Harrison County, Ohio

County in Ohio, United States

Not to be confused with Harrison, Ohio.

U.S. county in Ohio

Harrison County

U.S. county

Harrison County Courthouse

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Location within the U.S. state of Ohio

Ohio's location within the U.S.

Country|  United States
State|  Ohio
Founded| February 1, 1813[1][2]
Named for| William Henry Harrison
Seat| Cadiz
Largest village| Cadiz
Area

• Total| 411 sq mi (1,060 km2)
• Land| 402 sq mi (1,040 km2)
• Water| 8.4 sq mi (22 km2)  2.1%%
Population

(2020)

• Total| 14,483
• Density| 35/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone| UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district| 6th
Website| www.harrisoncountyohio.org

Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,483,[3] making it the fifth-least populous county in Ohio. Its county seat is Cadiz.[4] The county is named for General William Henry Harrison, who was later President of the United States.[5]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Geography
* 2.1 Adjacent counties
* 2.2 Conotton Creek Trail
* 3 Demographics
* 3.1 2000 census
* 3.2 2010 census
* 4 Politics
* 5 Communities
* 5.1 Villages
* 5.2 Townships
* 5.3 Census-designated place
* 5.4 Unincorporated communities
* 6 Notable residents
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## History

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The Conotton Creek Trail begins in Bowerston

Harrison County was formed from parts of Jefferson and Tuscarawas Counties in 1813. The county was named after General William Henry Harrison, the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe in the War of 1812 (and later to become the 9th US president).

Oil was discovered near Jewett, Ohio in 1895, and then in the Scio, Ohio area in 1898. However, by 1901, the Scio oil boom had essentially ceased.[6]

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 402 square miles (1,040 km2) is land and 8.4 square miles (22 km2) (2.1%) is water.[7]

On May 16, 2013, the Chicago Tribune Business section reported that the Utica Shale underlying Harrison County shows promise as a tight oil production zone.[8] To produce tight oil in large quantities would require horizontal drilling and fracturing of the shale formation as is being done in North Dakota and Texas.[9][10]

### Adjacent counties

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* Carroll County (north)
* Jefferson County (east)
* Belmont County (south)
* Guernsey County (southwest)
* Tuscarawas County (west)

### Conotton Creek Trail

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The Conotton Creek Trail is a rails-to-trails path that runs along Conotton Creek from Bowerston to Jewett in northern Harrison County, Ohio. The paved multi-use trail is 11.4 miles (18.3 km) long.

## Demographics

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Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1820| 14,345| | —
1830| 20,916| | 45.8%
1840| 20,099| | −3.9%
1850| 20,157| | 0.3%
1860| 19,110| | −5.2%
1870| 18,682| | −2.2%
1880| 20,456| | 9.5%
1890| 20,830| | 1.8%
1900| 20,486| | −1.7%
1910| 19,076| | −6.9%
1920| 19,625| | 2.9%
1930| 18,844| | −4.0%
1940| 20,313| | 7.8%
1950| 19,054| | −6.2%
1960| 17,995| | −5.6%
1970| 17,013| | −5.5%
1980| 18,152| | 6.7%
1990| 16,085| | −11.4%
2000| 15,856| | −1.4%
2010| 15,864| | 0.1%
2020| 14,483| | −8.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13]
1990-2000[14] 2020 [15]

### 2000 census

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As of the census[16] of 2000, there were 15,856 people, 6,398 households, and 4,516 families living in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile (15/km2). There were 7,680 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile (7/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.49% White, 2.19% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. 0.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,398 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,318, and the median income for a family was $36,646. Males had a median income of $30,485 versus $18,813 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,479. 13.3% of the population and 11% of families were below the poverty line. 17.5% of those under the age of 18 and 8.4% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

### 2010 census

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As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 15,864 people, 6,526 households, and 4,452 families living in the county.[17] The population density was 39.4 inhabitants per square mile (15.2/km2). There were 8,170 housing units at an average density of 20.3 per square mile (7.8/km2).[18] The racial makeup of the county was 95.9% white, 2.1% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.5% of the population.[17] In terms of ancestry, 20.9% were German, 15.5% were Irish, 9.0% were English, 8.9% were American, and 5.7% were Polish.[19]

Of the 6,526 households, 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.8% were non-families, and 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age was 44.4 years.[17]

The median income for a household in the county was $35,363 and the median income for a family was $44,325. Males had a median income of $38,489 versus $24,063 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,318. About 14.1% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.3% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over.[20]

## Politics

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Harrison County was considered a swing county in presidential elections prior to 2016. The last Democrat to win the county was Bill Clinton in 1996, although Al Gore came within 66 votes in 2000 and Barack Obama came within 189 votes in 2008.

United States presidential election results for Harrison County, Ohio[21] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 5,792  | 75.58% | 1,768  | 23.07%  | 103  | 1.34%
2016 | 5,098  | 71.75% | 1,688  | 23.76%  | 319  | 4.49%
2012 | 4,019  | 56.19% | 2,950  | 41.24%  | 184  | 2.57%
2008 | 3,872  | 49.53% | 3,683  | 47.12%  | 262  | 3.35%
2004 | 4,274  | 52.71% | 3,780  | 46.61%  | 55  | 0.68%
2000 | 3,417  | 47.72% | 3,351  | 46.80%  | 393  | 5.49%
1996 | 2,310  | 31.21%  | 3,721  | 50.27% | 1,371  | 18.52%
1992 | 2,289  | 29.24%  | 3,830  | 48.93% | 1,708  | 21.82%
1988 | 3,298  | 45.48%  | 3,881  | 53.52% | 73  | 1.01%
1984 | 4,276  | 55.45% | 3,370  | 43.70%  | 66  | 0.86%
1980 | 3,639  | 52.62% | 2,848  | 41.18%  | 429  | 6.20%
1976 | 3,509  | 45.68%  | 4,070  | 52.99% | 102  | 1.33%
1972 | 4,554  | 64.96% | 2,388  | 34.07%  | 68  | 0.97%
1968 | 3,532  | 45.87%  | 3,594  | 46.68% | 574  | 7.45%
1964 | 2,928  | 36.21%  | 5,159  | 63.79% | 0  | 0.00%
1960 | 5,191  | 58.77% | 3,641  | 41.23%  | 0  | 0.00%
1956 | 5,444  | 65.79% | 2,831  | 34.21%  | 0  | 0.00%
1952 | 5,306  | 59.48% | 3,614  | 40.52%  | 0  | 0.00%
1948 | 4,215  | 54.74% | 3,422  | 44.44%  | 63  | 0.82%
1944 | 5,194  | 60.57% | 3,381  | 39.43%  | 0  | 0.00%
1940 | 5,729  | 55.69% | 4,559  | 44.31%  | 0  | 0.00%
1936 | 4,779  | 47.58%  | 5,231  | 52.08% | 35  | 0.35%
1932 | 4,759  | 56.39% | 3,512  | 41.62%  | 168  | 1.99%
1928 | 6,095  | 79.40% | 1,516  | 19.75%  | 65  | 0.85%
1924 | 4,904  | 65.97% | 1,999  | 26.89%  | 531  | 7.14%
1920 | 5,053  | 66.63% | 2,473  | 32.61%  | 58  | 0.76%
1916 | 2,517  | 55.76% | 1,911  | 42.33%  | 86  | 1.91%
1912 | 1,950  | 42.43% | 1,714  | 37.29%  | 932  | 20.28%
1908 | 3,069  | 59.36% | 1,961  | 37.93%  | 140  | 2.71%
1904 | 3,115  | 63.40% | 1,578  | 32.12%  | 220  | 4.48%
1900 | 3,274  | 57.94% | 2,261  | 40.01%  | 116  | 2.05%
1896 | 3,151  | 57.36% | 2,245  | 40.87%  | 97  | 1.77%
1892 | 2,541  | 51.60% | 2,032  | 41.27%  | 351  | 7.13%
1888 | 2,763  | 54.93% | 1,927  | 38.31%  | 340  | 6.76%
1884 | 2,765  | 55.39% | 2,077  | 41.61%  | 150  | 3.00%
1880 | 2,767  | 56.53% | 2,082  | 42.53%  | 46  | 0.94%
1876 | 2,564  | 55.55% | 2,020  | 43.76%  | 32  | 0.69%
1872 | 2,303  | 57.36% | 1,695  | 42.22%  | 17  | 0.42%
1868 | 2,267  | 58.32% | 1,620  | 41.68%  | 0  | 0.00%
1864 | 2,236  | 58.81% | 1,566  | 41.19%  | 0  | 0.00%
1860 | 2,175  | 60.00% | 759  | 20.94%  | 691  | 19.06%
1856 | 2,060  | 56.55% | 1,473  | 40.43%  | 110  | 3.02%

## Communities

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Map of Harrison County, Ohio with Municipal and Township Labels

### Villages

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* Adena
* Bowerston
* Cadiz (county seat)
* Deersville
* Freeport
* Harrisville
* Hopedale
* Jewett
* New Athens
* Scio

### Townships

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* Archer
* Athens
* Cadiz
* Franklin
* Freeport
* German
* Green
* Monroe
* Moorefield
* North
* Nottingham
* Rumley
* Short Creek
* Stock
* Washington

https://web.archive.org/web/20160715023447/http://www.ohiotownships.org/township-websites

### Census-designated place

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* Tippecanoe

### Unincorporated communities

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* Brownsville
* Conotton
* East Cadiz
* Georgetown
* Germano
* Laceyville
* Moorefield
* New Rumley
* Piedmont
* Smyrna
* Tappan

## Notable residents

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* John Bingham \- Representative to Congress and author of significant portions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
* Benjamin Cowen \- Assistant Secretary of the Interior, who was principal political facilitator in establishing Yellowstone National Park and the idea that the use of national parks is for all Americans
* George Custer \- served in the American Civil War and was killed in the Battle of Little Big Horn
* Thomas Custer \- Medal of Honor recipient, and brother to George Custer
* Clark Gable \- actor
* William Henry Holmes \- anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist, and museum director
* Edwin Stanton \- Secretary of War in the Abraham Lincoln administration

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Ohio
* Petroleum industry in Ohio

## References

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1. ^ "Ohio County Profiles: Harrison County" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
2. ^ "Harrison County, Ohio". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
3. ^ 2020 census
4. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
5. ^ "Harrison County data". Ohio State University Extension Data Center. Retrieved April 28, 2007.[dead link]
6. ^ Spencer, Jeff; Camp, Mark (2008). Ohio Oil and Gas (Images of America). Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 61–66. ISBN 9780738551715.
7. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
8. ^ McAllister, Edward; Zawadzki, Sabina (May 16, 2013). "Ohio's well data shatters shale oil hopes". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
9. ^ "How An Oil Boom in West Texas Is Reshaping the World". Time. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
10. ^ "Hydraulic Fracking | Energy of North Dakota". Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
11. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
12. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
13. ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
14. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
15. ^ 2020 census
16. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
17. ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
18. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
19. ^ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
20. ^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
21. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

## External links

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* Harrison County website
* Harrison County Sheriff's Office

Places adjacent to Harrison County, Ohio

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Harrison County, Ohio

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Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Cadiz

Villages|

* Adena‡
* Bowerston
* Cadiz
* Deersville
* Freeport
* Harrisville
* Hopedale
* Jewett
* New Athens
* Scio

Map of Ohio highlighting Harrison County

Townships|

* Archer
* Athens
* Cadiz
* Franklin
* Freeport
* German
* Green
* Monroe
* Moorefield
* North
* Nottingham
* Rumley
* Short Creek
* Stock
* Washington

CDP|

* Tippecanoe

Unincorporated
communities|

* Conotton
* East Cadiz
* Georgetown
* Germano
* Moorefield
* New Rumley
* Piedmont
* Pittsburgh Junction
* Smyrna
* Tappan

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* Laceyville

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