Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
SCIOTO COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Ohio, with Ohio river on the south, and traversed by the Scioto. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, broken; soil, of middling quality. Seat of justice, Portsmouth. Pop. in 1810, 3,399; in 1820, 5,749; in 1830, 8,740; in 1840, 11,192; in 1850, 18,438. (Fanning's, 1853)