Wood County, Ohio

Founding: 1820
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Eleazer Wood, U.S. army officer
Seats: Maumee (1820–1823); Perrysburg (1823–1870); Bowling Green (1870–)

Land area: 617 square miles

Population (2020): 132,248

Population (historic): 1,102 (1830); 17,886 (1860); 34,022 (1880); 51,555 (1900); 50,320 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; 21 villages; two CDPs; 19 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,814 (18.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,798
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,824
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,164
Average farm size (1920): 76.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Pennsylvania, New York, and England
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Perrysburg (ex-seat)

Namesake: Oliver Perry, U.S. naval commander

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 25,041

Population (historic): 182 (1830); 1,199 (1850); 1,835 (1870); 1,766 (1900); 3,182 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 722 (7.9%)
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Bowling Green

Namesake: Bowling Green, Kentucky

Founding: 1832 (platting); 1834 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 30,808

Population (historic): 906 (1870); 5,067 (1900); 6,688 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,721 (14%)
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