TOLEDO, a town of the United States of N. America, Ohio, on the Maumee, 4 miles from its mouth in Lake Erie, and 184 N.N.W. of Columbus. It extends about a mile along the river, and consists of an upper and a lower portion, the former commanding a wide and beautiful prospect. Toledo is one of the most important commercial places in the lake country, and enjoys many and great facilities for trade. The river forms a capacious and safe harbour, frequented by most of the steamers plying on the lake; the Wabash and Erie Canal, the longest in the States, terminates here; and many railways diverge to the other centres of trade in different directions. Among the objects of trade, a prominent place is occupied by articles of food. Toledo received in 1859, 688,103 barrels of flour, 2,312,583 bushels of wheat, 714,291 of maize, 492,000 of other grains; 43,417 barrels of pork, 22,831 of beef,
Tolens 45,840 live hogs, and 4,728,175 lb. of dressed hogs, besides a large amount of cattle. From Toledo, among other articles, there were sent 48,286 head of cattle, 173,438 hogs, and a very large number of horses. In the trade in wool, cotton, and other articles, Toledo surpasses St Louis, one of the most flourishing marts in the west, and eight times its size, although in some other articles its trade is inferior. Large quantities of timber are also sent eastwards from Toledo, and this branch of commerce is rapidly increasing. The town contains eight churches, three banks, and several newspaper offices. Pop. (1850), 3829; (1853), 6412.