Morrow County, Ohio

Morrow County is a located in the  of,. people used the area for hunting purposes before white settlers arrived in the early 1800s. Morrow County was organized in from parts of four neighboring counties and named for, Governor of Ohio from 1822 to 1826. As of 2000, the population was 31,628. Its is. The of Ohio is also located east of Mount Gilead.

Famous people born in Morrow County include (1), 29th President of the United States, who was born near in northeast Morrow County; (2) Quaker abolitionist , who was born in Peru Township; (3) Reverend , cleryman, writer and educator (see ), who was born in ; and (4) writer , who was born in Mount Gilead.

Morrow County's historic,, unique in the , is located in the center of downtown Mount Gilead. Other areas interesting to the tourist include: Mount Gilead State Park; farms and businesses near Johnsville and Chesterville; the Mid-Ohio Race Track near Steam Corners; the rolling  of eastern Morrow County; the site of the birthplace of President  near Blooming Grove; the site of the former  in Iberia; the early 19th century architecture of buildings in ; the Revolutionary War Soldiers' Memorial in Mount Gilead; the Civil War monument in Cardington; and the mid-19th century architecture of the Morrow County Courthouse and Old Jail in Mount Gilead.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,055 (407 ). 1,052 km² (406 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.28%) is water. Morrow County is considered to be a part of "Central Ohio."

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 31,628 people, 11,499 households, and 8,854 families residing in the county. The was 30/km² (78/sq mi). There were 12,132 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (30/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.37%, 0.27% or , 0.30% , 0.15% , 0.18% from , and 0.74% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 11,499 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.60% were living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.00% were non-families. 19.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.09.



In the county, the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,882, and the median income for a family was $45,747. Males had a median income of $33,129 versus $22,454 for females. The for the county was $17,830. About 6.60% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the, including 12.40% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

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