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Dayton
Morgan
1818
402
14,555
McConnelsville
Morrow .
1848
403
15,570
Mount Gilead
Muskingum
1804
664
57,980
Zanesville
Noble
1851
399
17,849
Caldwell
Ottawa
1840
270
22,193
Port Clinton
Paulding
1820
413
18,736
Paulding
Perry
1817
399
36,098
New Lexington
Pickaway
1810
490
25,788
Circleville
Pike
1815
428
14,15I
Waverly
Portage .
1807
521
36,269
Ravenna
Preble
1808
416
23,238
Eaton
Putnam
1820
482
27,751
Ottawa
Richland
1813
503
55,178
Mansfield
Ross
1789
668
41,556
Chillicothe
Sandusky
1820
413
37,109
Fremont
Scioto
1803
623
62,8 50
Portsmouth
Seneca
1820
550
43,176
Tiffin
Shelby
1819
413
25,923
Sidney
Stark .
1808
566
177,218
Canton
Summit .
1840
408
286,065
Akron
Trumbull
1800
633
83,920
Warren
Tuscarawas
1808
555
63,578
New Philadelphia
Union
1820
446
20,918
Marysville
Van Wert
1820
406
28,210
Van Wert
Vinton
1850
412
12,075
Mc Arthur
Warren .
1803
413
25,716
Lebanon
Washington
1788
630
43,049
Marietta
Wayne
1796
557
41,346
Wooster
Williams
1820
4II
24,627
Bryan
Wood
1820
612
44,892
Bowling Green
Wyandot
1845
406
19,48I
Upper Sandusky
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FACTS AND FIGURES
TABLE II. COMPARATIVE RANK OF OHIO COUNTIES IN AGRICULTURE SHOWN NUMERICALLY, 1-88
TOTAL VALUE
CORN OATS WHEAT OF ALL (bushels) (bushels) (bushels)
HAY (tons)
POTA- TOES (bushels)
APPLES (bushels)
DAIRY PROD- UCTS (dollars)
POULTRY AND EGGS (dollars)
Adams
68
54
74
65
64
59
72
65
3I
Allen
23
31
14
24
21
51
55
38
17
Ashland
49
51
32
31
41
43
35
56
49
Ashtabula
47
84
34
85
I
5
37
I
24
Athens
83
71
83
81
74
35
17
62
71
Auglaize
43
33
15
38
66
50
65
63
29
Belmont
66
62
47
61
34
52
I2
18
58
Brown .
60
47
72
62
65
76
66
42
20
Butler
28
I7
66
I3
47
25
70
23
48
Carroll .
79
78
46
71
68
57
27
52
73
Champaign
24
II
36
30
33
56
84
25
66
Clark
32
21
51
37
36
30
77
26
69
Clermont
65
52
67
69
48
36
33
21
I5
Clinton
20
7
69
I7
28
88
56
69
42
Columbiana .
55
64
26
53
22
16
7
I5
18
Coshocton
58
48
58
46
44
39
23
55
50
Crawford .
42
40
23
32
38
42
47
53
55
Cuyahoga
52
87
49
82
62
3
5
17
60
Darke
I
2
9
I2
IO
29
68
19
I
Defiance
50
49
18
48
54
68
85
70
34
Delaware
41
39
57
27
16
74
38
20
32
Erie .
61
61
40
49
79
15
6
68
79
Fairfield
12
IO
75
5
13
38
24
43
16
Fayette
I7
4
56
16
32
82
83
83
70
Franklin
5
I2
48
4
7
19
20
10
19
Fulton
35
4I
19
35
9
47
60
6
6
Gallia
81
68
88
80
84
61
I4
67
59
Geauga
70
86
45
83
12
4
36
4
76
Greene
21
8
50
23
29
63
49
40
64
Guernsey .
76
67
62
68
69
75
25
58
74
Hamilton .
56
56
79
59
71
2
54
8
51
Hancock
8
14
IO
7
17
62
67
33
5
Hardin .
IO
18
II
39
25
60
80
72
28
Harrison .
82
81
59
72
70
86
28
73
80
Henry ·
16
28
4
28
53
72
82
37
IO
Highland .
26
22
80
II
15
83
71
46
3
Hocking
88
73
85
79
86
49
52
85
85
Holmes
51
45
38
36
60
3I
32
30
14
Huron
3I
38
21
20
50
23
29
51
63
Jackson
63
79
86
84
85
45
4I
86
86
Jefferson
86
83
52
76
78
80
18
57
8 1
Knox
39
37
60
18
35
41
45
41
38
Lake
80
88
53
87
77
21
3
50
84
Lawrence .
84
82
87
88
88
37
I
82
87
Licking
13
24
55
8
2
44
15
I4
4
Logan .
30
27
27
51
14
78
69
31
30
Lorain
36
66
31
40
6
8
8
3
41
Lucas
54
53
33
54
61
20
48
39
67
CROPS
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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
TABLE II. COMPARATIVE RANK OF OHIO COUNTIES IN AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CROPS
CORN
OATS (bushels) (bushels) (bushels)
WHEAT
HAY (tons)
POTA- TOES (bushels)
APPLES (bushels)
DAIRY PROD- UCTS (dollars)
POULTRY AND EGGS (dollars)
Madison
II
3
24
I4
43
84
87
84
75
Mahoning
71
80
35
66
27
I4
I3
13
62
Marion .
33
26
I2
44
5I
58
78
71
36
Medina
45
59
25
41
20
7
21
II
21
Meigs
85
72
81
77
82
26
26
74
53
Mercer
22
15
5
42
52
65
75
60
8
Miami
14
13
I7
34
37
24
58
36
37
Monroe
77
74
61
78
80
28
31
45
65
Montgomery
4
19
54
21
23
32
40
I6
9
Morgan
87
76
77
75
72
55
57
76
57
Morrow
57
44
44
43
59
33
64
59
44
Muskingum
53
46
64
47
24
40
19
35
33
Noble
75
70
70
60
73
7I
61
66
72
Ottawa .
72
65
43
58
83
79
44
8I
77
Paulding
29
25
2
67
67
87
88
78
43
Perry
.
74
58
71
57
76
70
53
75
78
Pickaway
3
I
76
I
46
54
62
80
52
Pike .
78
57
73
70
81
46
28
88
83
Portage
46
75
28
55
5
I
16
5
46
Preble .
18
9
63
19
56
73
50
47
35
Putnam
9
16
7
I 5
26
66
74
54
II
Richland
37
43
29
22
30
9
34
29
40
Ross
I5
6
84
9
55
27
30
79
61
Sandusky .
27
35
16
IO
58
18
43
49
45
Scioto .
73
55
82
73
75
17
39
77
82
Seneca .
6
23
I3
3
19
22
51
32
13
Shelby
40
29
6
52
57
67
76
48
22
Stark
19
42
8
26
II
IO
IO
7
I2
Summit
69
69
37
56
40
I2
22
9
68
Trumbull
59
77
39
74
3
II
42
2
26
Tuscarawas
64
60
42
50
49
34
II
22
56
Union
34
30
41
29
18
85
59
27
23
Van Wert
25
20
3
63
39
8 1
73
64
27
Vinton
62
85
78
86
87
48
46
87
88
Warren
44
32
68
33
45
77
63
34
54
Washington .
67
63
65
64
63
13
2
44
39
Wayne
7
34
22
2
4
6
9
I2
2
Williams
48
50
20
45
31
64
86
24
25
Wood
2
5
I
6
8
53
79
28
7
Wyandot .
38
36
30
25
42
69
81
61
47
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FACTS AND FIGURES
TABLE III. INCORPORATED PLACES IN OHIO HAVING A POPULATION OF 1000 OR OVER-CENSUS OF 1920
Ada
2,32I
Bucyrus
. 10,425
Addyston
1,448
Akron
208,435
Alliance
· 21,603
Cadiz 2,084
Caldwell
1,706
Amsterdam
1,27I
Cambridge
13,104
Antwerp 1,096
Arcanum
1,3II
Cardington
1,109
Ashland
9,249
Carrollton
2,192
Ashville
1,032
Cedarville
1,028
Athens
6,418
Avon
1,460
Barberton
18,81I
Chauncey
1,178
Batavia
I,088
Chillicothe
. 15,83I
Bedford
2,677
Cincinnati
401,247
Bellaire
15,061 .
Circleville
7,049
Bellefontaine
9,336
Cleveland .
796,841
Belle Valley
1,050
Cleveland Heights . 15,236
Bellevue
5,776
Cleves .
1,454
Belpre'
1,317
Clyde .
3,099
Berea
2,959
Coal Grove 1,85I
Coldwater
1,53I
Bethel .
1,340
Columbiana
2,114
Bethesda
1,182
Columbus
237,03I
Bexley .
1,342
Columbus Grove
1,768
Blanchester
1,67I
Conneaut
9,343
Bluffton
1,950
Continental
1,093
Bowling Green
5,788
Corning
1,628
Bradford
2,356
Coshocton
10,847
Bratenahl .
1,000
Covington
1,885
Bremen
1,134
Crestline
4,313
Bridgeport
3,977
Crooksville
3,3II
Brilliant
1,500
Cuyahoga Falls . 10,200
Brookville
1,336
Dayton 152,559
Bryan
4,252
Defiance
8,876
Buchtel
1,178
Delaware .
8,756
Celina .
4,226
Chagrin Falls
2,237
Chardon
1,566
Barnesville
4,865
Cheviot
4,108
Archbold
1,125
Carey 2,488
Ashtabula
22,082
Canal Fulton 1,057
Canton 87,09I
Amherst
2,485
Byesville . 2,775
Bergholz
1,215
260
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
Delphos
5,745
Greenfield
4,344
Delta
1,543
Greenville
7,104
Dennison . 5,524
Grover
1,694
Deshler
1,514
Dillonvale
1,643
Hamilton 39,675
Dover
8,10I
Harrison
1,309
Dover Center
1,754
Doylestown
1,037
Dresden
1,434
East Cleveland .
27,292
East Columbus
1,328
East Liverpool .
. 21,4II
East Palestine
5,750
Independence
1,074
Ironton
14,007
Eaton .
3,210
Elmwood Place
3,99I
Elyria
20,474
Euclid .
3,363
Jamestown
1,039
Jefferson
1,532
Fairport Harbor
4,2II
Findlay
17,02I
Flushing
1,026
Forest .
1,143
Kenton
7,690
Fort Recovery 1,092
Fostoria
9,987
Lakewood
. 41,732
Lancaster
· 14,706
Lebanon
3,396
Leetonia
2,688
Leipsic
1,788
Galion .
7,374
Lewisburg
1,103
Gallipolis
6,070
Garfield Heights
2,550
Linden Heights
1,73I
Garrettsville . 1,119
Lisbon
3,II3
Geneva
3,081
Lockland .
4,007
Georgetown 1,670
Lodi 1,240
Logan
5,493
Gibsonburg 1,737
London
4,080
Girard . 6,556
Lorain
37,295
Glendale
1,759
Loudonville
1,887
Glouster
3,140
Louisville
2,008
Grandview Heights
1,185
Loveland .
1,557
Granville
1,440
Lowellville
2,214
Hicksville . 2,378
Hillsboro
4,356
Holgate
1,039
Hubbard
3,320
Hudson
1,134
Huron
1,703
East Youngstown
II,237
Jackson 5,842
Jacksonville
1,046
Kenmore
. 12,683
Kent
7,070
Franklin
3,07I
Fredericktown
1,194
Fremont
. 12,468
Lima
41,326
Germantown 1,827
.
FACTS AND FIGURES
26I
Mc Arthur
1,307
New Richmond . 1,714
McComb
1,012
New Straitsville 2,208
McConnelsville 1,618
Newton Falls
1,100
Manchester
1,824
Niles
13,080
Mansfield . 27,824
North Baltimore 2,439
Maple Heights 1,732
North Canton 1,597
Marblehead 1,048
Marietta
15,140
Marion
27,891
Martins Ferry 11,634 .
Marysville
3,635
Massillon
17,428
Maumee
3,195
Mechanicsburg
1,470
Medina
3,430
Oberlin 4,236
Miamisburg 4,383
Middleport 3,772
Osborn 1,059
Middletown 23,594
Ottawa
2,167
Milford 1,525
Millersburg
2,098
Minerva
2,26I
Painesville
7,272
Paulding
2,106
Peebles
1,008
Monroeville
1,185
Perrysburg
2,429
Montpelier 3,052
Piqua 15,044
Mount Gilead 1,837
Plain City 1,330
Mount Healthy 2,255
Plymouth . 1,374
Mount Sterling I,II3
Pomeroy
4,294
Mount Vernon 9,237
Port Clinton . 3,928
Murray City .
1,493
Portsmouth
33,0II
Napoleon .
4,143
Navarre
1,385
Nelsonville 6,440
Richwood . 1,601
Ripley . 1,529
Rittman 1,803
New Bremen 1,502
Rockford . 1,075
Rocky River 1,86I
Roseville
1,349
Newcomerstown 3,389
New Lexington . 3,157
Sabina
1,504
St. Bernard . 6,312
New Philadelphia
10,718
St. Clairsville
1,56I
Norwalk 7,379
Norwood .
. 24,966
Oak Harbor 1,858
Oak Hill 1,394
Oakwood 1,473
Orrville 4,107
Oxford .
2,146
Mingo Junction .
4,616
Minster
1,538
Ravenna 7,219
Reading 4,540
Newark 26,718
New Boston . 4,817
Newburgh Heights . 2,957
New Carlisle . 1,019
New London .
1,470
North College Hill . 1,104
North Olmsted . 1,419
262 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
St. Marys
5,679
Urbana
7,621
St. Paris
1,226
Utica 1,658
Salem
10,305
Salineville
2,700
Vermilion
1,436
Sciotoville
2,182
· Sebring
3,54I
Wadsworth 4,742
Shadyside
3,084
Wapakoneta
5,295
Shaker Heights
1,616
Warren
27,050
Shawnee 1,918
Washington Court House
7,962
Shelby .
5,578
Wauseon
3,035
Shreve
1,094
Waverly
1,625
Sidney .
8,590
Wellington
2,245
Somerset
1,339
Wellston
6,687
South Charleston
1,267
Wellsville
8,849
South Euclid .
1,605
West Carrollton
1,430
South Zanesville
I,OI0
Westerville
2,480
Spencerville
1,543
West Jefferson
1,170
West Liberty
1,347
Steubenville
28,508
West Milton .
1,256
West Park
8,58I
Struthers
5,847
Wickliffe
1,508
Stryker
1,014
Willard
3,889
Swanton
1,248
Willoughby
2,656
Wilmington
5,037
Woodsfield
2,394
Wooster
8,204
Wyoming
2,323
Xenia
9,IIO
Yellow Springs
1,264
Yorkville .
1,754
Union City
1,534
Upper Sandusky
3,708
Zanesville
. 29,569
Tiffin
· 14,375
Tippecanoe City
2,426
Toledo
243,164
Toronto
4,684
Troy
7,260
Uhrichsville
6,428
Youngstown
132,358
Springfield
60,840
Sylvania
1,222
Van Wert . 8,100
Sandusky . 22,897
Versailles
1,563
263
FACTS AND FIGURES
TABLE IV. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS - 1920
United States, including the District of Columbia .
105,710,620
Alaska .
55,036
Guam
13,275
Hawaii .
255,912
Military and naval, etc., service abroad
117,238
Panama Canal Zone
22,858
Philippine Islands
10,350,640
Porto Rico
1,299,809
Samoa .
8,056
Virgin Islands
26,05I
Total
117,859,495
TABLE V. POPULATION OF THE TEN LARGEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
1910
1920
New York
4,766,883
5,620,048
Chicago .
2,185,283
2,701,705
Philadelphia
1,549,008
1,823,779
Detroit
465,766
993,678
Cleveland
560,663
796,841
St. Louis .
687,029
772,897
Boston
670,585
748,060
Baltimore
558,485
733,826
Pittsburgh
533,905
588,343
Los Angeles
319,198
576,673
264
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
TABLE VI. POPULATION OF THE LEADING CITIES OF OHIO
1900
1910
1920
Cleveland .
381,768
560,663
796,84 1
Cincinnati .
325,902
363,591
401,247
Toledo
131,822
1 68,497
243,164
Columbus
125,560
181,51I
237,031
Akron
42,728
69,067
208,435
Dayton
85,333
116,577
152,559
Youngstown
44,885
79,066
132,358
Canton
30,667
50,217
87,091
Springfield
38,253
46,921
60,840
Lakewood
3,355
15,181
41,732
Lima
21,723
30,508
41,326
Hamilton
23,914
35,279
39,675
Lorain
16,028
28,883
37,295
Portsmouth
17,870
23,48 1
33,01I
Zanesville
23,538
28,026
29,569
Steubenville
14,349
22,391
28,508
Marion
11,862
18,232
27,891
Mansfield
17,640
20,768
27,824
East Cleveland
2,757
9,179
27,292
Warren
8,529
11,081
27,050
Newark
18,157
25,404
26,718
TABLE VII. GROWTH IN POPULATION OF RIVAL CITIES
YEAR
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
CINCINNATI
BALTIMORE
ST. LOUIS
BOSTON
18 50
17,034
21,019
115,435
169,054
77,860
1 36,88 I
1860.
43,417
45,619
161,044
212,418
160,773
177,840
1870.
92,829
79,577
216,239
267,354
310,864
250,526
1880.
160,146
116,340
255,139
332,313
350,518
362,839
1890
261,353
205,876
296,908
434,439
451,770
448,477
1900 .
381,768
285,704
325,902
508,957
57 5,238
560,892
1910 .
560,663
465,766
363,591
558,485
687,029
670,585
1920
796,841
993,678
401,247
733,826
772,897
748,060
265
FACTS AND FIGURES
TABLE VIII. PEOPLE OF FOREIGN BIRTH IN CLEVELAND
COUNTRY
1900
1910
1920
Germany
39,893
44,222
41,408
British Isles and Canada
33,00I
36,021
36,30I
Austria
12,032
18,98I
42,059
Hungary
3,210
9,558
31,083
Russia
1,485
7,726
25,477
Italy
635
3,065
10,838
TABLE IX. COMPARISON OF AREAS OF CLEVELAND AND DETROIT, 1830-1920
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
YEAR
Square Miles
Square Miles
1830
2.0
3.5
1840
2.25
5.5
1850
2.5
8.25
1860
7.0
12.0
1870
10.0
14.0
1880
28.0
18.
1890 .
28.0
26.0
1900
33.0
32.0
1910
44.0
40.0
1920
56.0
78.0
TABLE X. VALUE OF OHIO MANUFACTURES, 1850-1920
PER CAPITA
TOTAL
1850
$31.68
$62,692,000
1860
51.90
121,692,000
1870
101.00
269,713,000
1880
108.90
348,298,000
1890
174.73
641,688,000
1900
200.2I
832,438,000
1910
301.63
1,436,936,000
1920
378.89
5, 100,298,728
TABLE XI. PER CAPITA VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN OHIO, 1850-1920
1850
$31.44
1 890
47.14
1860
34.78
1 900
37.22
1870 .
44.76
1910
40.80
1880
45.21
1920
45.70
266
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
ASHTABULA
UL
FIG. 175. Corn acreage, 1919
Each dot represents 1000 acres of corn land. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
LEADING CORN COUNTIES
COUNTY
BUSHELS OF CORN (1919)
ACRES OF CORN LAND (1919)
Pickaway
4,231,316
85,871
Darke
4,120,90I
9.5,619
Madison .
3,890,817
81,882
Fayette
3,732,009
74,476
Wood
3,638,689
86,160
Clinton
3,548, 115
72,820
Ross
3,536,787
78,835
Greene
3,371,656
69,076
AW
· GEAUGA
CUYAHOGA
LORAIN
VRUNOULL
SUNN
MEDINA
COLUMBIANA
ARROLL
MUOSIA
BELMONT
MONROE
ovo
JACKION
GALLA
PAN
SCIOTO
LAWRENCE
ENS
TOM
267
FACTS AND FIGURES
300.
.
·
LAKE
ASHTABULA
FULTON
·OTTAWA
GEAUGA
· CUYAHOGA
LORAIN
TRUMOULE
PORTAGE
DUMMIT
MEDINA
MAHONING
CASHLAND
STARI
MUCHLAND
COLUMBIANA
CANROLL
MORROW
JEFFERSON
LOGAN
COSHOCTON
HARAISON
GUERNSEY
GELMONY
MUSKINGUM
NOSLE
REMAYO
.
MONROE
MORGAN
.
NODKING
·
· WASHINGTON
ATHENS
VINTON
OHAMILTON
CLEAMONT
.
JAOKSON
. CROW
ADAME
.
.
.
LAWRENCE
FIG. 176. Swine on Ohio farms
Each dot represents 1000 swine. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
CHIEF SWINE-RAISING COUNTIES
COUNTY
TOTAL NUMBER SWINE (1919)
TOTAL VALUE (1919)
Darke
100,42 5
$1,604,478
Preble
94,459
1,783,033
Clinton
83,780
1,451,601
Greene
83,288
1,410,860
Fayette
79,309
1,288,215
Madison .
76,759
1,296,10I
Hancock
65,291
1,083,854
Clark .
64,17I
1,085,375
O
LUCAS ·
MEIGS
GALLIA
EGIOTO
USCARAWA
268
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
· LAKS
LU
· ASHTABULA
.
OLAUGA
CUYAHOGA
WOOD
LONAIN
TRUMBULL
SUMMIT
MAHONING
COLUMȘIANA
JEFFERSON
LOGAN
GUERNSEY
BELMONT
HONGOS
HOCKING
WASHINGTON
VINTOH
MEICS
CLORMDA
JACKSON
ADAMS
OALLIA
.
SCIOTO
.
LAWRENÇO
FIG. 177. Wheat acreage, 1919
Each dot represents 1000 acres of wheat land. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
LEADING WHEAT COUNTIES
COUNTY
BUSHELS OF WHEAT (1919)
ACRES OF WHEAT LAND (1919)
Pickaway
1,630,867
78,069
Wayne
1,488,173
66,418
Seneca
1,471,13I
69, 1 66
Franklin
1,312,614
59,863
Fairfield .
1,263,616
58,866
Wood
1,224,653
55,554
Hancock
1,195,994
55,067
Licking
1,186,416
58,570
ICA
ATHENS
269
FACTS AND FIGURES
800
LUCAS
AENTABULA
FULTON
WILLIAMS
OTTAWR
GEAUGA
OUVAKOGA
DEFIANCE
WENAY
₩000
SANOUSKY
ERIE
LORAIN
TRUMBULL
MAULDING
WURDN
EERECA
MEDINA .
PUTNAM
WRNCOCK
MAHONINO
·
VAN WERT
WYANDOT
CRAWFORD
ASHLAND
ALLEN
RICHLAND
WAYNE .
STARK
COLUMBIANA
HARDIN
MSACER
AUGLAIZE
MARION
CARROLL
HOLMES
.
LOGAN
SHELBY
UNION
HARRIEON
DELAWARE
CHAMPRICK .
LICKING
QUERNSEV
FRAKKLIK
MUSKINGUM
CLARK
MADISON
FAIRFIELD
NOGLE
PERRY
MONROE
OREENE
PICKAWAY
·
MORGAN
PAVETTE
·VTLLA
WASHINGTON
CLINTON
ATHENE
MANIL TON
WIOHLAND
.
MEIGS
JACKSON
.
.
CA
SSIOTO
LAWRENCE
FIG. 178. Production of tobacco in Ohio
Each dot on this map represents 100 acres of land given to the raising of tobacco. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
LEADING TOBACCO COUNTIES
COUNTY
POUNDS OF TOBACCO (1919)
ACRES OF TOBACCO LAND (1919)
Montgomery
13,262,091
17,263
Darke
11,572,974
13,312
Brown
6,038,387
7,2 57
Adams
5,547,412
6,798
Miami
5,480,058
6,297
Preble
4,374,122
5,189
Clermont
3,807,943
4,725
Warren
2,481,607
3,000
JEFFERSON
TUSCARAWAS
COSHOCTON
.
GELMONT
HOCKING
VINTON
+
MORROW
PORTAGE
SUMMIT
2 70
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
34
ASHTABULA
FULTON
WILLIAM
MAULA
DEFI
MAHOUSKY
LORAIN
.
HURON
VENECA
MEOINA
HANCOCK
MANON ING
VAN WEHT
WYANDOT
CRAWFORD
ASHLAND
WeYNe
STARK
ALLEN
RICHLAND
COLUMBIANA
HARDIN
·
· AUGLAIZE
.
MARION
CARROLL
HOLMES
JEFFERSON
LOGAN
KNOX
SHENY
UNION
COSHOCTON
OBLAWARE
CHAMPAIGN
LICKING
GUERNSEY
BELMONT
FRANKLIN
MUSKINOUM
CLAON
MADISON
POEDLE
MONTGOMERY
PAIRFIELD
NOBLE
GREENE
PICKAWAY
MORGAN
FAYETTE
HOCKING
BUTLER
WASHINGTON
WARDEN
CLINTON
ATHENS
HAMILTON
HIGHLAND
MEIGA
CLERMONT
JACKSON
BROWN
ADAMS
GALLIA
SCIOTO
LAWRENCE
FIG. 179. Area of sugar-beet production
Each dot represents 100 acres of land planted with sugar beets. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
LEADING SUGAR-BEET COUNTIES
COUNTY
TONS OF SUGAR BEETS (1919)
ACRES OF SUGAR-BEET LAND (1919)
Wood
82,328
7,000
Henry
74,93I
6,002
Putnam
53,488
4,812
Paulding
28,839
3,966
Lucas .
26,790
2,385
Defiance
19,625
2,1 52
Ottawa
19,583
1,807
Hancock
14,916
1,244
Fulton
14,144
1,329
.
MERCER
MORROW
TUSCARAWAS
MONGOŁ
VINTON
CUYAHOGA
PORTALE
271
FACTS AND FIGURES
.
.
· FULTOM
WILLIONE
.
DEFIANCE
HENRY
WDOD
SANDUSKY
.
BAIN
AUMEL
PAULDING
HURON
SENECA
DINA
PUTNAM
HANCOCK
.
.
.
VAN WERT
CRAWFORD .
.
ALLÊN
RICHLAND
.
.
HARDIN
.
AUGLAIZE
MARION
.
MORROW
HOLA
LOOAN
CHELEY
.
UNION
.
.
.
DARCE
.
CHAMPAIGN
MIAMI
.
FAANGLIN
.
.
CLARO
MADISON
.
OGELLE
MONTGOMERY
.
NOL
MONDOE
OREENE
.
FAVETTE
CUTLER
WASHINGTON
WARGEN
CLINTON
HIGHLAND
ERMONT
DAOWN
CIOTO
FIG. 180. Production of peaches in Ohio
Showing number of trees of bearing age in 1919. Each dot represents 1000 trees. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
CHIEF PEACH-GROWING COUNTIES
COUNTY
BUSHELS HARVESTED (1919)
TREES OF BEARING AGE (1919)
Ottawa
70,313
548,737
Lawrence
49,193
125,00I
Jefferson
40,655
53,621
Tuscarawas
36,190
61,126
Belmont .
34,043
72,802
Erie
33,574
97,060
Lake
30,840
97,163
Lorain
29,224
66,840
.
WYANDOT
ASHLAND
OEL.WAGE
GICKAWAY
272
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
FULTON
WILLIAMS
DEAUR
DEPIANCS
TRUGBULL
.
· PAULDING
KURON
PUTNAM
HANCOCK
·ANDNING
VAN WENT
WYANDOT
CRAWFORD
ASHLAND
ALLEN
AUCHLAND
.
COLVONANA
HARDIN
.
AUGLAIZE
MARION
.
MORROW
HOLMES
LOGAN
KNOX
SHELBY
.
UPION
HARRISON
DELAWARE
.
.
CHAMPAIGN
.
· LICKING
MIANI
.
.
FRANKLIN
CLARK
·ADISÓN
.
·
PREGLE
.
·
PERRY
.
GREENE
.
PORGAN
.
·
HOCHING
WASHINGTON
WAROEN
QUINTON
.
.
VINTON
HIGHLAND
CLERMONT
·
JACKSON
CROWN
ADANS
GALLIA
SCIOTO
LAWRENCE
FIG. 181. Production of grapes in Ohio
Showing the number of vines of bearing age in 1919. Each dot represents 1000 vines. (Courtesy of State Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio)
CHIEF GRAPE-GROWING COUNTIES
COUNTY
POUNDS OF GRAPES (1919)
VINES OF BEARING AGE (1919)
Cuyahoga
7,504,907
1,480,827
Erie
6,008,277
648,823
Lorain
5,623, 181
962,055
Lake
5,007,714
761,600
Ottawa
3,943,416
1,051,439
Ashtabula
2,375,697
568,710
Lucas .
1,078,315
208,521
.
CARROLL
.
JEFFERSON
TUGOARAWAS
.
COSHOCTON
MONTGOMERY
FAIRMELD
HOWL &
PICKAWAY
.
.
ATHENS
AAK
WAYNE
ATAGE
273
FACTS AND FIGURES
VALUE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
2 4
6
8
10
12
14
DARKE .
WOOD .
PICKAWAY .
MONTGOMERY
FRANKLIN
WAYNE.
SENECA
HANCOCK
PUTNAM
HARDIN
MADISON
FAIRFIELD
LICKING . .
MIAMI .
ROSS
HENRY . .
FAYETTE .
PREBLE .
STARK . .
·
CLINTON
.
FIG. 182. Value of all farm crops in Ohio's leading agricultural counties
MILLIONS OF BUSHELS
WOOD . .
PAULDING
VAN WERT
HENRY ..
MERCER .
SHELBY
PUTNAM
STARK .
DARKE
HANCOCK
HARDIN
MARION
SENECA
ALLEN .
AUGLAIZE
SANDUSKY
MIAMI . .
DEFIANCE
FULTON
WILLIAMS
FIG. 183. Leading counties in the production of oats
MILLIONS OF BUSHELS
1 2
3
PICKAWAY .
DARKE . ..
MADISON. .
FAYETTE .
WOOD. . .
CLINTON .
ROSS
GREENE .
PREBLE .
FAIRFIELD CHAMPAIGN FRANKLIN
MIAMI
HANCOCK MERCER . PUTNAM .
BUTLER .
HARDIN
MONTGOMERY
VAN WERT . .
FIG. 184. Leading counties in the production of corn
MILLIONS OF BUSHELS
≥ 1 1}
PICKAWAY
WAYNE .
SENECA
FRANKLIN
FAIRFIELD
WOOD
HANCOCK
LICKING
ROSS
.
SANDUSKY
HIGHLAND
DARKE . .
BUTLER
MADISON .
PUTNAM
FAYETTE .
CLINTON
KNOX . . .
PREBLE .
HURON . .
1
1}
_ 2 24
FIG. 185. Leading counties in the production of wheat
274
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
THOUSANDS OF TONS 50 100 150
ASHTABULA .
LICKING. .
TRUMBULL .
WAYNE . .
PORTAGE . .
LORAIN . . .
FRANKLIN . .
WOOD. . .
FULTON . .
DARKE
STARK. . .
GEAUGA . .
FAIRFIELD. .
LOGAN . . .
HIGHLAND. .
DELAWARE
HANCOCK . .
UNION. . .
SENECA . . .
MEDINA . . .
FIG. 186. Leading counties in the production of hay and forage
THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS 100 200 300 400
PORTAGE .
HAMILTON
CUYAHOGA
GEAUGA . .
ASHTABULA .
WAYNE .
MEDINA . . .
LORAIN . . .
RICHLAND. .
STARK
TRUMBULL .
SUMMIT. . .
WASHINGTON
MAHONING
ERIE
.
COLUMBIANA
SCIOTO . .
SANDUSKY .
FRANKLIN . .
LUCAS . . .
FIG. 188. Leading counties in the production of potatoes
VALUE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ASHTABULA
TRUMBULL
LORAIN .
GEAUGA . .
PORTAGE
FULTON .
STARK . .
HAMILTON .
SUMMIT .
FRANKLIN
MEDINA
WAYNE. ..
MAHONING .
LICKING .
COLUMBIANA
MONTGOMERY
CUYAHOGA ..
BELMONT .
DARKE . . . .
DELAWARE ..
.
FIG. 187. Leading counties in dairy products
VALUE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1 13
DARKE
. ..
WAYNE .
HIGHLAND
LICKING
HANCOCK
FULTON .
WOOD
MERCER
MONTGOMERY
HENRY .
PUTNAM
STARK . .
.
SENECA
HOLMES . .
CLERMONT
FAIRFIELD .
ALLEN . .
COLUMBIANA
FRANKLIN
.
BROWN
...
FIG. 189. Leading counties in the production of chickens and eggs
1
11 2 2. 3
.
INDEX
NOTE. Important references are indicated by heavy type.
Abolition, 57-61 Ada, 232 Adams County, 28, 175, 219 Adrian (Michigan), 207 Agriculture, 94, 104, 106, 108, 109, 114, 117, 121-149
Airplane, 215, 216, 246, 247
Akron, 72, 162, 177, 184, 185, 190, 250
Albany (New York), 49, 195, 207 Alder, Jonathan, 238
Allegheny Plateau (Ohio), 97, 100- 104, 125, 126 Allegheny River, 7-9 Allen County, 106, 158, 219 Alliance, 182
Amherst, 164 Andrews, Loren, 219 Antioch College, 68, 230 Antwerp, 243 Apples, 126, 136, 138 Arcanum, 226
Ashland, 219 Ashland County, 219
Ashtabula, 106, 178, 203-206, 219 Ashtabula County, 124, 139, 219
Ashtabula River, 219
Athens, 71, 104, 220
Athens County, 152, 219
Atwater, Caleb, 67, 244 Auglaize County, 106, 220
Auglaize River, 8, 26, 219, 245 Automobiles, 184-186, 214-216
Bailey, Ann, 85 Baker, Newton D., 82 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 206, 207 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 84 Barberton, 23I Barley, 129, 130 Batavia, 224 Beard, James H., 83, 236 Beard, William H., 83, 236 Beatty, Samuel, 55 Bellaire, 220 Bellefontaine, 106, 237 Bellevue, 207, 235 Belmont County, 150, 152, 220
Belpré, 21, 66 Bennett, James, 162 Berea, 164, 165, 226 Big Bottom, 21 Birney, James G., 59, 232
Blast furnaces, 177, 178, 180, 181 Blockhouse, 20, 66 Bolivar, 25I Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 84
Bowling Green, 71, 253 Bowling Green State Normal College, 71, 253 Brady, Samuel, 245
Brick, 150, 160
Bridgeport, 220 Brooks, Caroline S., 83
Brough, John, 64, 65
Brown, John, 62, 250
Brown County, 222
Brush, Charles F., 83
Bryan, John A., 253
Bryan, 253
Buckeye Division, 89, 90 Bucyrus, 225
Buell, Don Carlos, 55, 64, 252
Buffalo, 39, 49, 201, 207, 213 Building materials. See Quarry prod- ucts Burton, 229 Bushnell, Asa S., 224 Butler County, 222 Butter, 49, 142
Cadiz, 232 Caldwell, 243 Camden, 183
Canada, 5, 10, 61, 99, 100, 136, 138
Canals, 107, 132, 201-203, 210-2II
Canton, 101, 177, 180-182, 249, 250
Capitals, state, 40, 41
Carey, 161, 166, 167, 253
Carroll, Charles, 206, 223 Carroll County, 223 Carrollton, 223 Cary, Alice and Phœbe, 84-86 Case School of Applied Science, 72 Cass, Lewis, 82
275
276 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF OHIO
Castalia, 166
Catherwood, Mary H., 84
Cattle, 121, 126, 140, 141, 146, 248
Cedar Point, 106
Celina, 240 Cement, 165, 166
Central Plain (Ohio), 97, 100, 106- 108, 125, 127
Cereals, 187
Champaign County, 223
Champion, Henry, 236
Chapman, Carlton T., 83
Chapman, John, 136, 248
Chardon, 229
Chase, Salmon P., 62, 64, 78, 79, 82 Cheese-making, 142
Chesnutt, Charles W., 84
Chillicothe, 31-34, 36, 37, 40, 73, 104, 107, 124, 187, 189, 248
Chubbs Station, 224
Cincinnati, 22, 40, 60, 67, 69, 72, 106, 107, 113, 142, 162, 167, 174, 175,
177, 183, 186-188, 190, 191, 195, 202, 212, 232, 233
Circleville, 107, 244, 245
Cities, growth of, 74-76, 103, 174
Civil War, 63, 64, 73, 78, 84, 86
Clark, George Rogers, II, 12, 224
Clark County, 224
Clay products, 150, 160-164
Cleaveland, Moses, 32, 226
Clem, Johnnie, 236
Clermont County, 139, 224 Cleveland, 69, 97, 104, 105, 1I2, II3, 150, 155, 157, 159, 173, 177, 178,
181, 183, 186-188, 190-191, 192, 195, 202-206, 208, 212, 225 Climate and weather, 109-120
Clinton, Governor De Witt, 202, 224 Clinton County, 224
Clothing, manufacture of, 187, 188 Clyde, 248 Coal, 150-156, 205, 208, 212 Coalton, 152, 235
Coffin, Levi, 61, 232
Coke, 154, 155, 212
Cole, Thomas, 83 Colonial Dames, 86, 88
Columbiana County, 114, 224, 225 Columbus, 41, 57, 58, 69, 107, 110, 177, 181, 182, 186, 187, 190, 19I, 195, 212, 228, 229 Commerce, lake, 203-206
Conestoga wagon, 144, 198, 199
Congress, United States, 15, 18, 31, 34, 36, 42, 49, 5I Conneaut, 178, 205, 206
Connecticut, 13-15, 19, 124, 144
Constitution, Ohio's first, 36, 37 ; Ohio's
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