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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