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Ross County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- August 20, 1798
- Named after
- James Ross
- Seat
- Chillicothe
- Largest city
- Chillicothe
- Total
- 693.03 sq mi (1,794.9 km )
- Land
- 689.19 sq mi (1,785.0 km )
- Water
- 3.84 sq mi (9.9 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 76,429
- Density
- 110/sq mi (42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .co .ross .oh .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Ross
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Adelphi
- Capital
- Chillicothe
- Population
- 77093
- Area
- 1795
- Shares border with
- Highland County
- Official website
- www.pickawayross.com/Default.aspx
- Image
- Chillicothe ohio ross county courthouse 2006.jpg
- Households
- 29080
- Licence plate code
- 71
Show 9 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Ross County, Ohio
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ross County, Ohio
- Commons category
- Ross County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Ross County
- inception
- 1798-08-20
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Ross County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ross County, Ohio
- per capita income
- 25576
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Encyclopedic overview
Ross County is a county in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 77,093. Its county seat is Chillicothe, the first and third capital of Ohio. Established on August 20, 1798, the county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania. Ross County comprises the Chillicothe, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ross County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.