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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.

Warren County, Ohio

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

County Seat: Lebanon
Year Organized: 1803
Square Miles: 400

Court House:

406 Justice Dr.
County Courthouse
Lebanon, OH 45036-2349

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Residents named the county in honor of General Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On March 24, 1803, the State of Ohio authorized the creation of Warren County. Residents named the county in honor of General Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution. Many of the county's earliest settlers were members of various religious groups, including the Shakers and the Quakers.

Warren County is located in southwestern Ohio. The city of Cincinnati or its suburbs cover a portion of the county's four hundred square miles. The county's largest township is Deerfield Township, with a population of 25,515 people in 2000. Lebanon, the county seat, is the third largest urban area, with a population of 16,962 people in 2000. Warren County experienced tremendous growth between 1990 and 2000. Between 1995 and 2000, approximately seventeen thousand people moved to Warren County, increasing the county's population to 158,383 residents. The county averages 396 people per square mile.

Many Warren County residents work in Cincinnati. People finding employment in the county usually work in the sales, service, or manufacturing industries. A sizable tourist industry includes Paramount King's Island, the Ohio Historical Society's Fort Ancient, and the Ohio Renaissance Festival. In 1999, the per capita income was 28,402 dollars, with 5.6 percent of the population living in poverty.

Most voters in Warren County claim to be independents.

Warren County was home to Ohio Governors Jeremiah Morrow and Thomas Corwin.

Sources
Warren County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2026&nm=Warren-County

Neighboring Counties:

Beginning in the northwest corner and proceeding clockwise, the following counties border Warren County: Montgomery, Greene, Clinton, Clermont, Hamilton, and Butler.

Cities and Towns:

- Butlerville	village	Incorporated Area
- Carlisle	city	Incorporated Area
- Corwin	village	Incorporated Area
- Franklin	city	Incorporated Area
- Harlan	township
- Harveysburg	village	Incorporated Area
- Lebanon (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Maineville	village	Incorporated Area
- Mason	city	Incorporated Area
- Massie	township
- Morrow	village	Incorporated Area
- Pleasant Plain	village	Incorporated Area
- South Lebanon	village	Incorporated Area
- Springboro	city	Incorporated Area
- Turtlecreek	township
- Waynesville	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."