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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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Richland County, Ohio
Richland County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Mansfield
Year Organized: 1813
Square Miles: 497
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Court House: 50 Park Avenue, East
County Courthouse
Mansfield, OH 44902-1861
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Residents named the county after its rich soil. Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
On January 7, 1813, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Richland County. Residents named the county after its rich soil. During the early nineteenth century, the county was home to John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed).
Richland County is located in northern Ohio. The county seat is Mansfield, which is the county’s largest population center, with 49,346 residents in 2000. The county experienced a 2.2 percent increase in population between 1990 and 2000, raising the number of residents to 128,852 people. An average
of 259 people live in each of Richland County’s 497 square miles.
Richland County is heavily rural, with urban areas comprising just three percent of the county’s land mass. With more than one thousand farms existing in the county, many residents find employment in agriculture, with manufacturing establishments, sales positions, and service industries also
employing a large number of residents. Richland County also has a ski industry. It also is home to the Mansfield Correctional Facility. The county’s average income was 22,721 dollars per person in 1999, with 11.5 percent of the population living in poverty.
Most voters in Richland County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have overwhelmingly supported Republican Party candidates at the national level.
In addition to Johnny Appleseed, the county also was home to United States Senator John Sherman, who practiced law in the area for a few years. Author and conservationist Louis Bromfield lived just south of Mansfield. His former home, Malabar Farm, is now a state park.
Sources
Richland County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2006&nm=Richland-County
Neighboring Counties:
- Huron County (north)
- Ashland County (east)
- Knox County (south)
- Morrow County (southwest)
- Crawford County (west)
Cities and Towns:
| - Bellville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Bethlehem |
township |
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| - Bloominggrove |
township |
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| - Butler |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Cass |
township |
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| - Lexington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Lucas |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Mansfield (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Ontario |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Plymouth |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Sharon |
township |
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| - Shelby |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Shiloh |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Weller |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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