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Scioto County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 24, 1803
- Named after
- Scioto River
- Seat
- Portsmouth
- Largest city
- Portsmouth
- Total
- 616 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 610 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 71,365
- Density
- 120/sq mi (46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .sciotocountyoh .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 74008
- Area
- 1596
- Official website
- www.sciotocountyohio.com
- Image
- Scioto County Courthouse — Portsmouth, Ohio.jpg
- Households
- 29561
- Licence plate code
- 73
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- Commons category
- Scioto County, Ohio
- inception
- 1803-03-24
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Scioto County
- per capita income
- 23512
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Scioto County is a county along the Ohio River in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, the population was 74,008. Its county seat is Portsmouth. The county was founded on March 24, 1804, from Adams County and is named for a Native American word referring to deer or deer-hunting. Scioto County comprises the Portsmouth, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio rivers.
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