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County of Monroe
Monroe is a county situated in the eastern part of the state of Ohio, United States of America. The county seat is Woodsfield. The Ohio River runs along the eastern boundary of Monroe and defines the boundary between Ohio and West Virginia. The county is bounded on the north by Belmont County; on the east by the state of West Virginia and its counties of Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler; on the south by Washington County; and on the west by Noble County.
History
Monroe was erected by an act of the legislature passed 29 January 1813, and organized in accordance with the provisions of another act passed 13 February 1815.
Boundaries
By act of the legislature on 24 December 1819, townships 6 and 7 of range 8 were taken from Morgan County after it was erected in 1817 and organized 1 March 1819.
Population
- Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population
| 4,645 | 8,768 | 18,521 | 28,351 | 25,741 | 25,779 | 26,496 | 25,175 | 27,031 | 24,244 | 20,660 | 18,426 | 18,641 | 15,362 | 15,268 | 15,739 | 17,382 | 15,497
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Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1813 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1818 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1836 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1840 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1866 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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From Wikipedia
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Monroe County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Ohio, across the Ohio River from West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,385, making it the second-least populous county in Ohio. Its county seat is Woodsfield. The county was created in 1813 and later organized in 1815.
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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