Galion is a city in Crawford, Morrow, and Richland counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 10,453 at the 2020 census. Galion is the second-largest city in Crawford County after Bucyrus.

The Crawford County ration of Galion is allowance of the Bucyrus Micropolitan Statistical Area. The small portion of the city that is located in Richland County is portion of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the allocation extending into Morrow County is considered allowance of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The region was first inhabited by Native American tribes occurring until the first settlers, Benjamin Leveridge and his two sons, arrived in 1817. In 1820, William Hosford and his two sons, Asa and Horace, settled upon land uncovered of the area. It was not until Colonel James Kilbourne decided to “lay out a town half way between Columbus and the Lakes” that the crossroads of Portland and Main street were decided by the Hosford family. This crossing was known by various names including: Moccasin, Horseshoe, Hard Scrabble, Spang Town, Hosfords and Goshen. Galion was laid out in 1831. However, in 1824 the town petitioned for a reveal office using the pronounce Goshen and cutting edge changed to Galion by the postmaster general, John McLean, due to a town already brute named Goshen in Ohio. The etymology of the read out Galion is uncertain. A name office called Galion has been in operation past 1825.

Asa Hosford is considered the “Father of Galion” due to his put on an act as a state legislator in which he did bill to get a rail line through the Place that was completed in 1851.