Holmes County, Ohio

Founding: 1825 (declared in 1824)
Parent counties: Coshocton, Tuscarawas, and Wayne

Namesake: Andrew Holmes, U.S. army officer
Seat: Millersburg (1825–)

Land area: 423 square miles

Population (2020): 44,223

Population (historic): 9,135 (1830); 20,452 (1850); 18,177 (1870); 19,511 (1900); 16,726 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870–1890; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Seven villages; four CDPs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,117 (22.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,447
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,522

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,546
Average farm size (1920): 76.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Germany, and France
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Millersburg

Namesake: Charles Miller, owner of the city site

Founding: 1815 (platting); 1820 (post office); 1824 (replatting); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,151

Population (historic): 320 (1830); 1,156 (1860); 1,814 (1880); 1,998 (1900); 3,114 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1950; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 356 (24.6%)
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