Stark County, Ohio

Founding: 1809 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Columbiana

Namesake: John Stark, Continental Army general
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

National Register listings: 94

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 35,464 (21.5%)
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): $1,999
Average 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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Canton

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Guangzhou, China; or the Swiss canton system

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Pleasant Grove School (c. 1895). Erie Road, north of Hensel Road. Bethlehem.
2. *William Grant Farm (c. 1840). 6301 Kemary Road. Bethlehem.
3. *Samuel Buchtel Farm (c. 1875). 4512 Seeman Road. Bethlehem. Italianate.
4. *Henry Kettering House (1884). 7753 Fulton Road. Jackson. Italianate/Eastlake.
5. Louis Smith House (c. 1875). 7700 Mudbrook Road. Jackson. Italianate.
6. *Henry Moore House (c. 1845). 430 Prospect Road. Lake. Greek Revival.
7. *Miller House (c. 1875). 2855 State Road. Lake. Italianate.
8. Lewis Paine Farm (c. 1840). 230 North Atwater Road. Lexington. Greek Revival.
9. *Hazen Farm (1883). 11935 Edison Road. Lexington. Italianate.
10. *Haman Bordner House (1880). 4522 7th Street. Perry. Italianate.
11. Jacob Hollinger Farm (c. 1875). 4414 Carmont Road. Perry. Italianate.
12. *John Snyder House (c. 1875). 4383 Fohl Road. Perry. Italianate.
13. *John Beck House (c. 1860). Fohl Road, northeast of Navarre. Perry. Gothic Revival. Razed.
14. *Spring Hill / Rotch–Wales House (1821–1824/1831). 1401 Spring Hill Lane. Perry.
15. *Jacob Bair House (1869). 7225 North Market Avenue. Plain. Second Empire.
16. *William Welker House (1868). 7024 Chapel Road. Sandy. Italianate.
17. John Brenninger Farm (1852). 19431 Mount Eaton Road. Sugar Creek. Greek Revival.
18. *Jonathan Holben House (c. 1835). 1299 Highlander Road. Tuscarawas.
19. *David Byers House (c. 1870). 4389 Beechwood Road. Washington. Italianate.
20. *Joseph Maudru Farm (1878). 11786 Easton Road. Washington. Italianate.
21. George Tea House (c. 1845). 4395 Union Road. Washington. Greek Revival.