FINDLAY, a city of north-western Ohio, U.S.A., on the Blan chard river ; the county seat of Hancock county. It is on Federal highway 25 and several State roads, and is served by the Baltimore and Ohio, the Big Four, the New York Central, and the Nickel Plate railways, and by three inter-urban electric lines. The popu lation was 17,021 in 1920; 1930 it was 10,363.. The city lies on gently rolling ground, 7801t. above sea-level, surrounded by a rich agricultural and stock-raising region, in the heart of the Ohio oil and gas fields. It is the seat of Findlay college (Church of God), chartered in 1882. The many manufactures (valued in 1927 at $15,387,162) include petroleum products, electric porcelain, ditch ing machines, rubber tires, railroad dump cars, beet sugar and cigars. During the War of 1812 a fort was built here by Col. James Findlay, commanding an advance regiment for General Hull. The town was laid out in 1821, incorporated as a village in 1838 and chartered as a city in 1890. Oil and gas were discovered in 1886, and the population rose to 18,553 in 1890.