Geauga County, Ohio
county in Ohio, United States
Geauga County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, 95,397 people lived there.[1] The county seat is Chardon.[2]
It is named for a Onondaga or Seneca language word meaning 'raccoon',[3] originally the name of the Grand River.
Geauga County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in America to raise a family.[4]
About 20% of the county's population is Amish, as of 2017.[5]
References
change- ↑ "QuickFacts: Geauga County, Ohio". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ Historical Society of Geauga County, O. (1880). Pioneer and General History of Geauga County: With Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. Historical Society of Geauga County. p. 24.
- ↑ "America's Best Places To Raise A Family". Forbes. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ The 12 Largest Amish Communities (2017). at Amish America
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