Crawford County, Ohio

Founding: 1826 (declared in 1820)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Crawford, American explorer
Seat: Bucyrus (1826–) 

Land area: 402 square miles

Population (2020): 42,025

Population (historic): 4,791 (1830); 23,881 (1860); 30,583 (1880); 33,915 (1900); 35,345 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1920; 1930–1970

Subdivisions: Two cities; five villages; two CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,788 (33.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,723
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,729
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,415
Average farm size (1920): 83.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York
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Bucyrus

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Busiris, a legendary Egyptian city

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,684

Population (historic): 308 (1830); 2,180 (1860); 5,974 (1880); 10,027 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1850; 1860–1920; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,830 (29.8%)
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