Holmes County (Ohio)

Holmes County Courthouse in Millersburg, listed on the NRHP with number 74001529
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Millersburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Old Jail Office Building 2 Court Street Millersburg, OH 44654-2001
Foundation :	January 20, 1824
Made up from:	Coshocton County Tuscarawas County Wayne County
Area code :	001 330
Demographics
Residents :	42,366  (2010)
Population density :	38.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1098 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.holmescounty.com/gov

Holmes County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Millersburg . Holmes County has the highest concentration of Amish settlements in the world .

geography

The county is located in northeast Ohio and has an area of ​​1098 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wayne County , Stark County , Tuscarawas County , Coshocton County , Knox County, and Ashland Counties .

history

Holmes County was formed on January 20, 1824 from parts of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne Counties and finally organized the following year. It was named after Andrew Holmes , an officer in the British-American War .

16 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 28, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	9135		-
1840	18,088		98%
1850	20,452		13.1%
1860	20,589		0.7%
1870	18,177		-11.7%
1880	20,776		14.3%
1890	21,139		1.7%
1900	19,511		-7.7%
1910	17,909		-8.2%
1920	16,965		-5.3%
1930	16,726		-1.4%
1940	17,876		6.9%
1950	18,760		4.9%
1960	21,591		15.1%
1970	23,024		6.6%
1980	29,416		27.8%
1990	32,849		11.7%
2000	38,943		18.6%
2010	42,366		8.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Holmes County (as of 2000)

An Amish couple in a horse drawn cart in Holmes County

According to the 2000 census , Holmes County had 38,943 people in 11,337 households and 9,194 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.03 percent white, 0.33 percent African American, 0.06 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.40 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.75 percent of the population.

Of the 11,337 households, 44.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 71.5 percent were married couples living together, 6.5 percent were single mothers, 18.9 percent were non-families, 16.1 percent were single households, and 6.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.82 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 35.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 17.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,944 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,230. Males had a median income of $ 28,490 versus $ 20,602 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,197. 10.5 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 17.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 13.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in Holmes County

Administrative division of Holmes County

Holmes County is divided into fourteen townships.

Township	Village	Other places in the township
Berlin		Berlin (CDP)
Clark	Baltic (northern part)	Charm (UIC) Farmerstown (UIC) Unionville (UIC)
Hardy	Millersburg (administrative headquarters)	Holmes County Airport
Killbuck	Killbuck
Knox	Nashville (southern part)
Mechanic		Lake Buckhorn (CDP) Becks Mills Saltillo
Monroe		Welcome (UIC) West Holmes High School
Paint		Winesburg (CDP)
Prairie	Holmesville
Richland	Glenmont	Stillwell
Ripley		Big Prairie (UIC)
Salt Creek		Mount Hope (UIC)
Walnut Creek		Walnut Creek (CDP) Trail (UIC)
Washington	Loudonville (eastern part) Nashville (northern part)	Lakeville (UIC)

CDP = Census-designated place
UIC = Unincorporated community

Web links

Commons : Holmes County (Ohio)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ Holmes County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 139 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 28, 2018.
5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
8. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved April 22, 2016
9. ↑ Holmes County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 40 ° 34 ′  N , 81 ° 56 ′  W