Portage County, Ohio

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Trumbull

Namesake: A portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River
Seat: Ravenna (1808–)

Land area: 487 square miles

Population (2020): 161,791

Population (historic): 2,995 (1810); 24,419 (1850); 27,500 (1880); 29,246 (1900); 42,682 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; six villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,670 (14.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,094
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,739

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,406
Average farm size (1920): 53.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, England, and Germany
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Ravenna

Namesake: Ravenna, Italy

Founding: 1805 (post office); 1808 (platting); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,323

Population (historic): 306 (1830); 2,188 (1870); 4,003 (1900); 8,019 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,238 (39.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. George Stroup House (1877). 1898 Stroup Road. Atwater. Italianate.
2. Julian Kennedy House (c. 1835). 586 North Aurora Road. Aurora. Greek Revival. Razed.
3. Zeno Kent House (1821). 1241 Aurora–Hudson Road. Aurora. Federal. Razed.
4. Chauncey Eggleston House (1831). 432 Eggleston Road. Aurora. Federal.
5. Chester Howard House (1853). 411 East Garfield Road. Aurora. Gothic Revival.
6. Sherman House (c. 1890). 3924 Ranfield Road. Brimfield. Eastlake.
7. Aaron Ferrey House (1866). 5058 Sunnybrook Road. Brimfield. Gothic Revival.
8. Frederick Wadsworth House (1824). 4889 State Route 14. Edinburg. Federal.
9. Alvin Olin House (1835). 1425 Ravenna Road. Franklin. Federal. Razed.
10. Miller Farm (1837). 11108 Garfield Road. Hiram. Greek Revival.
11. John Johnson Farm (1828). 6203 Pioneer Trail. Hiram. Federal.
12. Daniel Leach House (c. 1835). 7292 State Route 82. Hiram. Greek Revival.
13. Silas Raymond House (1836). 7521 State Route 82. Hiram. Federal.
14. Daniel Ellenwood House (c. 1825). State Route 82. Hiram. Federal. Razed.
15. LeRoy Payne House (c. 1885). 11185 State Route 88. Hiram. Eastlake.
16. Samuel Sanford Farm (1884). 11199 Mantua Center Road. Mantua. Second Empire.
17. Cascade House (c. 1860). 12414 State Route 282. Nelson. Razed.
18. Roswell Manley House (c. 1830). 8376 Windham Street. Nelson. Federal.
19. Evan Hughes House (1843). 8598 Whippoorwill Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
20. Alonzo White House (c. 1880). 4327 Bassett Road. Randolph. Italianate/Eastlake.
21. Russell Loomis Farm (1879). 5107 Bassett Road. Randolph. Italianate.
22. Albert Loomis House (c. 1890). 4261 Waterloo Road. Randolph. Eastlake.
23. Jason Loomis House (c. 1830). 5270 Waterloo Road. Randolph. Greek Revival.
24. William Hayes House (c. 1887). 4655 Hayes Road. Ravenna. Queen Anne.
25. Bostwick–Hanna Estate (1834/1910s). 5555 Newton Falls Road. Ravenna. Federal.
26. John Byers House (1905). 5551 South Prospect Street. Ravenna. Queen Anne.
27. Adam Poe House (c. 1830). 2979 State Route 59. Ravenna.
28. Luman Nelson House (1877). 8219 State Route 44. Shalersville. Second Empire.
29. Stephen Green Farm (c. 1875). 7909 Diagonal Road. Streetsboro. Second Empire.
30. Henry Lacy Farm (1839/1870s). 2623 State Route 303. Streetsboro. Italianate.
31. Cadwallader Crawford House (c. 1840). 10034 Wellman Road. Streetsboro. Greek Revival.
32. Joseph Angel House (c. 1830). 8725 State Route 303. Windham. Federal.

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