Fairfield County, Ohio

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Ross and Washington

Name: A traditional name
Seats: Lancaster (1800–)

Land area: 504 square miles

Population (2020): 158,921

Population (historic): 11,361 (1810); 30,538 (1860); 34,284 (1880); 34,259 (1900); 44,010 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1840; 1850–1880; 1890–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; 15 villages; two CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,176 (15.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,828
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,375
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,437
Average farm size (1920): 76.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, Virginia, and Maryland
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Lancaster

Namesake: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1800 (platting as New Lancaster); 1801 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 40,552

Population (historic): 1,037 (1820); 4,308 (1860); 6,803 (1880); 8,991 (1900); 18,716 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,126 (23%)

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