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Wood County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- April 1, 1820
- Named after
- Captain Eleazer D. Wood
- Seat
- Bowling Green
- Largest city
- Bowling Green
- Total
- 620 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 617 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 134,176
- Density
- 210/sq mi (81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 5th , 9th
- Website
- www .woodcountyohio .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Capital
- Bowling Green
- Population
- 132248
- Area
- 620
- Shares border with
- Hancock County
- Official website
- www.co.wood.oh.us
- Image
- Wood County Courthouse Jail.jpg
- Households
- 50645
- Licence plate code
- 87
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- Commons category
- Wood County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Wood County, Ohio
- inception
- 1820-02-12
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wood County, Ohio
- different from
- Wood County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Wood County
- per capita income
- 33461
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Encyclopedic overview
Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 132,248. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs during the War of 1812. Wood County is part of the Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its diagonal northwest border is formed by the Maumee River, which has its mouth at Maumee Bay on Lake Erie.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wood County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.