Wyandot County, Ohio

Founding: 1845
Parent counties: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, and Marion

Namesake: The Wyandot people
Seat: Upper Sandusky (1845–)

Land area: 407 square miles

Population (2020): 21,900

Population (historic): 11,194 (1850); 18,553 (1870); 21,722 (1890); 20,760 (1910); 19,036 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1950s

Subdivisions: One city; eight villages; one CDP; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,510 (35.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,652
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,594
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,264
Average farm size (1920): 93.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York
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Upper Sandusky

Namesake: The Sandusky River

Founding: 1820 (post office); 1843 (platting); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,698

Population (historic): 754 (1850); 2,564 (1870); 3,572 (1890); 3,779 (1910); 3,889 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1843–1880; 1900s; 1940–1970; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 999 (31.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Silas Armstrong Farm (c. 1830). 13706 State Route 199. Crane.
2. Brown House (c. 1875). 4660 State Route 199. Crawford. Second Empire.
3. John Walton House (c. 1875). 4937 County Road 43. Eden. Italianate.
4. Stephen Fowler House (c. 1870). 17519 County Road 113. Pitt. Italianate. Razed.
5. James Van Gundy Farm (c. 1865). 3785 County Road 134. Sycamore. Gothic Revival.
6. Mount Zion Brethren Church (1885). 3060 County Road 37. Tymochtee. Gothic Revival.
7. Adam Hauck Farm (c. 1870). 2708 State Route 53. Tymochtee. Italianate.

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