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Holmes County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- January 4, 1825
- Named after
- Andrew Holmes
- Seat
- Millersburg
- Largest village
- Millersburg
- Total
- 424 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 423 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 44,970
- Density
- 106.3/sq mi (41.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 7th , 12th
- Website
- www .co .holmes .oh .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 44223
- Area
- 1098
- Official website
- www.holmescounty.com
- Image
- Holmes County Court House - July 2016.jpg
- Households
- 12351
- Licence plate code
- 38
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- Commons category
- Holmes County, Ohio
- inception
- 1825-01-04
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Holmes County
- per capita income
- 24751
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Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,223. Its county seat is Millersburg. The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organized the following year. It was named after Andrew Holmes, an officer killed in the War of 1812.
Holmes County, which was about 42% Amish in 2010, and 48% in 2020, has the highest concentration of Amish in the world, which draws many visitors to the county. The Holmes Amish settlement, which also includes Amish from neighboring counties, is the second-largest in the world after Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and numbered 37,770 people in 2021.