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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.

Vinton County, Ohio

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

County Seat: McArthur
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 414

Court House:

100 East Main Street
County Courthouse
Mc Arthur, OH 45651-1267

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Residents named the county after Samuel Finley Vinton, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On March 23, 1850, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Vinton County. Residents named the county after Samuel Finley Vinton, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Vinton County is located in southeastern Ohio. It is predominantly rural, with just six percent of the county s 414 square miles consisting of urban areas. It is in Appalachia. With a population of 1,888 people, McArthur, the county seat, was the county s largest community in 2000. Vinton County experienced a sizable increase in population—15.4 percent—between 1990 and 2000, raising the total number of residents to 12,806 people. Many residents of Ohio s rural communities are seeking better lives and more opportunities in the state s cities, but Vinton County is growing in population. Still, Vinton County has the smallest population of all of Ohio s eighty-eight counties. Vinton County averages thirty-one people per square miles.

Farming is the primary occupation of Vinton County residents. The second largest employer in Vinton County is the government, with manufacturing businesses a close third. During the late nineteenth century, iron ore and coal mining were major businesses in the county. In 1999, the per capita income in the county was 16,423 dollars. Almost nineteen percent of the people lived in poverty.

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

Sources
Vinton County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2025&nm=Vinton-County

Neighboring Counties:

Hocking County (north)
Athens County (northeast)
Meigs County (east)
Gallia County (southeast)
Jackson County (south)
Ross County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Brown	township
- Eagle	township
- Elk	township
- Hamden	village	Incorporated Area
- Knox	township
- McArthur (County Seat)	village	Incorporated Area
- Richland	township
- Swan	township
- Wilkesville	village	Incorporated Area
- Zaleski	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."