Stark County, Ohio
Founding: 1809 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Columbiana
Parent county: Columbiana
Namesake: John Stark, Continental Army general
Seat: Canton (1809–)
Seat: Canton (1809–)
Land area: 575 square miles
Population (2020): 374,853
Population (historic): 2,734 (1810); 39,878 (1850); 64,031 (1880); 94,747 (1900); 221,784 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1980; 1990s
Subdivisions: Six cities; 13 villages; seven CDPs; 17 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 35,464 (21.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.1%
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.1%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,999Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,727
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,628
Average farm size (1920): 57.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, France, and Switzerland
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Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Guangzhou, China; or the Swiss canton system
Number of farms (1920): 4,628
Average farm size (1920): 57.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, France, and Switzerland
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Canton
Founding: 1805 (platting); 1809 (post office); 1815 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 70,872
Population (historic): 1,257 (1830); 4,041 (1860); 12,258 (1880); 30,667 (1900); 104,906 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,796 (41.4%)
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Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,796 (41.4%)
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