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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Henderson House (c. 1870). 3227 State Route 78. Bristol. Gothic Revival.
2. David Frash House (c. 1875). 7261 Lemon Hill Road. Deerfield.
3. John Whitelock Farm (c. 1855). 2775 Raleigh Lowe Lane. Malta. Greek Revival.
4. John Thomas Farm (c. 1855). 2415 North Riverview Road. Malta. Greek Revival.
5. John Coulson House (c. 1870). State Route 377. Marion. Italianate.
6. Morgan County Insane Asylum (1885). 856 South Riverside Drive. Morgan. Italianate. Razed.
7. Alexander Miller Farm (c. 1850). 3303 McInturf Road. Penn. Greek Revival.
8. Isaac Williams House (c. 1835). State Route 78. Union. Razed.
9. Elias Stanberry House. 2340 Patterson Ridge Road. Windsor.
10. Albert Hambleton House (c. 1850). 613 South River Road. Windsor.
11. Obadiah Brokaw House (c. 1840). State Route 266. Windsor. Razed.

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