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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Darke County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,959. Its county seat is Greenville. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1817. It is named for William Darke, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.
Darke County comprises the Greenville, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH Combined Statistical Area.
Notable county residents include Annie Oakley, famed 19th-century markswoman who performed with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, who was born in Darke County, as was Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, a farmer and frontiersman who studied and wrote about the historical American Indian tribes of West Virginia and Ohio. After moving to Yakima, Washington, in 1903, he documented and became an advocate for the contemporary Yakama and Nez Perce peoples, and collected their oral histories. The travel author and broadcaster Lowell Thomas was born in Darke County.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1809 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1817 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1817 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1818 | Probate 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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1820 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1822 | Land 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1820 | 3,622
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1830 | 6,204
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1840 | 13,282
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1850 | 20,276
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1860 | 26,009
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1870 | 32,278
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1880 | 40,496
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1890 | 42,961
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1900 | 42,532
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1910 | 42,933
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1920 | 42,911
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1930 | 38,009
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1940 | 38,831
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1950 | 41,799
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1960 | 45,612
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1970 | 49,141
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1980 | 55,096
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1990 | 53,619
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Darke County, Ohio, United States
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