Bucyrus

History

The origin of the name Bucyrus is not certain. It was given by James Kilbourne, who laid out the town in 1821. One theory is that the name Bucyrus is derived from "beautiful" coupled with the name of Cyrus the Great, founder of the First Persian Empire. An alternate theory is that the city was named after Busiris, a city of ancient Egypt. Bucyrus was once home to the Dostal Brothers Brewery. Founded in 1902, the brewery was run by John M. and George A. Dostal. The Lincoln Highway, later US Route 30, was routed through the city along Mansfield Street in 1913. In 1971 a modern, limited-access bypass was built to the north, but the associated freeway links to the east and west of Bucyrus, replacing the old two-lane Lincoln Highway route, were not completed until 2005, nearly 35 years after they were first proposed. Ohio Central Traction Company, an interurban line that connected the two communities of Bucyrus and Galion, developed [http://www.bucyrushistoricalsociety.org/gallery_articles/Seccaium.htmark Seccaium Park] at the end of the nineteenth century. There was a notable landmark of an Elephant with a "B" atop the Geiger Clothing store (since demolished) on Washington Square. This was to promote Geiger's motto which was, "Buy your clothing here, for it will last like the hide of an elephant." On March 10, 2007, Bucyrus was featured as the town of the week on the nationally syndicated Public Radio International program, Whad'Ya Know?.

Geography

Bucyrus is located at (40.806014, -82.973169), along the Sandusky River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  764
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  732
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  724
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  688
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  579
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  560
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  516
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  495

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2024-03-18
  4 km WSW of Millbury, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2023-05-20
  3 km SSE of Walbridge, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2016-02-07
  6 km W of Put-in-Bay, Ohio
• M 3 — 2011-06-05
  5 km W of Lodi, Ohio
• M 2.7 — 2010-05-14
  1 km ENE of Gibsonburg, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2006-08-15
  3 km NE of Fort Shawnee, Ohio