Holmes County | |
|---|---|
 Holmes County Courthouse, with the Grant Memorial Statue | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Ohio | |
 Ohio's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°34′N 81°56′W / 40.56°N 81.93°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Ohio |
| Founded | January 4, 1825 |
| Named for | Andrew Holmes |
| Seat | Millersburg |
| Largest village | Millersburg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 424 sq mi (1,100 km2) |
| • Land | 423 sq mi (1,100 km2) |
| • Water | 1.4 sq mi (4 km2) 0.3% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 44,223 |
| • Estimate (2022)[1] | 44,390  |
| • Density | 100/sq mi (40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 7th, 12th |
| Website | www |
Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,223.[2] Its county seat is Millersburg.[3] The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organized the following year.[4] It was named after Andrew Holmes, an officer killed in the War of 1812.[5]
Holmes County, which was about 42% Amish in 2010,[6] and 48% in 2020,[7] has the highest concentration of Amish in the world,[8] which draws many visitors to the county. The Holmes Amish settlement, which also includes Amish from neighboring counties, is the second-largest in the world after Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and numbered 37,770 people in 2021.[9]
- ^ "QuickFacts : Holmes County, Ohio". Census.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Ohio: Individual County Chronologies". Ohio Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 159.
- ^ Amish Groups, undifferentiated Counties (2010) at The Association of Religion Data Archives.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". Data.census.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ Twelve Largest Settlements at Amish Studies
- ^ "Amish Population in the United States by State and County, 2021" (PDF). Groups.etown.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.