by Henry Howe.

Belmont County was established 7 September 1801, by proclamation of Governor St. Clair, becoming the ninth county formed in the old Northwest Territory.

The name is derived from two French words signifying a fine mountain. It is a very hilly, picturesque tract and contains much excellent land. The area covers 500 square miles.

In 1885 the acres cultivated were 112,269; pasture, 136,301; woodland, 81,396; lying waste, 8,684; producing wheat, 83,141 bushels; corn, 1,095,664; tobacco, 1,425,866 pounds; butter, 743,059; apples, 323,137 bushels; wool, 725,463 pounds; cattle, 22,730; sheep, 158,121; coal, 573,779 tons.

School census in 1886: 18,236; teachers, 275. It has 113 miles of railroad.

Townships and Census: 1840 // 1880

Colerain: 1840, 1,389 // 1880, 1,499
Flushing: 1840, 1,683 // 1880, 1,705
Goshen: 1840, 1,882 // 1880, 2,208
Kirkwood: 1840, 2,280 // 1880, 2,028
Mead: 1840, 1,496 // 1880, 1,970
Pease: 1840, 2,449 // 1880, 8,819
Pultney: 1840, 1,747 // 1880, 10,492
Richland: 1840, 3,735 // 1880, 4,361
Smith: 1840, 1,956 // 1880, 1,977
Somerset: 1840, 1,932 // 1880, 2,241
Union: 1840, 2,127 // 1880, 1,686
Warren: 1840, 2,410 // 1880, 4,531
Washington: 1840, 1,388 // 1880, 1,633
Wayne: 1840, 1,734 // 1880, 1,719
Wheeling: 1840, 1,389 // 1880, 1,349
York: 1840, 129 // 1880, 1,421

Total population in 1820: 20,329; in 1840, 30,902; in 1860, 36,398; in 1880, 49,638, of whom 38,233 were born in Ohio.

In addition to the towns and villages described below, Flushing and Morristown are villages, each containing from sixty to eighty dwellings, in this county.

This entry is adapted from Henry Howe's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO (2 vols., 1907). The book has been reedited, updated, and restructured for inclusion in the Pierian Press Fulltext eBooks database, and is included on the Stratton House Inn Web site by special permission. This entry is licensed for use ONLY on this Web site. This entry may not be copied or downloaded, but may be used for educational purposes and personal pleasure under fair-use provisions via this Web site. Please note that the Stratton House Inn iteration of this entry does NOT include the subject headings assigned the entry for use in the Fulltext eBooks database.

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