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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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Scioto County, Ohio
Scioto County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Portsmouth
Year Organized: 1803
Square Miles: 612
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Court House: 602 Seventh Street, Room 1
County Courthouse
Portsmouth, OH 45662-3950
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Residents took the county's name from a Native American word referring to the deer that were plentiful in the area. Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
On March 24, 1803, the State of Ohio authorized the creation of Scioto County. Residents took the county's name from a Native American word referring to the deer that were plentiful in the area. Located at the intersection of the Ohio River and the Scioto River, the county grew quickly because of
increasing river traffic. Scioto County continued to prosper with the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal during the 1820s and the 1830s.
Scioto County is located in southern Ohio and its southern border lies on the Ohio River. In 2000, there were 79, 195 people living in the county. Scioto County is part of Appalachia and is predominantly rural, with 1.6 percent of the county's 612 square miles consisting of urban areas. The county
seat is Portsmouth. Scioto County experienced a 1.4 per cent decrease in population between 1990 and 2000. The county averages almost 129 people per square mile.
Service industries and retail businesses are the largest employers in Scioto County. Many county residents are employed in government, farming, and manufacturing. One of the county's larger employers is Shawnee State University in Portsmouth. The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is also located
in Scioto County. In 1999, the per capita income in the county was 18,978 dollars, with twenty-one percent of the people living in poverty.
Most voters in Scioto County claim to be independents.
Among other prominent people, cowboy actor Roy Rogers lived in Scioto County for several years
Sources
Scioto County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2010&nm=Scioto-County
Neighboring Counties:
- Pike County (north)
- Jackson County (northeast)
- Lawrence County (east)
- Greenup County, Kentucky (south)
- Lewis County, Kentucky (southwest)
- Adams County (west)
Cities and Towns:
| - Bloom |
township |
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| - Brush Creek |
township |
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| - Clay |
township |
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| - Morgan |
township |
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| - New Boston |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Nile |
township |
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| - Otway |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Porter |
township |
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| - Portsmouth (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Rarden |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - South Webster |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Valley |
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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