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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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Henry County, Ohio
Henry County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Napoleon
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 416 |
Court House: 1853 Oakwood Avenue
Henry County Office Complex
Napoleon, OH 43545-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Residents named the county in honor of Patrick Henry, a hero of the American Revolution. Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
On February 12, 1820, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Henry County, although the county remained a part of Wood County until 1824 and a portion of Williams County until 1834. Residents named the county in honor of Patrick Henry, a hero of the American Revolution. Previously, the
county had been part of land reserved to Ohio's Indian people, under the Treaty of Greeneville.
Henry County is located in northwestern Ohio in what used to be the Great Black Swamp. It is predominantly rural, with less than one percent of the county's 417 square miles consisting of urban areas. The county seat is Napoleon. With a population of 9,318 people, Napoleon was the county's largest
community in 2000. Many residents of Ohio's rural communities are seeking better lives and more opportunities in the state's cities, but Henry County's population seems to be remaining stable. The county experienced a less than one percent decline in population between 1990 and 2000, leaving the
total number of residents at 29,210. The county averages seventy people per square mile.
Farming is the largest employer in Henry County, with ninety-one percent of the county as farm fields. Henry County farmers are Ohio's third largest producers of wheat. Manufacturing businesses and retail positions are the second and third largest employers in the county, following well behind
farming in the number of people employed. A Campbell Soup plant is the primary manufacturing establishment in the county. In 1999, the per capita income in the county was almost nineteen thousand dollars, with 6.4 percent of the people living in poverty.
Most voters in Henry County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have overwhelmingly supported Republican Party candidates at the national level.
Among the county's most notorious residents was backwoodsmen Simon Girty.
Sources
Henry County, Ohio History Central, July 23, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1942&nm=Henry-County
Neighboring Counties:
- Fulton County (north)
- Lucas County (northeast)
- Wood County (east)
- Putnam County (south)
- Defiance County (west)
- Williams County (northwest)
- Hancock County (southeast corner)
Cities and Towns:
| - Bartlow |
township |
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| - Deshler |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Flatrock |
township |
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| - Florida |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Hamler |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Holgate |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Liberty |
township |
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| - Liberty Center |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Malinta |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - McClure |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Napoleon (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - New Bavaria |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Pleasant |
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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