Ashland County, Ohio

Founding: 1846
Parent counties: Huron, Lorain, Richland, and Wayne

Namesake: The city of Ashland
Seat: Ashland (1846–)

Land area: 423 square miles

Population (2020): 52,447

Population (historic): 23,812 (1850); 21,933 (1870); 22,223 (1890); 22,975 (1910); 26,867 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870s; 1900–2010

Subdivisions: One city; eight villages; one CDP; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,759 (26%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,512
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,393

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,512
Average farm size (1920): 76 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York
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Ashland

Namesake: Ashland, Henry Clay's estate

Founding: 1815 (platting as Uniontown); 1823 (post office); 1844 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 19,225

Population (historic): 1,264 (1850); 2,601 (1870); 3,568 (1890); 6,795 (1910); 11,141 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,312 (26%)
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