And Cincinnatians have an extra burden: endlessly reminding people that, no, we do not live in the Central Time Zone. At one time we did, but that was back in the 1880s after Big Railroad tried to ...

Because of Cincinnati's geographic location on the western edge of the Eastern time zone, that meant the sun rose almost an hour later in the winter than on the East Coast, and set after 8 p.m. in ...

So, Cincinnati time was several minutes different from Chillicothe time or Lawrenceburg time. It was not until the railroads lobbied for something resembling standard time that municipalities ...