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Morgan County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1819
- Named after
- Daniel Morgan
- Seat
- McConnelsville
- Largest village
- McConnelsville
- Total
- 422 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 5.4 sq mi (14 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,626
- Density
- 33.2/sq mi (12.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .morgancounty-oh .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Daniel Morgan
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- McConnelsville
- Capital
- McConnelsville
- Population
- 13802
- Area
- 1093
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.morgancounty-oh.gov
- Image
- McConnelsville Center with Court house - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 6076
- Licence plate code
- 58
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- Commons category
- Morgan County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Morgan County, Ohio
- inception
- 1817-12-29
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Morgan County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Morgan County
- per capita income
- 23053
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Encyclopedic overview
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,802, making it the third-least populous county in Ohio. Its county seat is McConnelsville. The county was created in 1817 and later organized in 1819. It is named for Daniel Morgan, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morgan County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.