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

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.

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