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

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); 1833 (incorporation)

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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