Ohio's Admission Birth Card: The 9 of Spades

How the card is assigned

Ohio (OH) entered the Table 1 record on March 1, 1803. Card Blueprints uses March 1 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1803 is unused.

Coordinate: the 9 of Spades. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/9-of-spades.

Ohio's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists Ohio at number 17 of 50. 7 years after Tennessee (number 16, 1796). Louisiana follows at number 18, in 1812. 1803 carries only this one date in Table 1.

Order in Table 1

17 of 50

Date kind

Admission — admission became effective on this date

Date used

March 1, 1803

Month and day used

March 1 (the year 1803 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 3 + 1) = 48

Coordinate

9 of Spades — Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.

States sharing March 1

Nebraska

Wikidata inception (P571)

1803-03-01

Ohio on the record

Ohio ( oh-HY-oh) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Canadian province of Ontario to the north (through Lake Erie), Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is the 34th-largest state by area, at 44,825 sq mi (116,100 km2), and the seventh-most populous state, with a population of nearly 11.9 million. Its capital and most populous city is Columbus, with other major metropolitan cities including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, and Toledo. Ohio derives its name from the Ohio River that forms its southern border, which, in turn, originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". Its geography is varied, with rolling glaciated plains across most of the state, rugged unglaciated hills in the southeastern Allegheny Plateau, and Lake Erie coastline to the north. At the time of European contact, the area known as the Ohio Country was inhabited by Algonquian and Iroquoian nations, and was contested among Native American tribes, Britain, and France. Following American independence, Ohio was organized as part of the Northwest Territory and achieved statehood in 1803. Ohio was the first state admitted under the Northwest Ordinance and the first post-colonial free state admitted to the union. Historically known as the heart of American industry, Ohio has the third-largest manufacturing sector and second-largest automobile production in the U.S.; it also has a large agriculture sector. The state has shifted to a more information and service-based economy in the 21st century, ranking seventh in GDP as of 2025. Tourism in Ohio is driven by attractions such as Cedar Point, the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as recreation areas including Cuyahoga Valley National Park and 76 state parks. Ohio is nicknamed the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees. It is also known as the "Mother of Presidents", having been the birthplace of seven U.S. presidents, and the "Birthplace of Aviation", as the Wright brothers designed and built the world's first successful airplane in Ohio before its first flight in North Carolina.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ohio (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nothing here was written for this page beyond that article; the admission date itself comes from CRS R47747, not Wikipedia.

States that share March 1

• Nebraska — March 1, 1867

Other states on the 9 of Spades

• Nebraska — 9 of Spades

FAQ

What date does Ohio use?

March 1, 1803 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 admission date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Ohio's admission birth card?

The 9 of Spades. That is a coordinate on the Card Blueprints calendar, not a fortune-telling claim about the state.

Where do the dates come from?

Primary: CRS R47747 Table 1. Secondary: Wikipedia’s list of U.S. states by date of admission. Optional Wikidata P571 matched the CRS day for every state QID used here.

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