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Wyandot County, Ohio

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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 ______...