Paulding County
Also known as Paulding County, Ohio, Paulding County, OH
county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 18, 1839
- Named after
- John Paulding
- Seat
- Paulding
- Largest village
- Paulding
- Total
- 419 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,727
- Density
- 45/sq mi (17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,806. Its county seat is Paulding. The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1839. It is named for John Paulding, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War.
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