Geauga County, Ohio

Geauga County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, 95,397 people lived there.[1] The county seat is Chardon.[2]

It is named for a Onondaga or Seneca language word meaning 'raccoon',[3] originally the name of the Grand River.

Geauga County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in America to raise a family.[4]

About 20% of the county's population is Amish, as of 2017.[5] After the discovery of the New World, the land that became Geauga County was originally part of the French colony of Canada (New France), which was handed over in 1763 to Great Britain and renamed the Province of Quebec. In the late 18th century, the land became part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in the Northwest Territory, and then was purchased by the Connecticut Land Company in 1795.

References

  1. ↑ "QuickFacts: Geauga County, Ohio". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Historical Society of Geauga County, O. (1880). Pioneer and General History of Geauga County: With Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. Historical Society of Geauga County. p. 24.
  4. ↑ "America's Best Places To Raise A Family". Forbes. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ The 12 Largest Amish Communities (2017). at Amish America
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