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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.

Stark County, Ohio

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

County Seat: Canton
Year Organized: 1808
Square Miles: 576

Court House:

110 Central Plaza South, Suite 250
County Administration Building
Canton, OH 44702-1410

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Residents named the county in honor of General John Stark, a hero of the American Revolution.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On February 13, 1808, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Stark County. Residents named the county in honor of General John Stark, a hero of the American Revolution.

Stark County is located in northeastern Ohio. The county seat is Canton, which is the county’s largest population center, with 80,806 residents in 2000. The county experienced a 2.9 percent increase in population between 1990 and 2000, raising the number of residents to 378,098 people. An average of 656 people live in each of Stark County’s 576 square miles.

Stark County remains heavily rural, with urban areas comprising just five percent of the county’s land mass. With 1,300 farms existing in the county, many residents find employment in agriculture, but manufacturing establishments, sales positions, and service industries are the county’s largest employers. Stark County also has an active tourist industry, including the President William McKinley National Memorial, the First Ladies Museum, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, among numerous other sites. The county’s average income was 25,214 dollars per person in 1999, with 10.5 percent of the population living in poverty.

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

The county also boasts numerous famous residents, including President of the United States William McKinley, First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley, and early industrialist Bezaleel Wells.

Sources
Stark County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2015&nm=Stark-County

Neighboring Counties:

Portage County (north)
Mahoning County (northeast)
Columbiana County (east)
Carroll County (southeast)
Tuscarawas County (south)
Holmes County (southwest)
Wayne County (west)
Summit County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Alliance	city	Incorporated Area
- Beach City	village	Incorporated Area
- Brewster	village	Incorporated Area
- Canal Fulton	city	Incorporated Area
- Canton (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- East Canton	village	Incorporated Area
- East Sparta	village	Incorporated Area
- Hartville	village	Incorporated Area
- Hills and Dales	village	Incorporated Area
- Lake	township
- Lawrence	township
- Limaville	village	Incorporated Area
- Louisville	city	Incorporated Area
- Magnolia	village	Incorporated Area
- Marlboro	township
- Massillon	city	Incorporated Area
- Meyers Lake	village	Incorporated Area
- Minerva	village	Incorporated Area
- Navarre	village	Incorporated Area
- New Franklin	village	Incorporated Area
- Nimishillen	township
- North Canton	city	Incorporated Area
- Osnaburg	township
- Paris	township
- Pike	township
- Plain	township
- Sandy	township
- Sugar Creek	township
- Waynesburg	village	Incorporated Area
- Wilmot	village	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."