Holy Toledo!

Going to a wedding... in Toledo. Wanted to know more about Toledo. Now you will too...

Toledo, Ohio is located in northwestern Ohio on the western end of Lake Erie and south of the Michigan border. In the 2000 census, the city proper had a population of 313,619. As of July 1, 2006, however, the U.S. Census Bureau listed the city with a reduced population of 298,446, allowing Toledo to maintain its place as the fourth-largest city in the state.

Residents of Toledo are usually referred to as Toledoans. Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry: windows, bottles, windshields, construction materials, and glass art, of which the Toledo Museum of Art has a large collection. Several large glass companies have their origins here.

Toledo had also been known as "The Auto Parts Capital of the World". Several large, Fortune 500 automotive related companies had their headquarters in Toledo. The Jeep vehicle has been manufactured in Toledo since 1941 as well. Toledo is also known for being the subject of the song by Danny Michel that shares the city's name.

The Toledo Mud Hens are one of minor league baseball's oldest teams, having first played in 1896. Fifth Third Field, however, is a new stadium, having been completed in 2002. Fifth Third Field made record-breaking attendance in 2007 with over 590,000 fans, the most in franchise history. The Mud Hens are the AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.

Among famous residents of Toledo and its suburbs are:

• Daws Butler - voice actor who worked primarily for Hanna-Barbera and is best known as the voices of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss and Elroy Jetson among many others.
• Tom Cruise - actor, briefly - films include Minority Report and Mission Impossible.
• Jamie Farr - actor, his M*A*S*H character, Maxwell Klinger, was also from Toledo and had a fanatical devotion to the city.
• Katie Holmes - actress & model, spouse of actor, Tom Cruise films include Batman Begins and Mad Money.
• Marlo Thomas - actress, daughter of Danny Thomas, spouse of Phil Donahue.
• Bonnie Turner - Creator of That 70's Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
• P. J. O'Rourke - political satirist, journalist, and writer
• John W. Snow - United States Secretary of the Treasury

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