Ottawa County, Ohio

Founding: 1840
Parent counties: Erie, Lucas, and Sandusky

Namesake: The Ottawa people
Seat: Port Clinton (1840–)

Land area: 255 square miles

Population (2020): 40,364

Population (historic): 2,248 (1840); 7,016 (1860); 19,762 (1880); 22,213 (1900); 24,109 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; seven villages; three CDPs; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,601 (20%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,143
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,852
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,010
Average farm size (1920): 58.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, and Pennsylvania
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Port Clinton

Namesake: DeWitt Clinton, New York governor

Founding: 1828 (platting); 1840 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,025

Population (historic): 249 (1850); 543 (1870); 2,049 (1890); 3,007 (1910); 4,408 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1980; 2010s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,021 (29.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Nathaniel Hadden House (1892). 3612 West Catawba Road. Catawba Island. Shingle.
2. Henry Luckert Log House (1853). 326 Wine Cellar Road. Catawba Island.
3. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (1892). 541 Church Road. Danbury. Italianate.
4. Henry Lullman House (c. 1885). 2131 Danbury Road. Danbury. Eastlake.
5. Benajah Wolcott House (1832). 9999 Bay Shore Road. Danbury.
6. Log House (c. 1850). 1350 Englebeck Road. Danbury.
7. Mathias Kelting House (c. 1860). 8122 Harbor Road. Danbury. Greek Revival.
8. John Graves House (1872). 6965 Harbor Road. Danbury. Italianate.
9. Kimball House (c. 1855). 16985 Portage River South Road. Harris. Greek Revival.
10. George Lonz House (c. 1895). 1719 Fox Road. Put-in-Bay. Queen Anne.
11. Andrew Schiele House (c. 1870). 1360 Warden Road. Put-in-Bay. Gothic Revival.

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