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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.

Wood County, Ohio

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

County Seat: Bowling Green
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 617

Court House:

One Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Bowling Green, OH 43402-2431

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Residents named the county in honor of a hero of the War of 1812.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On February 12, 1820, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Wood County. Residents named the county in honor of a hero of the War of 1812. Wood County was originally part of territory set aside for Ohio’s Indian people by the Treaty of Greeneville. During the War of 1812, the county was the site of Fort Meigs, an important American fort that protected Ohio from a British invasion from Canada. Today, the Ohio Historical Society operates a museum at Fort Meigs.

Wood County is located in the northwestern part of Ohio. The county seat is Bowling Green, which is the largest community in the county, with a population of 29,636 people in 2000. Bowling Green is also the site of Bowling Green State University. Two percent of the county’s 617 square miles are deemed to be urban. The county averages 196 people living in each square mile. Between 1990 and 2000, the county experienced a 6.9 percent increase in population. This growth primarily occurred due to residents of Toledo, Ohio, in neighboring Lucas County, seeking to escape the busyness of this large city. In 2000, the county’s residents numbered 121,065 people.

Most of Wood County’s residents find employment in agricultural positions, with seventy-seven percent of the county’s acreage under cultivation. Wood County farmers rank first in Ohio in wheat production, second in tomatoes, third in soybeans, and fourth in corn. Manufacturing, retail, and service positions finish second, third, and fourth respectively. Many residents also work in Toledo. In 1999, the county’s per capita income was 26,737 dollars, with 7.1 percent of the county’s residents living below the poverty level.

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

Sources
Wood County, Ohio History Central, July 24, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2036&nm=Wood-County

Neighboring Counties:

Lucas County (north)
Ottawa County (northeast)
Sandusky County (east)
Seneca County (southeast)
Hancock County (south)
Putnam County (southwest corner)
Henry County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Bairdstown	village	Incorporated Area
- Bloom	township
- Bloomdale	village	Incorporated Area
- Bowling Green (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Bradner	village	Incorporated Area
- Center	township
- Custar	village	Incorporated Area
- Cygnet	village	Incorporated Area
- Grand Rapids	village	Incorporated Area
- Haskins	village	Incorporated Area
- Henry	township
- Hoytville	village	Incorporated Area
- Jerry City	village	Incorporated Area
- Lake	township
- Liberty	township
- Luckey	village	Incorporated Area
- Middleton	township
- Millbury	village	Incorporated Area
- Milton	township
- Milton Center	village	Incorporated Area
- North Baltimore	village	Incorporated Area
- Northwood	city	Incorporated Area
- Pemberville	village	Incorporated Area
- Perrysburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Plain	township
- Portage	village	Incorporated Area
- Risingsun	village	Incorporated Area
- Rossford	city	Incorporated Area
- Toledo	city	Incorporated Area
- Tontogany	village	Incorporated Area
- Walbridge	village	Incorporated Area
- Washington	city	Incorporated Area
- Wayne	village	Incorporated Area
- Webster	township
- West Millgrove	village	Incorporated Area
- Weston	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."