Columbiana County, Ohio

Founding: 1803
Parent counties: Jefferson and Washington

Naming: A poetic reference to Christopher Columbus
Seat: Lisbon (1803–)

Land area: 532 square miles

Population (2020): 101,877

Population (historic): 10,878 (1810); 33,621 (1850); 48,602 (1880); 68,590 (1900); 86,484 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1840; 1860–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three cities; 11 villages; eight CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,368 (28.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,671
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,304
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,586
Average farm size (1920): 59.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ireland, England, and Germany
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Lisbon

Namesake: Lisbon, Portugal

Founding: 1803 (platting as New Lisbon); 1813 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,597

Population (historic): 303 (1810); 1,129 (1830); 2,028 (1880); 3,405 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1803–1830; 1860–1900; 1910–1930; 1950s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 643 (50.9%)
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