Holmes County, Ohio

Holmes County
Holmes County Courthouse, with the Grant Memorial Statue
Holmes County Courthouse, with the Grant Memorial Statue
Flag of Holmes County
Official seal of Holmes County
Map of Ohio highlighting Holmes 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°34′N 81°56′W / 40.56°N 81.93°W / 40.56; -81.93
Country United States
State Ohio
FoundedJanuary 4, 1825
Named forAndrew Holmes
SeatMillersburg
Largest villageMillersburg
Area
 • Total424 sq mi (1,100 km2)
 • Land423 sq mi (1,100 km2)
 • Water1.4 sq mi (4 km2)  0.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total44,223
 • Estimate 
(2022)[1]
44,390 Increase
 • Density100/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts7th, 12th
Websitewww.co.holmes.oh.us

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]

  1. ^ "QuickFacts : Holmes County, Ohio". Census.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 159.
  6. ^ Amish Groups, undifferentiated Counties (2010) at The Association of Religion Data Archives.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". Data.census.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  8. ^ Twelve Largest Settlements at Amish Studies
  9. ^ "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.