Monroe County (Ohio)

administration
The Monroe County Courthouse in Woodsfield, listed on the NRHP with number 80003168
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Woodsfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 N. Main Street Woodsfield, OH 43793-1070
Foundation :	January 29, 1813
Made up from:	Belmont County Guernsey County Washington County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	14,642 (2010)
Population density :	12.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1185 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.monroecountyohio.net

The Monroe County is a county in the US state of Ohio . At the 2010 census , the county had 14,642 people and a population density of 12.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Woodsfield .

geography

The county is located in east Ohio and is separated from the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia by the Ohio River . It has an area of 1,185 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. The following counties border Monroe County:

	Belmont County	Marshall County, West Virginia
Noble County		Wetzel County, West Virginia
	Washington County	Tyler County, West Virginia

history

J. Monroe

Monroe County was formed on January 29, 1813 from parts of Belmont, Guernsey and Washington Counties and finally organized in 1815. It was named after James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825).

Ten structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	4645	-
1830	8768	88.8%
1840	18,521	111.2%
1850	28,351	53.1%
1860	25,741	-9.2%
1870	25,779	0.1%
1880	26,496	2.8%
1890	25.175	-5%
1900	27,031	7.4%
1910	24,244	-10.3%
1920	20,660	-14.8%
1930	18,426	-10.8%
1940	18,641	1.2%
1950	15,362	-17.6%
1960	15,268	-0.6%
1970	15,739	3.1%
1980	17,382	10.4%
1990	15,497	-10.8%
2000	15,180	-2%
2010	14,642	-3.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

According to the 2010 census , Monroe County had 14,642 people in 5,972 households. The population density was 12.4 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 5,972 households.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 36,729 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,248. 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Monroe County

Villages

Wilson ¹
Woodsfield

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Belmont County}

structure

Outline of Monroe County

Monroe County is divided into 18 townships :

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011

^ Monroe County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 3, 2011
↑ 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. 211 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 16, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ ^a ^b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Monroe County, OH ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 21, 2011 @1@ 2

↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Ohio ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 21, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Monroe County, Ohio - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

39.73 -81.08Coordinates: 39 ° 44 ′ N , 81 ° 5 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011