Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Muskingum

Namesake: The Tuscarawas River
Seat: New Philadelphia (1808–)

Land area: 568 square miles

Population (2020): 93,263

Population (historic): 3,045 (1810); 31,761 (1850); 40,198 (1880); 53,751 (1900); 68,193 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; 16 villages; two CDPs; 22 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,850 (29.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,348
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,203
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,264
Average farm size (1920): 75.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, Switzerland, Virginia, Maryland, and Ireland
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New Philadelphia

Namesake: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1804 (platting); 1810 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,677

Population (historic): 236 (1820); 1,413 (1850); 3,070 (1880); 6,213 (1900); 12,365 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1870; 1880–1930; 1940–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,284 (29.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Abraham Garber House (c. 1835). 4590 Garber Drive. Franklin.
2. James Patterson House (1876). 5344 US Highway 250. Franklin. Italianate.
3. John Coventry House (c. 1835). 1270 Goshen Hill Road. Goshen. Federal.
4. Valentine Wills House (c. 1875). 2492 East High Avenue. Goshen. Italianate.
5. John Zutavern Farm (c. 1860). 9684 Fort Laurens Road. Lawrence. Italianate.
6. John Lebold House (1857–1859). 10903 State Route 212. Lawrence. Greek Revival.
7. John Booth Farm (c. 1855). 5013 Post Boy Road. Oxford. Greek Revival.
8. Ira Stocker House (c. 1885). 3300 State Route 258. Oxford. Italianate.
9. Conrad Stocker Farm (c. 1870). 11292 US Highway 36. Salem. Italianate.
10. Adam Stocker House (1868). 11424 US Highway 36. Salem. Second Empire.
11. Reason Myers House (c. 1875). 4717 County Road 108. Sandy. Italianate.
12. John Knotts Farm (1846). 5927 State Route 183. Sandy. Greek Revival/Italianate.
13. School Number Three (c. 1870). 5927 State Route 183. Sandy. Italianate.
14. John Showalter House (c. 1830). 4003 Oak Ridge Road. Sugar Creek. Razed.
15. Farm (c. 1880). 9907 US Highway 250. Union. Italianate.
16. Charles Sherrod House (1838). 8969 Cutler Road. Warren. Federal.
17. John Sigrist House. 8466 Camp Road. Wayne. Razed.
18. Mayforth House. 10867 Kohr Road. Wayne. Razed.

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