Point Place is a neighborhood in North

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...

. Point Place was originally part of Washington Township, Lucas County in the 1800s, and was annexed into the city of Toledo, Ohio in 1937. Point Place is surrounded by the Ottawa River,

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, the

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and the Maumee River. Point Place was struck by a F4 tornado during

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in April 1965, leading to the death of 18 people in the nearby Shoreland and Point Place area.

Transportation

Point Place is near two major interstates,

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, and

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, which connects to

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/ I-90. Summit Street runs through the middle of Point Place and serves as the major center of commerce.

Parks

* Cullen Park * Detwiler Park * Edgewater Park * Friendship Park * Harry Kessler Park * Shoreland Park File:Abandoned Pool at Detwiler Park.jpg, The empty public pool at Detwiler Park in Point Place Ohio. File:Toledo Library Point Place Street Sign.jpg, Illuminated street sign for Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Point Place branch. File:Harry Kessler Park Signage.jpg, Harry Kessler Park Signage File:Scene in Friendship Park, Toledo, Ohio. - DPLA - 6d13e463fef605b61988a6e3ba55a52e (page 1).jpg, Friendship Park in 1910 File:At Friendship Park, Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 58bffbdabe4397870e2dd50b1a04d736 (page 1).jpg, Friendship Park in 1910 File:Bay Park at Point Place on Lake Erie, Toledo, Ohio. - DPLA - 9d2c2264c0ce6981418e9f59e57566f4 (page 1).jpg, Bay Park in 1913

References

Neighborhoods in Toledo, Ohio {{LucasCountyOH-geo-stub