Morrow County, Ohio

Not to be confused with Morrow, Ohio.

Morrow County
County
Morrow County Courthouse
Morrow County Courthouse
Flag of Morrow County
Flag
Official seal of Morrow County
Seal
Map of Ohio highlighting Morrow County
Location within the U.S. state of Ohio
Map of the United States highlighting Ohio
Ohio's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°32′N 82°48′W / 40.53°N 82.8°W / 40.53; -82.8
Country United States
State Ohio
FoundedMarch 1, 1848[1]
Named forJeremiah Morrow
SeatMount Gilead
Largest villageMount Gilead
Area
 • Total407 sq mi (1,050 km2)
 • Land406 sq mi (1,050 km2)
 • Water1.1 sq mi (3 km2)  0.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total34,950 Increase
 • Density86/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district4th
Websitewww.morrowcountyohio.gov
Old Morrow County Jail

Morrow County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,950.[2] Its county seat is Mount Gilead.[3] The county was organized in 1848 from parts of four neighboring counties and named for Jeremiah Morrow who was the Governor of Ohio from 1822 to 1826. Shawnee people used the area for hunting purposes before white settlers arrived in the early 19th century. Morrow County is included in the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Ohio was located in Morrow County, near the village of Marengo.[4] Morrow County's historic World War I Victory Shaft, unique in the United States, is located in the center of downtown Mount Gilead. Other areas interesting to the tourist include: Mount Gilead State Park; Amish farms and businesses near Johnsville and Chesterville; the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Steam Corners; the rolling Allegheny foothills of eastern Morrow County; the site of the birthplace of President Warren G. Harding near Blooming Grove; the site of the former Ohio Central College in Iberia; the early 19th-century architecture of buildings in Chesterville, Ohio; 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.

  1. ^ "Ohio County Profiles: Morrow County" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
  2. ^ 2020 census
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2014.