Wayne County, Ohio

Founding: 1812 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Madison (1812–1819); Wooster (1819–)

Land area: 555 square miles

Population (2020): 116,894

Population (historic): 11,933 (1820); 32,483 (1860); 40,076 (1880); 37,870 (1900); 47,024 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1840; 1860–1880; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; 12 villages; three CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,520 (20.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 73.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,835
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,725
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,204
Average farm size (1920): 57.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Germany, and France
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Wooster

Namesake: David Wooster, Continental Army general

Founding: 1808 (platting); 1812 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 27,232

Population (historic): 291 (1810); 2,797 (1850); 5,840 (1880); 37,870 (1900); 10,742 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1808–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,529 (21%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Armstrong Farm (c. 1860). 9216 Burbank Road. Canaan. Greek Revival/Italianate.
2. Harrison Armstrong Farm (c. 1885). 9905 Burbank Road. Canaan. Italianate/Eastlake.
3. Frederick Haskins Farm (c. 1875). 13455 Canaan Center Road. Canaan. Italianate.
4. George Fetzer Farm (c. 1845). 14865 Canaan Center Road. Canaan. Greek Revival.
5. George Weidrich House (c. 1875). 13422 Friendsville Road. Canaan. Italianate.
6. Michael Haas Farm (c. 1880). 362 East Pleasant Home Road. Canaan. Italianate.
7. Michael Mowery Farm (c. 1860). 3235 Henderson Road. Chester. Italianate.
8. Martin Smyser House (c. 1845). 945 Reedsburg Road. Chester.
9. Harvey Woods House (c. 1830). 12220 Hametown Road. Chippewa.
10. Ezekiel Zimmerman House (1883). 10095 Wadsworth Road. Chippewa. Eastlake.
11. Eddy Farm (c. 1820). 6962 Columbus Road. Clinton.
12. Eddy Farm (c. 1830). 6991 Columbus Road. Clinton. Federal.
13. Aylesworth Farm (c. 1875). 8213 Columbus Road. Clinton. Italianate.
14. Thomas Brown Farm (1882). 7939 South Elyria Road. Clinton. Italianate.
15. Thomas Brown Farm (1854). 8164 South Elyria Road. Clinton. Gothic Revival.
16. Deerlick Farm / James Britton Farm (1874–1875). 7482 West Britton Road. Congress. Eastlake.
17. William Ewing Farm (1827/1884). 3236 Ewing Road. Congress. Italianate.
18. William Richard Farm (c. 1880). 12861 Overton Road. Congress. Italianate.
19. George Howey Farm (c. 1830). 5807 West Pleasant Home Road. Congress. Gothic Revival.
20. John Geiselman Farm (c. 1835). 5098 South Honeytown Road. East Union. Greek Revival.
21. Henry Kauffman Farm (c. 1890). 3955 Fredericksburg Road. Franklin. Eastlake.
22. Stephen Harrison Farm (c. 1870). 3344 Harrison Road. Franklin. Italianate.
23. Henry Munson Farm (1827). 10011 James Road. Franklin.
24. Samuel Mitchell House (c. 1830). 6283 Millersburg Road. Franklin.
25. David Geitgey Farm (c. 1875). 2565 East Tolbert Road. Franklin. Italianate.
26. Barnet–Hoover Log House (1818/1833). 10420 Smucker Road. Green.
27. John Gish Farm (1888). 530 Gish Road. Milton. Romanesque.
28. Henry Hild House (c. 1880). 9511 Steiner Road. Milton. Italianate.
29. James Akey Farm (1822). 18544 Brenneman Road. Paint.
30. Smyser–Mowery Farm (c. 1845/1880). 11368 West Lincoln Way. Plain. Italianate.
31. Abraham Lehman House (1838). 13526 Hackett Road. Sugar Creek.
32. School (c. 1900). 3354 Zuercher Road. Sugar Creek. Eastlake.
33. Wayne County Children's Home (1881). 2534 Burbank Road. Wayne. Italianate.
34. John Kintner Farm (c. 1840). 6932 Burbank Road. Wayne.
35. Zook House (c. 1840). 5205 Cleveland Road. Wayne.
36. Christian Stoll Farm (1879). 5050 Mechanicsburg Road. Wayne. Italianate.
37. Samuel McQuigg Farm (c. 1890). 2430 Dover Road. Wooster. Eastlake. Razed.
38. Joseph Eicher House (c. 1855). 1669 Old Mansfield Road. Wooster. Greek Revival.
39. Wayne County Infirmary (1852/1870/1882). 3666 Secrest Road. Wooster. Italianate.
40. Jacob Stover Farm (c. 1835). 2614 Wile Road. Wooster.
41. Barnhart Rice House (1822). Williams Road, east of Gossard Drive. Wooster.

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