Editing Tiffin, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Tiffin, Ohio
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname = T-Town
| motto                    = The Education Community<ref>[http://www.tiffinohio.gov/about-our-city/ "About our City | City of Tiffin"], City of Tiffin.{{Retrieved|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>
| image_skyline            = Downtown Tiffin Ohio 7 23 2022.png
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Downtown Tiffin as seen from the intersection of S. Washington St. and E. Perry St.
| image_blank_emblem       =
| blank_emblem_size        = 150px
| blank_emblem_type        = [[Logo]]

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| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within Ohio##Location within the United States
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| pushpin_label            = Tiffin
| coordinates              = {{Coord|41|07|28|N|83|10|35|W|display=inline,title}}
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| map_caption              = Interactive map outlining Tiffin

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor-council]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Lee Wilkinson ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref name=sworn>{{cite web | url=https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/497446/wilkinson-sworn-in/ |title=Wilkinson sworn in}}</ref>
| leader_title1            = [[City manager|City Administrator]]
| leader_name1             = Nick Dutro <ref>[https://www.tiffinohio.gov/departments/city-admn/ "City Administrator | City of Tiffin"], City of Tiffin.{{Retrieved|access-date=August 14, 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title2            = City Council
| leader_name2             = Bridget Boyle (President)<br />Aaron W. Jones (1st Ward)<br />Scott D. Hoernemann (2nd Ward)<br />Kevin Roessner (3rd Ward)<br />Dennis A. Snay (4th Ward)<br />Kyle Daugherty (at-large)<br />Cheyane Thacker (at-large)<br />John Hays (at-large)<ref>[https://www.tiffinohio.gov/departments/city-council "Tiffin City Council"], City of Tiffin.{{Retrieved|access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://reviewtimes.com/news/490855/the-votes-are-in/ "The votes are in"], Review Times.{{Retrieved|access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
| established_title        = Incorporated
| established_date         = 1812 <ref name="Our History | City of Tiffin">[http://www.tiffinohio.gov/about-our-city/our-history/ "Our History | City of Tiffin"], City of Tiffin.{{Retrieved|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>
| named_for                = [[Edward Tiffin]]<ref name="Our History | City of Tiffin">[http://www.tiffinohio.gov/about-our-city/our-history/ "Our History | City of Tiffin"], City of Tiffin.{{Retrieved|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>

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| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 19.09
| area_land_km2            = 18.73
| area_water_km2           = 0.36
| area_total_sq_mi         = 7.37
| area_land_sq_mi          = 7.23
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.14

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 17953
| population_density_km2   = 958.27
| population_density_sq_mi = 2481.75

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| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 722
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 44883
| area_code                = [[Area code 419|419]], [[Area code 567|567]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 39-76778<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>
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| blank1_info              = 1086956<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1086956}}</ref>
| website                  = https://tiffinohio.gov/
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Tiffin''' is a city in [[Seneca County, Ohio]], United States, 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> Developed along the [[Sandusky River]], Tiffin is located about {{convert|55|mi}} southeast of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. The population was 17,953 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

It is the home of [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg University]] and [[Tiffin University]]. At one time the city was noted as a glass and porcelain manufacturing center. The [[National Arbor Day Foundation]] has designated Tiffin as a [[Tree City USA]].

==History==
[[File:A carriage shop was one of the many businesses damaged when the Sandusky River flooded Tiffin, Ohio in March 1913..jpg|thumb|left|Damaged buildings resulting from the [[Great Flood of 1913]]]]
The bronze statue of "The Indian Maiden" on Frost Parkway near Miami Street, marks the site of Fort Ball, a military depot of the [[War of 1812]]. During a fighting engagement of that war, Erastus Bowe sighted the location where Tiffin later developed. In 1817, he returned to the site and built the Pan Yan Tavern on the North [[Sandusky River]]. Its name was likely derived from [[Penn Yan, New York]]. Early homesteaders followed soon after Bowe, and the settlement of Oakley sprang up around the Pan Yan on the north side of the river. The chief road of the area followed the path of the stagecoaches through Oakley, which was called Fort Ball after 1824.

In 1821, Josiah Hedges purchased a piece of land on the south bank of the river opposite Oakley and founded another settlement. He named this village in honor of [[Edward Tiffin]], first governor of Ohio and later a member of the [[United States Senate]] who had helped gain statehood for the Ohio Territory in 1803.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco00buttgoog | title=History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time | publisher=D. Campbell | author=Butterfield, Consul Willshire | year=1848 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco00buttgoog/page/n90 84]}}</ref> Tiffin was incorporated by an act of the Ohio Legislature on March 7, 1835. In March 1850, Fort Ball was absorbed by Tiffin.

In 1824, with the establishment of Seneca County by the Ohio Legislature, Tiffin was designated as the county seat. The county was named after the [[Seneca people]], the westernmost of the [[Iroquois League]] of [[Iroquois Confederacy|Six Nations]] who dominated the territory for centuries.

The discovery of natural gas in the vicinity in 1888 gave new momentum to the city's industrial development. Various companies were founded in or moved to the city during this period, including [[Towner K. Webster|Webster Industries, Inc.]], [[American Standard Companies]], Tiffin Glass Works, and the Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company. Now known as Tiffin Parts, it has been operating at the same site since the 1920s and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="Tiffin Parts History">[http://www.tiffinparts.com/about-us/our-history.html "Our History"], Tiffin Parts</ref>

In the spring of 1913, the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River valleys were ravaged by [[Great Flood of 1913]]. During a three-day period, Tiffin sustained more than $1,000,000 in property loss, with 46 houses and 2 factories swept away, 10 factories damaged, 69 places of business heavily damaged, 6 bridges within the corporate limits destroyed, and 19 deaths.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Ballreich's Bros., a potato chip company, has operated in Tiffin since 1920. While the company's retail market is Northern Ohio, its products have a reputation that extends beyond its local retail market; these are available for shipping anywhere via the company's website. The company was acquired by a group of local investors in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local investor group purchases Ballreich potato chip company |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/text/news/local/local-investor-group-purchases-ballreich-potato-chip-company/512-ef946549-ed46-4101-b3d4-c7ca4f290c33 |website=www.wtol.com |date=14 April 2019 |access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref>

Tiffin St. Paul's United Methodist Church was the first church in the world to be lit by [[Thomas Edison]]'s [[light bulb]]s, and the first public building in the United States to be wired for electricity.<ref>{{cite web | title=East Ohio Conference United Methodist Archives Center | work=East Ohio Conference Historian's Page | url=http://www.cros.net/wdrown/archives.htm | access-date=2006-03-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320092452/http://www.cros.net/wdrown/archives.htm | archive-date=2006-03-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=St. Paul's Methodist has gift from Edison | work=The Advertiser Tribune | url=http://www.oweb.com/advertiser-tribune/Text/N121000b.html | access-date=2006-03-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103647/http://www.oweb.com/advertiser-tribune/Text/N121000b.html | archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>

Tiffin is the home of the historic Ritz Theatre, built in 1928 as a [[vaudeville]] house; it is in the Italian Renaissance style. The Ritz Theatre received extensive renovation and restoration in 1998.

On [[2002 Veterans Day weekend tornado outbreak|November 10, 2002]], an F3 tornado hit southeast Tiffin, destroying several homes outside city limits. A new Mercy Hospital of Tiffin was built and opened in July 2008.

In 2022, Tiffin City Council elected the city's first female mayor, Dawn Iannantuono, a Democrat, following the resignation of former Mayor Aaron Montz, a Republican.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.13abc.com/2022/07/19/tiffin-names-new-mayor-following-abrupt-resignation-former-mayor-elect/ | title=Tiffin names new mayor following abrupt resignation of former mayor-elect}}</ref> Iannantuono, who previously served on Tiffin City Council and the Tiffin City Board of Education, was the 50th mayor of the City of Tiffin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tiffinohio.gov/news/iannantuono-named-mayor-city-tiffin | title=Iannantuono Named Mayor of the City of Tiffin &#124; City of Tiffin }}</ref> She decided not to seek another term as mayor, and was succeeded by small business owner and former educator Lee Wilkinson, also a Democrat, who defeated Republican John Spahr in the 2023 general election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://reviewtimes.com/news/490868/the-votes-are-in/ | title=The votes are in}}</ref><ref name=sworn/>

As of 2023, the estimated population of Tiffin is 17,706 people.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.76|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is 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> The [[Sandusky River]] flows through the center of the city. It is located on [[U.S. Route 224]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Tiffin, Ohio, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893&ndash;2011

|Jan record high F = 73
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 95
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 106
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 91
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 72

|Jan avg record high F = 54.6
|Feb avg record high F = 59.2
|Mar avg record high F = 71.5
|Apr avg record high F = 81.6
|May avg record high F = 86.6
|Jun avg record high F = 92.7
|Jul avg record high F = 93.8
|Aug avg record high F = 92.7
|Sep avg record high F = 89.4
|Oct avg record high F = 81.7
|Nov avg record high F = 69.6
|Dec avg record high F = 57.5
|year avg record high F = 95.3

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =33.3
| Feb high F  =36.4
| Mar high F  =46.5
| Apr high F  =60.0
| May high F  =71.5
| Jun high F  =80.5
| Jul high F  =83.9
| Aug high F  =82.5
| Sep high F  =76.7
| Oct high F  =63.8
| Nov high F  =49.7
| Dec high F  =38.2
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =26.0
| Feb mean F  =28.4
| Mar mean F  =37.6
| Apr mean F  =49.4
| May mean F  =61.0
| Jun mean F  =70.2
| Jul mean F  =73.7
| Aug mean F  =72.1
| Sep mean F  =65.5
| Oct mean F  =53.3
| Nov mean F  =41.5
| Dec mean F  =31.3
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =18.7
| Feb low F  =20.5
| Mar low F  =28.8
| Apr low F  =38.7
| May low F  =50.4
| Jun low F  =59.9
| Jul low F  =63.6
| Aug low F  =61.8
| Sep low F  =54.3
| Oct low F  =42.9
| Nov low F  =33.4
| Dec low F  =24.5

|Jan avg record low F = -2.5
|Feb avg record low F = 2.5
|Mar avg record low F = 11.9
|Apr avg record low F = 24.1
|May avg record low F = 35.4
|Jun avg record low F = 44.8
|Jul avg record low F = 50.9
|Aug avg record low F = 49.3
|Sep avg record low F = 39.3
|Oct avg record low F = 28.3
|Nov avg record low F = 19.7
|Dec avg record low F = 4.3
|year avg record low F = -6.6

|Jan record low F = -21
|Feb record low F = -20
|Mar record low F = -12
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 43
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 19
|Nov record low F = 0
|Dec record low F = -18

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =2.57
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.24
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.73
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.82
| May precipitation inch  =4.10
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.20
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.91
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.54
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.32
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.76
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.89
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.61

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 12.1
|Feb precipitation days = 9.6
|Mar precipitation days = 10.8
|Apr precipitation days = 13.2
|May precipitation days = 12.8
|Jun precipitation days = 11.4
|Jul precipitation days = 10.9
|Aug precipitation days = 8.4
|Sep precipitation days = 9.2
|Oct precipitation days = 10.2
|Nov precipitation days = 10.2
|Dec precipitation days = 11.3

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =9.4
| Feb snow inch  =6.8
| Mar snow inch  =4.9
| Apr snow inch  =0.6
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.9
| Dec snow inch  =6.9

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 5.8
|Feb snow days = 4.3
|Mar snow days = 2.8
|Apr snow days = 0.3
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.8
|Dec snow days = 4.0
|year snow days = 18.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00338313&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Tiffin, OH
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=cle
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Cleveland
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 248
|1840= 823
|1850= 2718
|1860= 3992
|1870= 5648
|1880= 7879
|1890= 10801
|1900= 10989
|1910= 11894
|1920= 14375
|1930= 16428
|1940= 16102
|1950= 18952
|1960= 21478
|1970= 21596
|1980= 19567
|1990= 18604
|2000= 18135
|2010= 17963
|2020= 17953
|estyear=2021
|estimate=17841
|estref=
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><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=26 April 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=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/tiffincityohio,US/PST045221|title=Tiffin city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Census2010">[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. U.S. Census Bureau. February 4, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="2020uscensusTiffin">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts Tiffin city, Ohio|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/tiffincityohio|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-05-01}}</ref> of 2020, there were 17,953 people and 7,111 households residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2561.05|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.3% of the population.

4.3% of residents were under the age of 5, 17.9% were under the age of 18, and 19.1% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 17,963 people, 7,086 households, and 4,115 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2657.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,007 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1184.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.1% of the population.

There were 7,086 households, of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.9% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the city was 35.2 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 17.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 18,135 people, 11,330 households, and 9,471 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was (10,792.4/mi{{sup|2}}) people per square mile (11,078.9/km{{sup|2}}). There were 17,862 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11,210.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.00% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|last1=American Fact Finder|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3976778|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102114/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3976778|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref>

There were 11,330 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the city the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 15.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,261, and the median income for a family was $41,329. Males had a median income of $31,207 versus $22,259 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,580. About 5.7% of families and about 11.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Sports==
{{unreferenced section|date=September 2024}}  

The Tiffin Saints were part of the Independent Baseball League that played an abbreviated single season at the [[Heidelberg University]] baseball field in 2014. The Saints were Tiffin's first "professional" baseball team since the Tiffin Mud Hens played in the [[Ohio State League]] from 1936 to 1941. The Tiffin Mud Hens won the OSL championship in 1936.

The Saints and IBL, which initially began with six teams, folded before the end of the inaugural season due to financial woes and controversy over whether or not the players were paid. The Adrian Pioneers beat the Ohio Travelers to win the shortened IBL season.

==Education==
[[File:Miami Street Grade School.jpg|thumb|The Main Classroom Building at [[Tiffin University]]]]
Tiffin is served by the public [[Tiffin City School District]], which includes  [[Columbian High School (Tiffin, Ohio)|Columbian High School]], Tiffin Middle School, and C.A. Krout, Noble, and Washington elementary schools. Tiffin is also served by the Calvert Catholic Schools: [[Calvert High School (Tiffin, Ohio)|Calvert High School]] for grades 7-12, and one campus school, Calvert Elementary, for preschool through grade 6. Other primary and secondary schools in Tiffin include the Sentinel Career Center, one of two charters schools, Bridges Community Academy, and North Central Academy.

In the mid-to-late 19th century, two universities had been founded in the city, [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg University]] in 1850, and [[Tiffin University]] in 1888 (which was originally a subdivision of Heidelberg University until 1917). Both are currently private universities. It is also home to the Tiffin Academy of Hair Design, [[Vanguard-Sentinel Career and Technology Centers|Vanguard Sentinel Career and Technology Center]]( a [[vocational school]]), and formerly of the American Institute of Massotherapy.

Tiffin holds the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tiffinsenecalibrary.org | title=Homepage | publisher=Tiffin-Seneca Public Library | access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> which in 2021 had 11,138 registered borrowers.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Ohio Public Library Statistics |url=https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/ohio-public-library-statistics/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=State Library of Ohio |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Media==
Tiffin is served by The Advertiser-Tribune as its primary print newspaper, and TiffinOhio.net as its primary online news website. The city has 4 radio stations, 1600 [[WTTF]] AM, 103.7 [[WCKY-FM]], 103.3 [[WSJG-LP]] "St. John Paul The Great Radio".  and 93.3 COOL FM. It is also served by its local news/sport/entertainment channel, WTIF (Channel 21 on Cable, and currently not carried by DirecTV or Dish Network).

==Transportation==
Tiffin has one airport, Seneca County Airport (K16G). A flex-route bus service, the Shelton Shuttle,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tiffinseneca.org/2021/09/03/scat-to-begin-flex-route-bus-service-sept-13/ | title=SCAT to begin flex route bus service Sept. 13 | date=3 September 2021 }}</ref> is provided by [https://senecascat.org/ Seneca-Crawford Area Transportation], riders must wait at designated bus stops to ride. Tiffin also has a local transportation service known as Midwest-Runners, which is available for rides to and from specified locations, and available on short notice, by calling 419-455-1195. 

Tiffin is currently on 5 state routes, as well as U.S. Route 224, which skirts the city's southern edge. Tiffin is located on the southern terminus of Northern Ohio and Western Railway. [[CSX Corporation|CSX]] operates a busy line that travels east and west through the city. The city is still a very busy railhub for CSX because of its closeness to CSX's Willard Yard and the "Iron Triangle" in Fostoria.

==Notable people==
* [[Oliver Edwin Baker]], president of the Association of American Geographers
* [[George H. Brickner]], politician and businessman
* [[Oliver Cowdery]], early leader in the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]. Practiced law and politics in Tiffin, 1842–1847
* [[George Babcock Cressey]], geographer and geologist
* [[Charles Foster (Ohio politician)|Charles W. Foster]], 40th Secretary of the Treasury, 35th [[List of governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]].
* [[William Harvey Gibson]], Union General, [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and noted 19th century orator
* [[Lorenzo D. Gasser]], U.S. Army major general<ref name="Retires">{{cite news |date=May 3, 1940 |title=Native of Crawford County Retires After Distinguished Army Career |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113107911/retires/ |work=[[The Marion Star]] |location=Marion, OH |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Paul Gillmor]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] representing the Ohio 5th District from 1988 to 2007.
* [[John R. Goodin]], U.S. Representative from [[Kansas]]
* [[Bill Groman]], professional football player in the [[American Football League]] (AFL)
* [[Jay Gruden]], former head coach of the [[Washington Commanders|Washington Football Team]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]]
* [[Katrina Hertzer]], Chief Nurse, U. S. Navy Nurse Corps, during [[World War I]]
* [[Sue Wilkins Myrick]], U.S. Representative from North Carolina and former mayor of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].
* [[John Quinn (collector)|John Quinn]], Tiffin native, lawyer, art patron, collector of historical manuscripts, and major supporter of [[William Butler Yeats]].
* [[George E. Seney]], U.S. Representative from Ohio
* [[Rodger Wilton Young]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, [[World War II]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://tiffinohio.gov/ Official city website]

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