Sandusky County, Ohio

Founding: 1820
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Sandusky River
Seat: Fremont (1820–)

Land area: 408 square miles

Population (2020): 58,896

Population (historic): 2,851 (1830); 21,429 (1860); 34,311 (1900); 39,731 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1880; 1890–1980

Subdivisions: Three cities; seven villages; six CDPs; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,292 (31.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,295
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,926

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,713
Average farm size (1920): 74.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Pennsylvania, and New York
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Fremont

Namesake: John Frémont, California politician

Founding: 1800 (post office); 1817 (platting as Lower Sandusky); 1829 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,930

Population (historic): 351 (1830); 1,464 (1850); 8,440 (1880); 13,422 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1880; 1890–1960

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,632 (49.1%)
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