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| Name | Wood |
| Alt names | Wood | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 41.367°N 83.617°W |
| Located in | Ohio, United States (1820 - ) |
| See also | Champaign, Ohio, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Delaware, Ohio, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hancock, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Henry, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lucas, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Montgomery, Ohio, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Paulding, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Putnam, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Williams, Ohio, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
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Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 132,248. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812.
Wood County is part of the Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its diagonal northwest border is formed by the Maumee River, which has its mouth at Maumee Bay on Lake Erie.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | County formed | 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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| 1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1823 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1867 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 733
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| 1830 | 1,102
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| 1840 | 5,357
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| 1850 | 9,157
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| 1860 | 17,886
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| 1870 | 24,596
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| 1880 | 34,022
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| 1890 | 44,392
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| 1900 | 51,555
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| 1910 | 46,330
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| 1920 | 44,892
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| 1930 | 50,320
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| 1940 | 51,796
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| 1950 | 59,605
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| 1960 | 72,596
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| 1970 | 89,722
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| 1980 | 107,372
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| 1990 | 113,269
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Wood County, Ohio, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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