Auglaize

Formed February 14, 1848 (84^th county)

Auglaize County (46,421), Wapakoneta (9,950)

The 1894 stone and masonry Neo-Classical courthouse stands out in this community.  The facility is on the town square on Willipie, Pearl, Perry, and Mechanic streets.  Pearl Street is Ohio State Highway 67 in the town.  Julius Kremer and Hart are the architects.  The courthouse features columns and stained-glass arches.  The grounds have veteran memorials.  An Administration Building was added in 2003 and the courthouse was renovated in 2012.  There was an 1854 courthouse earlier also in Wapakoneta, the only county seat.  The county was organized on February 14, 1848 from parts of Allen, Mercer, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby, and Van Wert counties as the 84^th county.  Auglaize County is named for the river which is a Native American word for “fallen timbers.”  The county seat is named for a Native American chief. 

Auglaize County government consists of an auditor, a sheriff, an attorney, and a coroner (executive).  It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.)  Two Common Pleas Court Judges and a court clerk serve Auglaize County (judicial.)  The county is in the northwest.  Toledo, Ohio is northeast and Columbus, Ohio is southeast of the county.  The county center is in Wapakoneta 1 mile Southeast of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Allen, Hardin, Logan, Shelby, Darke, Mercer, and Van Wert counties. 

The area of the county is 401.3 square miles.  It is 80 out of 88 in the state.  It ranks 51 out of 88 in population in the state.  It has a density of 115.7 persons per square mile making it 48 out of 88 in the state.  Auglaize County has 60.7% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 75 crosses north to south in the county from Allen County to Shelby County.  United States Highway 33 comes from Logan County, southeast, and goes into Mercer County, west.  The county is shaped like a pistol pointing east.  The county seat is located slightly north of center in the county.  Wapakoneta is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 21.4% of the county population.  The county is pronounced A-GLAEZ.  The county seat is pronounced WA-PA-KO-NET-A.  This county is in the Wapakoneta Micropolitan Statistical Area.