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Perry County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1818
- Named after
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Seat
- New Lexington
- Largest city
- New Lexington
- Total
- 412 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Land
- 408 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Water
- 4.5 sq mi (12 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 35,918
- Density
- 86/sq mi (33/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- perrycountyohio .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 35408
- Area
- 1069
- Official website
- www.perrycountyohio.net
- Image
- Perry County Courthouse (2) — New Lexington, Ohio.jpg
- Households
- 13216
- Licence plate code
- 64
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- Commons category
- Perry County, Ohio
- inception
- 1817-12-26
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Perry County
- per capita income
- 24668
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Perry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,408. Its county seat is New Lexington. It was established on March 1, 1818, from parts of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum counties. The county is named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812. Perry County is included in the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the poorest counties in the state, this is where the lawsuit challenging Ohio's school funding system, DeRolph v. State, began.
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