Van Wert County, Ohio

Founding: 1837 (declared in 1820)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Isaac Van Wart, New York militiaman
Seats: Willshire (1835–1839); Van Wert (1839–)

Land area: 409 square miles

Population (2020): 28,931

Population (historic): 1,577 (1840); 10,238 (1860); 23,028 (1880); 30,394 (1900); 26,273 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1930–1980

Subdivisions: Two cities; eight villages; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,154 (32.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,431
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,564
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,879
Average farm size (1920): 77.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, Indiana, and Wales
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Van Wert

Namesake: Isaac Van Wart, New York militiaman

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1835 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,092

Population (historic): 268 (1850); 4,079 (1880); 6,422 (1900); 8,473 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1920; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,525 (30.8%)

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