Morgan County, Ohio

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Morgan County Courthouse in McConnelsville
Morgan County Courthouse in McConnelsville
administration
US state : Ohio
Administrative headquarters : McConnelsville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
19 East Main Street
Mc Connelsville, OH 43756-1100
Foundation : December 29, 1817
Made up from: Guernsey County
Muskingum County
Washington County
Area code : 001 740
Demographics
Residents : 15,054  (2010)
Population density : 13.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1093 km²
Water surface : 11 km²
map
Map of Morgan County within Ohio

Morgan County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is McConnelsville .

geography

The county is located in southwest Ohio, about 60 km from the West Virginia border, and has an area of ​​1,093 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Muskingum County , Noble County , Washington County , Athens County, and Perry County .

history

Morgan County was formed on December 29, 1817 from parts of Guernsey, Muskingum and Washington Counties and finally organized in 1819. It was named after Daniel Morgan , a member of the House of Representatives for Virginia , battlefield tactician and a general in the American Revolutionary War .

Six buildings 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 5297 -
1830 11,800 122.8%
1840 20,852 76.7%
1850 28,585 37.1%
1860 22,119 -22.6%
1870 20,363 -7.9%
1880 20,074 -1.4%
1890 19,143 -4.6%
1900 17,905 -6.5%
1910 16.097 -10.1%
1920 14,555 -9.6%
1930 13,583 -6.7%
1940 14,227 4.7%
1950 12,836 -9.8%
1960 12,747 -0.7%
1970 12,375 -2.9%
1980 14,241 15.1%
1990 14,194 -0.3%
2000 14,897 5%
2010 15,054 1.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Morgan County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Morgan County had 14,897 people in 5,890 households and 4,176 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.66 percent white, 3.41 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.24 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.41 percent of the population.

Of the 5,890 households, 30.9 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent were single households, and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 28,868 , and the median income for a family was $ 34,973. Males had a median income of $ 30,411 versus $ 21,039 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,967. 15.7 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 25.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 12.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Morgan County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ 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. 216 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 16, 2018.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
  6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
  7. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved September 4, 2016
  8. ^ Morgan County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 39 ° 37 ′  N , 81 ° 51 ′  W