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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