It is named the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts.
VOA: special.2009.08.23
It was set up in the early 1980s by a German immigrant who had been banned from owning farms in his native Germany, Buckeye had developed a long list of problems.
So Greenberg has turned McDonald's into a variety show: a McLobster Roll in New England, a hot-mustard-laden Homestyle Burger in Texas and, for Ohioans, the Brutus Buckeye Burger, a stomachful with three burger patties, three cheddar slices, lettuce, tomato and onion.