James A. Rhodes State College

The Ohio State University at Lima (Ohio State Lima) is a regional campus of Ohio State University in Lima, Ohio. It offers over 140 courses and 9 bachelor degree programs in science and liberal arts. Nine of eleven programs are four-year programs at Lima. Two of them are baccalaureate completion programs. In addition to regional accreditation, Ohio State Lima has baccalaureate program accreditation with NCATE. The campus practices open admissions. Students can start at Lima and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus with one of Ohio State's 170+ majors. The Ohio State University at Lima offers over 20 student clubs and organizations. The Lima Campus Library has 76,000 volumes and 200+ journal subscriptions. Library databases also provide access to thousands of online journals. The university shares the campus with Rhodes State College.

Bath Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,399 people in the unincorporated parts of the township, outside the city of Lima.

Bath High School (BHS), sometimes called Lima Bath, is a public high school in Bath Township, near Lima, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Bath Local School District.

Bath Local School District is a public school system located in Bath Township near Lima, Ohio. The district also includes part of Monroe Township. It is the only school district in Bath Township. They are a member of the Western Buckeye League (entered 1965). The school district consists of 3 buildings, the Elementary School, the Middle School also known as the Junior High, and Bath High School. A new Elementary building was built and opened for students in December 2014. The schools have received a rating of "Excellent School" by the Ohio Department of Education during school years '01–'02, '02–'03, '03–'04, '04–'05, '05–'06, '06–'07, and '07–'08. 75% of students continue their education immediately after graduation. With the availability of surrounding colleges such as OSU Lima and Rhodes State College, Bath students have an opportunity to participate in the post-secondary options program which is sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Many students also take classes offered at the Apollo Career Center, which is a joint vocational school in the area. Bath students, starting in seventh grade, may also take advantage of the college credit plus program in which students can take college classes at local universities.

Perry High School is a public high school located just southeast of Lima, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Perry Local Schools district.

Lima Memorial Health System was founded in 1899 as Lima City Hospital by the citizens of the Lima, Ohio community. The hospital is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 1,500 employees, and 25 facilities in their 10-county service area in the region. Lima Memorial Health System also offers an extended network of primary care, pediatric and specialist physicians in their Lima Memorial Physicians (LMP) group. The hospital is an affiliate of ProMedica.

Nickel Plate Road 779 is a 2-8-4 or "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, (reporting mark NKP) completed on May 13, 1949, for use on fast freight trains. It was the last new steam locomotive to be delivered to the Nickel Plate Road, and alongside L&N 1991, another 2-8-4 for the Louisville and Nashville, is the last of 36 steam engines completed by Lima-Hamilton from 1947 to 1949, and the final 2-8-4 locomotive on standard gauge completed in the world. L-H's first diesel, A-3080 demonstrator #1000 was completed the same day as #779. NKP also received the first production A-3080, NKP #305, one of 4 delivered by Lima-Hamilton in 1949. Before her retirement in 1958, the locomotive had logged 677,095 miles. In 1966, the locomotive was donated to the City of Lima, Ohio, and placed on display in Lincoln Park, where it remains to date.

Westminster is an unincorporated community in western Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio, United States. It lies along State Route 117 just north of its intersection with State Route 196, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Waynesfield and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of the downtown part of the city of Lima, the county seat of Allen County. The upper reaches of the Auglaize River flow past the community. Westminster is part of the Lima Metropolitan Statistical Area. Westminster is the home of Rudolph Foods, a large producer of pork rinds.

Lima Stadium, built in the 1930s, is a historic stadium in Lima, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Its significance is listed as its architecture. Its historic and current use is a sports facility. It is the only high school stadium in Ohio to be recognized as a historic landmark. Currently it is the stadium of the Lima Senior Spartans, the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds, and the Lima Warriors.

Perry Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,382 people in the township.

Lima Engine is a Ford Motor Company automobile engine plant located in Lima, Ohio, United States.

Lima Senior High School, the only high school in the Lima City Schools District, was established in 1955, in Lima, Ohio. There are approximately 1,500 students currently enrolled at Lima Senior.