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Ashtabula County, Ohio

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Founding:  1811 (declared in 1808) Parent counties:  Geauga and Trumbull Namesake:  The Ashtabula River Seat:  Jefferson (1811–) Land area:  702 square miles Population (2020):  97,574 Population (historic):  7,382 (1820); 31,814 (1860); 37,139 (1880); 51,448 (1900); 68,631 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1980; 1990s Subdivisions:  Three cities; seven villages; two CDPs; 27 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  14,383 (31.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  62.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  37.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  15.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,762 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,431 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  4,801 Average farm size (1920):  52.6 acres Sources of settlement:  New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, ...