List Of Ohio County Name Etymologies

• List of Ohio county name etymologies, A-K
• List of Ohio county name etymologies, L-Z

Analysis of Names

• Seven are named for Presidents: Adams, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Washington

• One is named for a Vice President: Clinton

• Plus: Adams and Jefferson

• Three are named for Governors of Ohio: Lucas, Meigs, and Morrow

• One is named for a Governor of another state: Trumbull

• Plus Clinton, Henry, Jefferson, Monroe, Shelby

• Two are named for a member of Congress: Ross and Vinton

• Plus Carroll, Harrison, Jackson, Madison, Monroe

• One is named for a cabinet member: Hamilton

• Plus Jefferson, Knox, Madison, Meigs, Monroe

• Twenty are named for American Revolutionary War soldiers and officers: Allen, Butler, Clark, Darke, Fayette, Greene, Knox, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Shelby, Stark, Van Wert, Warren, and Williams

• Plus Monroe, Washington

• Four are named for American Revolutionary War figures who did not fight: Carroll, Franklin, Henry, Hancock

• Three are named for Indian fighters: Crawford, Hardin and Wayne

• Plus Clark

• Six are named for officers and soldiers in the War of 1812: Brown, Holmes, Lawrence, Perry, Pike, Wood

• Plus Harrison and Jackson

• Six are named for places elsewhere: Ashland, Athens, Clermont, Gallia, Guernsey, Lorain, and Medina

• Seven are named after geographic features: Belmont, Champaign, Fairfield, Highland, Lake, Portage, Richland, Summit

• One is named for a U.S. Army fort: Defiance

• One is named for an explorer: Columbiana

• Plus Pike

• One is named for an inventor: Fulton

• One is named for the circumstances of its creation: Union

• One is named for an early settler there: Noble

• One is named for a naval officer: Preble

• Nineteen are named for Indian words: Ashtabula, Auglaize, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie, Geauga, Hocking, Huron, Mahoning, Miami, Muskingum, Ottawa, Pickaway, Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Tuscarawas, and Wyandot

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