Monroe County, Ohio

Founding: 1815 (declared in 1813)
Parent counties: Belmont, Guernsey, and Washington

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president
Seat: Woodsfield (1815–)

Land area: 456 square miles

Population (2020): 13,385

Population (historic): 4,645 (1820); 25,741 (1860); 27,031 (1900); 18,426 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: 11 villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,407 (32%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $730
Average outbuilding value (1930): $529
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,062
Average farm size (1920): 62.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Virginia, and Maryland

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Woodsfield

Namesake: Archibald Woods, local landowner

Founding: 1813 (platting); 1815 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,210

Population (historic): 81 (1820); 393 (1850); 861 (1880); 1,801 (1900); 2,317 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1960s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 499 (39.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Walter Ring House (1846). 38645 Jericho–Low Gap Road. Benton.
2. Joseph Witten House (1878). 35273 State Route 7. Jackson. Gothic Revival.
3. *St. John Catholic Church (1902). 35560 Miltonsburg–Calais Road. Malaga. Gothic Revival.
4. *Edward Dangel Farm (1874). 49675 Dangel Lane. Ohio. Greek Revival.
5. Jacob Zesiger House (c. 1835). 50355 State Route 78. Salem.
6. *George Pfalzgraf Farm (c. 1870). 31676 Skin Creek Road. Seneca.
7. St. Joseph Catholic Church (1893–1894). 47727 Burkhart Station Road. Summit. Gothic Revival.
8. *McCoy Log House. 49129 Cain Ridge Road. Switzerland. Razed.
9. *Frederick Kindleberger Farm (1873). 50037 German Ridge Road. Switzerland.
10. *Frank Houser Farm (c. 1870). 53054 Township Road 207. Switzerland. Italianate.