Location: Van Wert
Top Things to do in Van Wert
The 6 Best Things to do in Van Wert, Ohio (OH)
Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio. The population was 10,846 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, Ohio Combined Statistical Area. Van Wert is named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library. It also has a thriving community art center the Wassenburg Art Center and the award-winning Van Wert Civic Theatre. The home office of Central Insurance Companies is located in Van Wert.
Restaurants in Van Wert
1. DeShia, The Country Shoppe
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Children's Garden
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
3. Brumback Library
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By mamabear3111
Group of friends did day visit to library. Beautiful building. It does look like a castle. But interior is beautiful too. Marble floors. Lots of places for solitude and reading. It was kept very neat. I liked that it still had older features of libraries.
4. Van Wert Civic Theatre
5. Niswonger Performing Arts Center
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
6. Olde Barn
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
