Vinton County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 23, 1850
- Named after
- Samuel Finley Vinton
- Seat
- McArthur
- Largest village
- McArthur
- Total
- 415 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Land
- 412 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,645
- Density
- 31.1/sq mi (12.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- http://www.vintoncounty.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Samuel Finley Vinton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- McArthur
- Capital
- McArthur
- Population
- 12800
- Area
- 415
- Shares border with
- Ross County
- Official website
- co.vinton.oh.us
- Image
- Vinton County Courthouse from northeast.jpg
- Households
- 5221
- Licence plate code
- 82
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- Commons category
- Vinton County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Vinton County, Ohio
- inception
- 1850-03-23
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vinton County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Vinton County
- different from
- Vinton
- per capita income
- 22984
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Encyclopedic overview
Vinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,800, making it the least populous county of Ohio. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, a US Representative from Ohio (1823–37, 1843–51).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.