Erie County, Ohio

Founding: 1838
Parent counties: Huron, Ottawa, and Sandusky

Namesake: Lake Erie
Seat: Sandusky (1838–)

Land area: 252 square miles

Population (2020): 75,622

Population (historic): 12,599 (1840); 24,474 (1860); 32,640 (1880);37,650 (1900); 42,133 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; four CDPs; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,220 (24.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,224
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,629
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,883
Average farm size (1920): 62.2 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, England, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania
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Sandusky

Namesake: The Wyandot word saundustee ("water" or "cold water")

Founding: 1818 (platting as Portland); 1824 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 25,095

Population (historic): 593 (1830); 8,408 (1860); 15,838 (1880); 19,664 (1900); 24,022 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,923 (36.6%)
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