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

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.

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