Welcome to the all-American city of Lancaster, Ohio! You’ll feel welcome in this down-home community of dedicated workers, creative thinkers and friendly faces!

Lancaster is a city located in Fairfield County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 35,335. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately 33 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio.

Col. Ebenezer Zane of Wheeling founded Lancaster, Ohio on November 10, 1800. Lancaster has been most fortunate in the great men of national stature that lived here. General William T. Sherman, famous Civil War General, was born in Lancaster, as was his equally famous brother, John Sherman, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, and father of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Also, Lancaster was home to Thomas Ewing, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and organizer and first Secretary of the Interior, Henry Stanberry, Attorney General of the United States.

Lancaster is the center of a rich agricultural region principally of swine, dairy, and beef cattle farms. The principal industry is glass which includes a large producer of table glassware.

Located at the foot of Mt. Pleasant is the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. The fairground consists of 65 acres, was founded in 1850, and is the oldest fair of continuous operation in Ohio. After gas was discovered in 1889, the Fairfield County Fair was famous for “Racing by Gas Light”, and the “Lake of Fire”.