Carroll

Formed January 1, 1833 (74^th county)

Carroll County (26,714), Carrollton (3,083)

The stone Second Empire facility was constructed in 1885.  The courthouse is on the square at Lisbon and Main streets.  Ohio State Highway 332 goes around the courthouse in the square.  Frank O. Weary and George Kramer provided the designs.  The building was enlarged in 1975 and is currently in remodeling in 2019.  The structure features a dome and clock.  The county was founded on January 1, 1833 from parts of Columbiana, Stark, Harrison, Jefferson, and Tuscarawas counties as the 74^th county.  Carrollton has always been the county seat.  The county and county seat are named for Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. 

Carroll County government consists of an auditor, a sheriff, an attorney, and a coroner (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Two Common Pleas Court Judges and a court clerk serve Carroll County (judicial.)  The county is in the northeast part of Ohio.  Cleveland, Ohio is northwest and Columbus, Ohio is southwest of the county.  The county center is in Carrollton 1.3 miles Northwest of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Columbiana, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, and Stark counties. 

The area of the county is 394.7 square miles.  It is 84 out of 88 in the state.  It ranks 80 out of 88 in population in the state.  It has a density of 67.7 persons per square mile making it 73 out of 88 in the state.  Carroll County has 25.4% of its population in its incorporated areas.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  The county resembles a fat cross.  The county seat is located near the center of the county.  Carrollton is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 11.5% of the county population.  This county is in the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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