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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Monnett Methodist Chapel (1902–1904). 999 State Route 98. Bucyrus. Norman Revival.
2. Henry Flock House (c. 1875). 1663 Whetstone Street. Bucyrus. Italianate.
3. Nazareth Lutheran Church (c. 1885). 6411 State Route 4. Chatfield. Gothic Revival.
4. Abraham Frost House (c. 1870). 1896 Lincoln Highway. Holmes. Italianate. Razed.
5. Eli Quaintance Farm (c. 1870). 2840 Manahan Road. Holmes.
6. Heckler House (c. 1840). 7957 Oldfield Road. Jackson.
7. John Beck House (c. 1845). 6449 Lower Leesville Road. Jefferson.
8. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (1898). 4707 Ridgeton–Annapolis Road. Liberty. Gothic Revival.
9. Richard Knisely Farm (c. 1870). 5258 State Route 96. Liberty. Italianate. Razed.
10. Dexter Bacon Farm (c. 1835). 4228 Stetzer Road. Liberty. Razed.
11. Caris Farm (c. 1855). 5499 Swabb Road. Liberty.
12. Rudolph Brause House (c. 1870). 6572 State Route 19. Lykens. Italianate.
13. Henry Hessenauer Farm (c. 1875). 626 Biddle Road. Polk. Italianate.
14. Asa Hosford House (1847). 6288 Hosford Road. Polk.
15. David Wert House (c. 1840). 6451 Kile Road. Sandusky.
16. John Outhwaite House (c. 1870). 4641 Crawford–Wyandot Line Road. Tod. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
17. David Pollock House (c. 1870). 4007 Perrysburg Road. Tod. Italianate.
18. James Pendry House (c. 1865). 19 River Road. Tod. Italianate.
19. William Knell House (c. 1890). 5135 Lower Leesville Road. Whetstone.
20. St. John's Reformed Church (1904). 994 Poe Road. Whetstone. Romanesque.

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