Lorain County, Ohio

Founding: 1824 (declared in 1822)

Parent counties: Cuyahoga, Huron, and Medina

Namesake: The French province of Lorraine
Seat: Elyria (1824–)

Land area: 491 square miles

Population (2020): 312,964

Population (historic): 5,696 (1830); 29,744 (1860); 35,526 (1880); 54,857 (1900); 109,206 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Eight cities; seven villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

National Register listings: 126

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,073 (15.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,271
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,686

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,425
Average farm Size (1920): 61.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, England, Germany, Connecticut, and Ireland
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Elyria

Namesake: Heman Ely, the city's founder (and perhaps a reference to classical Illyria)

Founding: 1817 (platting); 1824 (post office)

Population (2020): 52,656

Population (historic): 168 (1830); 1,613 (1860); 4,777 (1880); 8,791 (1900); 25,633 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,223 (20.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Nichols House (c. 1865). 45345 North Ridge Road. Amherst. Italianate.
2. *William Hurst House (1843). 33065 Detroit Road. Avon. Greek Revival.
3. *Holy Trinity Catholic Church (1900). 33601 Detroit Road. Avon. Gothic Revival.
4. *Peter Miller House (c. 1830). 33740 Lake Road. Avon. Greek Revival.
5. *John Nagel House (c. 1845). 3285 Nagel Road. Avon. Greek Revival.
6. Jonathan Stocking Farm (c. 1855). 24096 Gore Orphanage Road. Brighton. Gothic Revival.
7. *Benjamin Bacon House (c. 1845). 51211 North Ridge Road. Brownhelm. Greek Revival.
8. *Adelbert Keyse House (1930). 10400 East River Road. Columbia. Tudor Revival.
9. *Darlon Allen House (c. 1840). 26140 State Route 58. Huntington. Greek Revival.
10. *Hiram Whitbeck Farm (c. 1875). 42423 State Route 18. Penfield. Italianate.
11. *Carlos Avery House (1855). 18797 State Route 58. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
12. *Samuel Cahoon House (c. 1860). 38251 Center Ridge Road. Ridgeville. Italianate.
13. *Stowell Dudley Farm (c. 1870). 680 West Lorain Street. Russia. Italianate.
14. *St. Teresa Catholic Church (1907). 1878 Abbe Road. Sheffield. Gothic Revival.
15. *Halsey Garfield House (c. 1850). 4789 Detroit Road. Sheffield. Greek Revival.
16. *Milton Garfield House (1839). 4921 Detroit Road. Sheffield. Greek Revival.
17. *Luther Winchell House (c. 1870). 44530 State Route 18. Wellington. Italianate.