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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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Stark County, Ohio
Stark County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Canton
Year Organized: 1808
Square Miles: 576
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Court House: 110 Central Plaza South, Suite 250
County Administration Building
Canton, OH 44702-1410
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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
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 |
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| - Lawrence |
township |
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| - Limaville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Louisville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Magnolia |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Marlboro |
township |
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| - Massillon |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Meyers Lake |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Minerva |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Navarre |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - New Franklin |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Nimishillen |
township |
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| - North Canton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Osnaburg |
township |
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| - Paris |
township |
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| - Pike |
township |
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| - Plain |
township |
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| - Sandy |
township |
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| - Sugar Creek |
township |
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| - Waynesburg |
village |
Incorporated Area |
| - Wilmot |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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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