Morrow County, Ohio

Founding: 1848
Parent counties: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion, and Richland

Namesake: Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio governor
Seat: Mount Gilead (1848–)

Land area: 406 square miles

Population (2020): 34,950

Population (historic): 20,280 (1850); 19,072 (1880); 17,879 (1900); 14,489 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city; seven villages; two CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,199 (22.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,329
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,148
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,570
Average farm size (1920): 72.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and Germany
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Mount Gilead

Namesake: The biblical Gilead, a mountainous region in the Levant

Founding: 1824 (platting as Whetstone); 1827 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,503

Population (historic): 646 (1850); 789 (1860); 1,216 (1880); 1,528 (1900); 1,871 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 359 (20.9%)
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