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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.

Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Tiffin
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 551

Court House:

111 Madison Street
County Courthouse
Tiffin, OH 44883-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Residents named the county after the Seneca Indian tribe.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

On February 12, 1820, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Seneca County. Residents named the county after the Seneca Indian tribe. Seneca County was originally part of territory set aside for Ohio’s Indian people by the Treaty of Greeneville. White settlement of the county occurred slowly, due to the Great Black Swamp occupying some of the land.

Seneca County is located in the northern part of Ohio. The county seat is Tiffin, which is the largest city in the county with a population of 18,135 people in 2000. Only 1.4 percent of the county’s 151 square miles are deemed to be urban. The county averages almost 107 people living in each square mile. Between 1990 and 2000, the county experienced a slight decrease in population. This is typical of Ohio’s more rural counties, as residents seek better opportunities in the state’s larger cities. In 2000, the county’s residents numbered 58,683 people.

Most of Seneca County’s residents find employment in manufacturing businesses, service industries, and retail positions. Over 1,300 farms also exist in the county. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the county’s natural gas deposits led to a booming glass-making industry. Residents produced glass for both Fostoria and Tiffin. In 1999, the county’s per capita income was 21,695 dollars, with 9.6 percent of the county’s residents living below the poverty level.

Most voters in Seneca County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have supported Republican Party candidates at the national level.

The county is home to Heidelberg College.

Sources

Seneca County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2011&nm=Seneca-County

Neighboring Counties:

Sandusky County (north)
Huron County (east)
Crawford County (southeast)
Wyandot County (southwest)
Hancock County (west)
Wood County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Adams	township
- Attica	village	Incorporated Area
- Bettsville	village	Incorporated Area
- Big Spring	township
- Bloom	township
- Bloomville	village	Incorporated Area
- Eden	township
- Fostoria	city	Incorporated Area
- Green Springs	village	Incorporated Area
- Liberty	township
- Loudon	township
- Lykens	township
- New Riegel	village	Incorporated Area
- Pleasant	township
- Reed	township
- Republic	village	Incorporated Area
- Scipio	township
- Seneca	township
- Tiffin (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Venice	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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