Lake County, Ohio

Founding: 1840
Parent counties: Cuyahoga and Geauga

Namesake: Lake Erie
Seat: Painesville (1840–)

Land area: 227 square miles

Population (2020): 232,603

Population (historic): 13,719 (1840); 15,576 (1860); 16,326 (1880); 21,680 (1900); 41,674 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2020

Subdivisions: Nine cities; nine villages; one CDP; five townships

National Register listings: 82

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,486 (10.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 46.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,748
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,467
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,771
Average farm size (1920): 43.9 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and England
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Painesville

Namesake: Edward Paine, Connecticut militiaman and early settler

Founding: 1805 (platting as Champion); 1805 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,312

Population (historic): 257 (1820); 2,649 (1860); 5,024 (1900); 10,944 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1970; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,095 (26%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Dwight Woodard House (c. 1840). 9600 Chillicothe Road. Kirtland. Greek Revival.
2. *Edward Moore Estate (1897–1900/1906–1907). 7800 Clock Tower Drive. Kirtland. Classical Revival.
3. Harvey Morse House (c. 1835). 8055 Euclid–Chardon Road. Kirtland. Federal.
4. House (1883). 7125 Middle Ridge Road. Madison. Italianate.
5. *George Wilson House (c. 1855). 367 River Street. Madison. Greek Revival/Italianate.
6. House (1826). 5694 South Ridge Road. Madison. Federal.
7. Stephen Hart House (c. 1865). 8188 Garfield Road. Mentor. Italianate.
8. *Uri Seeley House (c. 1830). 969 Riverside Drive. Painesville. Greek Revival.
9. Charlotte White House (c. 1830). 1284 Riverside Drive. Painesville. Greek Revival.
10. Jehiel Parmly House (c. 1835). Perry Park Road, south of Lake Erie. Perry. Greek Revival.