Meigs County, Ohio

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Athens and Gallia

Namesake: Return Meigs, Ohio governor
Seats: Salisbury (1819–1822); Chester (1822–1841); Pomeroy (1841–)

Land area: 430 square miles

Population (2020): 22,210

Population (historic): 4,480 (1820); 26,534 (1860); 32,325 (1880); 28,620 (1900); 23,961 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1910s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five villages; one CDP; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,600 (23.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $850
Average outbuilding value (1930): $484

Number of farms (1920): 2,833
Average farm size (1920): 60.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York
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Pomeroy

Namesake: Samuel Pomeroy, local landowner

Founding: 1804 (platting); 1840 (post office); 1840 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,573

Population (historic): 388 (1840); 5,560 (1880); 3,563 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 497 (52.6%)
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