Huron

Formed March 7, 1809 (36^th county)

Huron County (58,565), Norwalk (17,055)                

The stone Queen Anne and Renaissance courthouse and tall tower were built in 1913.  It is at the intersection of Main Street and Benedict Avenue.  United States Highway 250 is Benedict Avenue in the town.  Vernon Redding provided the designs.  An 1882 courthouse preceded this one.  Huron County was formed on March 7, 1809 from parts of Portage and Cuyahoga counties as the 36^th county with Norwalk as the only county seat.  The county is named for the Native American tribe.  The county seat is named for Norwalk, Connecticut. 

Huron 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 Huron County (judicial.)  The county is in northern Ohio.  Cleveland, Ohio is east and Toledo, Ohio is west of the county.  The county center is 9.6 miles South-Southwest of Norwalk nearer Peru.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Erie, Lorain, Ashland, Richland, Crawford, Seneca, and Sandusky counties. 

The area of the county is 492.7 square miles.  It is 27 out of 88 in the state.  It ranks 44 out of 88 in population in the state.  It has a density of 118.9 persons per square mile making it 45 out of 88 in the state.  Huron County has 59.2% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 20 crosses the county from east to west from Lorain County to Sandusky County.  United States Highway 250 goes north to south from Erie County to Ashland County.  Huron County is an overall rectangle with the southeast corner cut away.  Norwalk is located in the northern quarter of the county.  Norwalk is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 29.1% of the county population.  This county is in the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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