Geauga County, Ohio

Founding: 1806
Parent county: Trumbull

Naming: An Iroquois word likely meaning "raccoon"
Seat: Chardon (1808–)

Land area: 400 square miles

Population (2020): 95,397

Population (historic): 2,917 (1810); 17,827 (1850); 14,251 (1880); 14,744 (1900); 15,414 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1890s; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: One city; five villages; three CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,841 (13.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 82.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 41.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,967
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,905
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,576
Average farm size (1920): 46.4 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and England
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Chardon

Namesake: Peter Chardon Brooks, Massachusetts businessman

Founding: 1809 (platting); 1812 (incorporation); 1814 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,242

Population (historic): 381 (1830); 582 (1860); 1,360 (1900); 1,818 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–2000; 2010s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 486 (20.4%)
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