Notable residents include George Karb (former Franklin County police commissioner and five-time mayor of Columbus), magician Howard Thurston, Charles Foster Johnson (first real estate tycoon in the area), Isaac Collins (founder of Anchor Hocking), Edward and Rollin Swisher (from the company that manufactures Swisher Sweets cigars), and H. R. Penney (brother of J.C. Penney of department store fame).
Kara Swisher | Nick Swisher | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Swisher Sweets | Sweets and Sour Marge | Toot Sweets | The Sweets of Sin | Swisher International Group | Sweets for My Sweet | Sweets and Other Stories | Phil Swisher | Laura Swisher | Harry "Sweets" Edison | Clayton Swisher |