Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
FAYETTE COUNTY, situated toward the southerly part of Ohio. Area, 415 square miles. Face of the country level; soil generally fertile. Seat of justice, Washington. Pop. in 1810, 1,854; in 1820, 6,316; in 1830, 8,180; in 1840, 10,984; in 1850, 12,726. (Fanning's, 1853)