Auglaize County, Ohio

Founding: 1848
Parent counties: Allen, Logan, and Mercer

Namesake: The Auglaize River
Seats: Wapakoneta (1848–)

Land area: 401 square miles

Population (2020): 46,442

Population (historic): 11,338 (1850); 25,444 (1880); 31,192 (1900); 28,034 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1940–1960; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; six villages; three CDPs; 14 townships

National Register listings: 24

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,008 (25.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,447
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,732
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,626
Average farm size (1920): 77.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
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Wapakoneta

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a Shawnee word

Founding: 1829 (post office); 1833 (platting); 1849 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,957

Population (historic): 504 (1850); 2,705 (1880); 3,915 (1900); 5,378 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840–1890; 1900s; 1940–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,048 (23.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jacob Weaver Farm (c. 1855). 17785 Hengstler Road. Duchouquet. Greek Revival/Italianate.
2. *Julius Boesel House (1895). 6813 New Bremen–New Knoxville Road. German. Queen Anne.
3. *William Barth House (1872). 967 Lock Two Road. German.
4. *Jason Manchester Farm (1877). 29249 State Route 385. Goshen. Italianate.
5. *Theodore Steineman House (c. 1860). 3386 Minster–Fort Recovery Road. Jackson.
6. *St. Joseph Catholic Church (1887). 2441 State Route 364. Jackson. Gothic Revival.
7. *St. Patrick Catholic Church (1883). 6959 Glynwood Road. Moulton. Gothic Revival.
8. *George Kantner Farm (c. 1865). 12151 Wapakoneta–Fryburg Road. Pusheta.
9. *Barrington House (1838). 11614 County Road 66A. St. Marys. Federal.
10. *William Hoelscher Farm (c. 1870). 8529 State Route 219. Washington. Razed.