Fulton County, Ohio

Founding: 1850
Parent county: Henry, Lucas, and Williams

Namesake: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat
Seats: Ottokee (1850–1871); Wauseon (1871–)

Land area: 405 square miles

Population (2020): 42,713

Population (historic): 7,781 (1850); 21,053 (1880); 22,801 (1900); 23,477 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six villages; two CDPs; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,967 (28.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,943
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,903
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,156
Average farm size (1920): 66.7 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Germany, and Switzerland
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Wauseon

Namesake: Wauseon, Potawatomi chief

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1854 (post office); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,568

Population (historic): 378 (1860); 1,905 (1880); 3,035 (1910)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,081 (35.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Albert Deyo Farm (c. 1880). 15474 State Route 120. Chesterfield. Italianate.
2. Asahel Powers Farm (1912). 18118 US Highway 20. Chesterfield. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
3. Effinger Serrick Farm (c. 1860). 14562 County Road AC. Clinton.
4. Jacob Zimmerman Farm (c. 1885). 7679 County Road 20. German. Italianate.
5. Peter Goll Farm (1862). 26093 County Road F. German.
6. Joseph Roth House (mid-19th century). 21171 County Road H. German.
7. House (c. 1890). 27019 County Road N. Gorham. Queen Anne.
8. William Conrad House (c. 1870). 23643 County Road S. Gorham. Italianate.
9. Abraham Thompson House (1877). 7865 County Road 7-2. York. Italianate.

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