Guernsey County, OH

Headnote
GUERNSEY COUNTY, situated toward the easterly part of Ohio. Area, 676 square miles. Face of the country generally hilly; soil of middling quality; along the valley of Wells creek, its principal stream, excellent. Seat of justice, Cambridge. Pop. in 1810, 3,051; in 1820 9,292; in 1830, 18,036; in 1840, 27,748; in 1850, 30,438. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Ohio

Guernsey County, Ohio (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GUERNSEY COUNTY, situated toward the easterly part of Ohio. Area, 676 square miles. Face of the country generally hilly; soil of middling quality; along the valley of Wells creek, its principal stream, excellent. Seat of justice, Cambridge. Pop. in 1810, 3,051; in 1820 9,292; in 1830, 18,036; in 1840, 27,748; in 1850, 30,438.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 145.
Date Type
Union troops skirmish with Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan's men around Washington, Ohio Battles/Soldiers
Name Type
Cambridge, OH City or Town
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