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Monroe County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Ohio, across the Ohio River from West Virginia. As of 2023, the population was 13,153, [1] making it the second-least populous county in Ohio. Its county seat is Woodsfield. [2] The county was created in 1813 and later organized in 1815. [3]
Plan for numbering sections of a township adopted May 20, 1785 A land patent for a 39.44-acre (15.96 ha) land tract in present-day Monroe County, sold by the Marietta Land Office in 1834. Public sales began in 1787 in New York, and were continued in Philadelphia , Pittsburgh, and Steubenville, Ohio .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The Foreaker Covered Bridge, with the first word sometimes spelled Foraker, and also called the Weddle Covered Bridge, is located on Monroe County Road 40, three miles east of Graysville, Ohio. The property was listed on the National Register in 1975. [1]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Monroe County District Library is a small rural public library in Woodsfield, Ohio, serving a population of 15,180. [1]The library’s mission statement is as follows: It is the purpose of the Monroe County District Library to create a physical and psychological environment, which is inviting to patrons of all age groups and station and to provide those patrons with the most comprehensive ...
Throughout their history, they have been recognized as critical components of the built environment of Monroe County and southeastern Ohio. [2] In 1980, the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its architecture and because of its place in local history. [1]
Historical Collections of Ohio is a work of history published in one volume in 1847 by Henry Howe (1816–1893). Howe had spent more than a year traveling across the state of Ohio making sketches, interviewing people, and collecting data. The first edition sold more than 18,000 copies. [1]