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Galion is a city lying mostly in Crawford County but extending into Morrow and Richland counties, and it is the second-largest city in Crawford County after Bucyrus.

The first settlers, Benjamin Leveridge and his two sons, arrived in the Galion area in 1817, and the Hosford family settled the crossroads that went by names such as Moccasin, Horseshoe, Hard Scrabble, Spang Town, Hosfords, and Goshen.

Galion was laid out in 1831, and its unusual name was assigned by Postmaster General John McLean, who changed the post office name from Goshen to Galion because Ohio already had a Goshen; a post office called Galion has been in operation since 1825.

Asa Hosford is remembered as the "Father of Galion" for his work as a state legislator to bring a railroad through the area, a line completed in 1851.

The 2020 census counted 10,453 people in Galion, living in 4,544 households, and the city's median age was 42.5 years.

Galion's three county portions each belong to a different metropolitan region: the Crawford County portion is in the Bucyrus micropolitan area, the Richland County portion is in the Mansfield metro area, and the Morrow County portion is counted in the Columbus metro area.

Galion lies just south of a continental divide: the Olentangy River begins near the city and flows south through it toward Columbus and the Scioto River, while Lake Galion just north of town drains toward Lake Erie.

The famous Galion brand of road graders, road rollers, and earthmovers was manufactured by Galion Iron Works, a company later absorbed by Dresser Industries and then Komatsu.

Galion was also home to the North Electric Company, producer of the Ericofon, the first-ever one-piece telephone, designed by Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg.

The Galion Community Theatre, founded in 1972, has presented plays, musicals, and children's theater in a historic downtown building for over fifty years.