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Wyandot County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- February 3, 1845
- Named after
- the Wyandot people
- Seat
- Upper Sandusky
- Largest city
- Upper Sandusky
- Total
- 408 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 407 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,567
- Density
- 54/sq mi (21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 5th
- Website
- www .co .wyandot .oh .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Wyandot people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Upper Sandusky
- Capital
- Upper Sandusky
- Population
- 21900
- Area
- 1056
- Shares border with
- Hancock County
- Official website
- www.co.wyandot.oh.us
- Image
- Upper Sandusky, Ohio - 7206064468.jpg
- Households
- 9100
- Licence plate code
- 88
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- Commons category
- Wyandot County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Wyandot County, Ohio
- inception
- 1845-02-03
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wyandot County, Ohio
- different from
- Wyandotte County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Wyandot County
- per capita income
- 29297
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Encyclopedic overview
Wyandot County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,900. Its county seat is Upper Sandusky. It was named for the Wyandot People, who lived there before and after European expansion. Their autonym is variously translated from their language as "around the plains" and "dwellers on the peninsula". The county was organized by the state legislature from parts of Crawford, Marion, Hardin and Hancock counties on February 3, 1845.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wyandot County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.