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Ohio Counties
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Ohio Counties
There is eighty-eight counties in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Constitution allows
counties to set up a charter government as many cities and villages do, but only Summit County has done so. |
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Harrison County, Ohio
Harrison County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cadiz
Year Organized: 1813
Square Miles: 404
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Court House: 100 West Market Street
County Courthouse
Cadiz, OH 43907-1132
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Residents named the county after William Henry Harrison. Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
On January 2, 1813, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Harrison County. Residents named the county after William Henry Harrison.
Harrison County is located in eastern Ohio, in the heart of Appalachia. It is predominantly rural, with less than one percent of the county's 404 square miles consisting of urban areas. The county seat is Cadiz, which, in 2000, was the county's largest urban center with a population of 3,308 people.
Many residents of Ohio's rural communities are seeking better lives and more opportunities in the state's cities. This holds true for Harrison County. Its population decreased by 1.4 percent between 1990 and 2000, reducing the county's population to 15,856 people. The county averages just
thirty-nine people per square mile, making it one of Ohio's least populated counties.
Farming is the largest employer in Harrison County, with residents ranking second in sheep raising in Ohio. Many other residents work in the mining industry, with the county enjoying large deposits of sandstone and limestone. The county used to have large coal deposits, but coal companies mined most
of this resource during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. In 1999, the per capita income in the county was 23,833 dollars, with 14.6 percent of the people living in poverty.
Most voters in Harrison County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have supported Republican Party candidates at the national level by very small margins.
Among Harrison County's more prominent residents were United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, actor Clark Gable, and General George A. Custer. The Ohio Historical Society maintains a memorial to General Custer in New Rumley.
Sources
Harrison County, Ohio History Central, July 23, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1941&nm=Harrison-County
Neighboring Counties:
- Carroll County (north)
- Jefferson County (east)
- Belmont County (south)
- Guernsey County (southwest)
- Tuscarawas County (west)
Cities and Towns:
| - Archer |
township |
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| - Bowerston |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Cadiz (County Seat) |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Deersville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Freeport |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - German |
township |
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| - Harrisville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Hopedale |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Jewett |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Moorefield |
township |
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| - New Athens |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - North |
township |
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| - Nottingham |
township |
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| - Rumley |
township |
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| - Scio |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Short Creek |
township |
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| - Stock |
township |
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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