How did Ohio get its shape?

Answer 1

Ohio got its shape due to the border lines that were set during Northwest terrtories for example Pennsylvania it already set the eastern border and the ohio river set the southern border. The western border with indiana was set to spit the half of present day michigan. But michigan and ohio got into the toledo war which caused ohio change their line to make right line into Lake Erie. For more info go on wiki on the states from 1776 to 1959.
Ohio's southern border is defined by ohio river which seperates it from Kentucky and west virginia and northern border is defined by lake erie. Ohio's neighbors are pennsylvania to the east, michigan to the northwest, indiana to the west, kentucky to the south, and west virginia to the southeast. Ohio's borders were defined by metes and bounds surverying method. Read this carefully:

Bounded on east by pennsylvania line, on the south by the ohio river, to the mouth of the great miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from mouth of the great miami aforesaid, from the mouth of the great miami until it shall intersect lake erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through lake erie to pennsylavnia line aforesaid. This was Enabling act of 1802 observations of ohio's present day borders. The border with michigan was changed as result of toledo war. Here's borders defined: To angle slightly northeast to north shore of the mouth of maumee river.