Morgan County, Ohio

Founding: 1819 (declared in 1817)
Parent counties: Guernsey, Muskingum, and Washington

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Continental Army general
Seat: McConnelsville (1819–)

Land area: 416 square miles

Population (2020): 13,802

Population (historic): 5,297 (1820); 22,119 (1860); 17,905 (1900); 13,583 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Four villages; one CDP; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,118 (27%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $735
Average outbuilding value (1930): $587

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,378
Average farm size (1920): 83.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Ireland
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McConnelsville

Namesake: Robert McConnell, owner of the village site

Founding: 1817 (platting); 1819 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,667

Population (historic): 151 (1820); 1,486 (1860); 1,825 (1900); 1,754 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1817–1850; 1860s; 1880–1910; 1920–1960; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 430 (43.5%)
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