Hocking County, Ohio
Founding: 1818 Parent county: Athens, Fairfield, and Ross Namesake: The Hocking River Seat: Logan (1818–) Land area: 421 square miles Population (2020): 28,050 Population (historic): 2,130 (1820); 17,057 (1860); 24,398 (1900); 20,407 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930s; 1950–2010 Subdivisions: One city; three villages; four CDPs; 11 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,154 (26.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $901 Average outbuilding value (1930): $640 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,753 Average farm size (1920): 77.4 acres Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Germany _______________________________...