Bryan is a city in, and the county seat of, Williams County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the state’s northwestern corner, 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Toledo. The population was 8,729 at the 2020 census.

Bryan was platted in 1840 by John A. Bryan, and named for him. It was incorporated as a village in 1841, and reincorporated as a city in 1941.

Williams County was originally portion of Defiance County, with Defiance as the county seat. The area was sophisticated split into Williams and Defiance counties. Bryan was named the chair for the extra county, but not without conflict; the village of Montpelier was considered a more centralized location. The people of Montpelier petitioned the allow in legislature, but in the decrease Bryan was named county chair because of its greater industrial and public notice importance and because of its complex population. To this day, many people yet argue not quite the state’s decision and a rivalry of sorts remains in the company of the two communities.

A strip of Williams County north of Bryan was originally portion of a skirmish known as the Toledo War, between Ohio and Michigan. Both states claimed the land, the Toledo Strip, which was named for the port city of Toledo at its eastern end. The war was eventually utter in favor of Ohio, with Michigan physical compensated bearing in mind what is now the western Upper Peninsula.