Huron County, Ohio

Founding: 1815 (declared in 1809)
Parent counties: Cuyahoga and Portage

Namesake: The Huron people
Seat: Avery (1815–1821); Norwalk (1821–)

Land area: 491 square miles

Population (2020): 58,565

Population (historic): 6,675 (1820); 26,203 (1850); 28,532 (1870); 32,330 (1900); 33,700 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1870–1910; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; seven villages; four CDPs; 19 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,388 (29.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,769
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,562
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,728
Average farm size (1920): 81 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Connecticut, Germany, Ireland, and Pennsylvania
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Norwalk

Namesake: Norwalk, Connecticut

Founding: 1817 (platting); 1818 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,068

Population (historic): 179 (1820); 2,839 (1860); 5,704 (1880); 7,074 (1900); 7,776 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1817–1890; 1900s; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,921 (26.3%)
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