. The team has swimmers from ages 5–18 and around 130 members per year. They regularly attend the YMCA Short Course and Long Course national meets. They are also a USA Swimming team, attending many USA meets per season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamunify.com/team/ohlys/page/home|title=Lancaster YMCA Stingrays Home|website=www.teamunify.com}}</ref>

===Shopping===
The city's main shopping district is centered around [[River Valley Mall]], or downtown Lancaster.

==Education==
Lancaster City School District operates Lancaster High School.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lancaster.k12.oh.us | title=Homepage | publisher=Lancaster City School District | access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> Lancaster has a public library, a branch of the Fairfield County District Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fcdlibrary.org/locations/ | title=Hours & Locations | date=13 February 2014 | publisher=Fairfield County District Library | access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> Additionally, Ohio University-Lancaster is a branch campus of [[Ohio University]] that operates in the area.

==Media==
Lancaster has a daily newspaper, the ''[[Lancaster Eagle-Gazette]]''.

Lancaster has a monthly magazine, the ''Lancaster Living Magazine,'' published by Cher Jaurigue.

==Notable people==
Lancaster is the birthplace and/or hometown of:
* [[Allan Anderson (baseball)|Allan Anderson]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, American League ERA leader 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=anderal02|title=Allan Anderson Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac|first=Baseball Almanac|last=Inc.|website=www.baseball-almanac.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[Mark Baltz]], [[National Football League|NFL]] official, 1989–2013
* [[Jim Brideweser]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Bobby Carpenter (football player)|Bobby Carpenter]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Detroit Lions]], [[New England Patriots]]
* [[Rob Carpenter (running back)|Rob Carpenter]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player, [[New York Giants]], [[Houston Oilers]]
* [[Gene Cole]], 1952 Olympic silver medalist – 4 x 400 metre relay
* [[Jim Cordle]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player, [[New York Giants]]
* [[Hugh Boyle Ewing]], [[Union Army]] [[Major General]]
* [[Thomas Ewing]], first [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]], appointed by President [[Zachary Taylor]]
* [[Thomas Ewing, Jr.]], Union Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]], defender of [[Abraham Lincoln assassination]] [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspirators]]
* [[Malcolm Forbes]], publisher of ''Forbes'' magazine who ran a local Lancaster newspaper in 1941<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20082678,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125852/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20082678,00.html| archive-date = 2014-04-13| title = Malcolm Forbes : People.com}}</ref>
* [[Bill Glassford]], football player and coach
* [[David Graf]], actor, is best known as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry in the ''[[Police Academy (film series)|Police Academy]]'' series of films.
* [[Robert G. Heft]], designer of the current 50-star [[flag of the United States]] adopted by the [[United States Congress|Congress]] in 1960
* [[Edward Gerard Hettinger]], auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus]]
* [[James A. Hill]], retired U.S. Air Force general and former vice chief of staff of the Air Force
* [[George King Hunter]], U.S. Army brigadier general, born in Lancaster<ref>{{Cite book |title=Generals in Khaki |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |publisher=Pentland Press |location=Raleigh, NC |year=1998 |pages=192 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |id=D507.D281998 |ref={{sfnRef|Davis}}}}</ref>
* [[James Hyde (actor)|James Hyde]] Actor, Model and Dancer, known for his role as Sam Bennett on the [[soap opera]] ''[[Passions]]''
* [[Rex Kern]], football quarterback, [[Ohio State Buckeyes football]] 1968 national championship team
* [[Brannon Kidder]], professional middle-distance runner
* [[Augustus Roy Knabenshue]], American aeronautical engineer and aviator, manager of [[Wright Exhibition Team]]
* [[James A. Lantz]], lawyer and Ohio state legislator
* [[Clarence E. Miller]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993
* [[Marc Wolfgang Miller]], author, explorer, known for his [[cryptozoology]] expeditions
* [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]], ballroom dance champion and accredited dance judge
* [[Joe Ogilvie]], [[PGA Tour|PGA]] golfer
* [[Richard F. Outcault]], cartoonist and creator of [[Yellow Kid]] and [[Buster Brown]]
* [[Jacob Parrott]], first recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Cora Rigby]], first woman at a major paper to head a Washington news bureau
* [[John Sherman]], [[U.S. senator]], [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
* [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], [[Union Army]] and [[U.S. Army]] general and [[General of the Army of the United States]]
* [[Henry Stanbery]], [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], defender of President [[Andrew Johnson]] at his [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|impeachment trial]]
*[[Rebecca Harrell Tickell]], actress, best known as Jessica Riggs in the 1989 film ''[[Prancer (film)|Prancer]]''
* [[Patricia A. Weitsman]], international relations scholar

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ci.lancaster.oh.us/ City website]
* [http://www.visitfairfieldcounty.org/ Fairfield County Visitors & Convention Bureau]
* [https://www.destinationdowntownlancaster.com/ Destination Downtown Lancaster]

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