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Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county
County

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 in the state
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 of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
. As of 2000, the population was 102,728; its county seat
County seat

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 is Jefferson
Jefferson, Ohio

Jefferson is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,572 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio....
. The county is named
List of Ohio county name etymologies

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 for a Native American
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 word meaning "river of many fish".

The county is probably best known for having 16 covered bridges within the county limits. Grapes are a popular crop and there are several wineries in the region owing to the favorable microclimate
Microclimate

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 created by the nearby lake.






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Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county
County

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 in the state
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 of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
. As of 2000, the population was 102,728; its county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 is Jefferson
Jefferson, Ohio

Jefferson is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,572 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio....
. The county is named
List of Ohio county name etymologies

This list of Ohio county name etymologies lists the 88 county of the U.S. state of Ohio, with the date of their creation. There is significant disagreement among the etymologists who have addressed the origins of many of these names....
 for a Native American
Native Americans in the United States

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 word meaning "river of many fish".

The county is probably best known for having 16 covered bridges within the county limits. Grapes are a popular crop and there are several wineries in the region owing to the favorable microclimate
Microclimate

A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet or as large as many square miles ....
 created by the nearby lake. During the winter, Ashtabula County receives quite a lot of lake effect snow
Lake effect snow

Lake-effect snow is produced in the winter when cold winds move across long expanses of warmer lake water, providing energy and picking up water vapor which freezes and is deposited on the lee shores....
 and is part of the Southeastern Lake Erie Snowbelt
Snowbelt

The snowbelt is a North American region, much of which lies downwind of the Great Lakes, where heavy snowfall is particularly common on predominately eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes....
.

The Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Ashtabula County.

Geography

Ashtabula County is the largest county by area in the state of Ohio. According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of 1,368 square miles (3,544 kmē).702 square miles (1,819 kmē) of it is land and 666 square miles (1,725 kmē) of it (48.67%) is water.

Adjacent counties

  • Across Lake Erie
    Lake Erie

    Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
     lie Elgin
    Elgin County, Ontario

    Elgin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario with a current population of approximately 46,000. The county seat is St....
     and Norfolk
    Norfolk County, Ontario

    Norfolk County is a rural city-status Census divisions of Ontario#Single-tier municipalities on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario Ontario, Canada....
     Counties, Ontario
    Ontario

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    , Canada
    Canada

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     (north)
  • Erie County, Pennsylvania
    Erie County, Pennsylvania

    Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 280,843. Its county seat is Erie, Pennsylvania....
     (northeast)
  • Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Crawford County, Pennsylvania

    Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 90,366.Crawford County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and named for Colonel William Crawford....
     (east)
  • Trumbull County
    Trumbull County, Ohio

    Trumbull County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 225,116. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Area....
     (south)
  • Geauga County
    Geauga County, Ohio

    Geauga County , } is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for a Indigenous peoples of the Americas word meaning "raccoon"....
     (southwest)
  • Lake County
    Lake County, Ohio

    Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 227,511. The county seat is Painesville, Ohio, and the county List of Ohio county name etymologies comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....
     (west)


Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 102,728 people, 39,397 households, and 27,774 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density

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 was 146 people per square mile (56/kmē). There were 43,792 housing units at an average density of 62 per square mile (24/kmē). The racial makeup of the county was 94.07% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 3.16% Black
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 or African American
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, 0.19% Native American
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, 0.34% Asian
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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
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, 0.85% from other races
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, and 1.36% from two or more races. 2.23% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 19.3% were of German
Germans

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, 11.6% Italian
Italian people

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, 10.6% English
English people

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, 10.5% Irish
Irish people

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 and 10.3% American
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 ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.2% spoke English
English language

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 and 2.4% Spanish
Spanish language

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 as their first language.

There were 39,397 households out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.80% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,607, and the median income for a family was $42,449. Males had a median income of $33,105 versus $22,624 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the county was $16,814. About 9.20% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over.

Government


Communities

Map of Ashtabula County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels

Cities

  • Ashtabula
    Ashtabula, Ohio

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  • Conneaut
    Conneaut, Ohio

    Conneaut is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek, which is the number one steelhead trout stream in the country....
  • Geneva
    Geneva, Ohio

    Geneva is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The area which would become Geneva was originally settled in 1805, and was incorporated as a city in 1958....


Villages

  • Andover
    Andover, Ohio

    Andover is a village #Ohio located in the south-east of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,269 at the United States Census 2000....
  • Geneva-on-the-Lake
    Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio

    Geneva-on-the-Lake is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,545 at the United States Census 2000....
  • Jefferson
    Jefferson, Ohio

    Jefferson is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,572 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio....
  • North Kingsville
    North Kingsville, Ohio

    North Kingsville is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,658 at the United States Census 2000....
  • Orwell
    Orwell, Ohio

    Orwell is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,519 at the United States Census 2000. It is the birthplace of General Adna Chaffee....
  • Roaming Shores
    Roaming Shores, Ohio

    Roaming Shores is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,239 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Rock Creek
    Rock Creek, Ohio

    Rock Creek is a village #Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 584 at the United States Census 2000.The principal village festival is the Ox Roast....


    • Townships


    • Andover
      Andover Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Andover Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,672 people in the township, 1,403 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
    • Ashtabula
      Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Ashtabula Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 23,239 people in the township, 6,371 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
    • Austinburg
      Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Austinburg Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,234 people in the township....
    • Cherry Valley
      Cherry Valley Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Cherry Valley Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 857 people in the township....
    • Colebrook
      Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Colebrook Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 887 people in the township....
    • Denmark
      Denmark Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 880 people in the township....
    • Dorset
      Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Dorset Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 892 people in the township....
    • Geneva
      Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 11,954 people in the township, 3,814 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
    • Harpersfield
      Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

      Harpersfield Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,603 people in the township....
  • Hartsgrove
    Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,395 people in the township....
  • Jefferson
    Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 5,559 people in the township, 1,987 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • Kingsville
    Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Kingsville Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,847 people in the township....
  • Lenox
    Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,388 people in the township....
  • Monroe
    Monroe Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Monroe Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,268 people in the township....
  • Morgan
    Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • New Lyme
    New Lyme Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    New Lyme Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,072 people in the township....
  • Orwell
    Orwell Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Orwell Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,830 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • Pierpont
    Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Pierpont Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,197 people in the township....
  • Plymouth
    Plymouth Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Plymouth Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,081 people in the township....
  • Richmond
    Richmond Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Richmond Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 937 people in the township....
  • Rome
    Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • Saybrook
    Saybrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Saybrook Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 10,051 people in the township, 5,957 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • Sheffield
    Sheffield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Sheffield Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,491 people in the township....
  • Trumbull
    Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Trumbull Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,461 people in the township....
  • Wayne
    Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Wayne Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 653 people in the township....
  • Williamsfield
    Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Williamsfield Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,683 people in the township....
  • Windsor
    Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven civil township of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,932 people in the township....


    • Census-designated place

    • Edgewood
      Edgewood, Ohio

      Edgewood is a census-designated place in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,762 at the United States Census, 2000....


    Other communities

    • Austinburg
      Austinburg, Ohio

      Austinburg is an unincorporated area in northern Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44010....
    • Dorset
      Dorset, Ohio

      Dorset is an unincorporated area in central Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44032....
    • Footville
      Footville, Ohio

      Footville is an unincorporated area in southwestern Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of Ohio State Route 166 with Trask Road, 1? miles east of the Geauga County, Ohio line and 11? miles southeast of the village of Jefferson, Ohio, the county seat of Ashtab...
  • Kingsville
    Kingsville, Ohio

    Kingsville is an unincorporated area in central Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44048....
  • Pierpont
    Pierpont, Ohio

    Pierpont is an unincorporated area in central Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44082....
  • Unionville
    Unionville, Ohio

    Unionville is an unincorporated area on the line between northwestern Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio and eastern Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio in Lake County, Ohio in the U.S....
  • Williamsfield
    Williamsfield, Ohio

    Williamsfield is an unincorporated area in central Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States....
  • Windsor
    Windsor, Ohio

    Windsor is an unincorporated area in eastern Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44099....


    • Culture

    Ashtabula County is home to many Finnish American
    Finnish American

    Finnish Americans are Americans of Finnish people descent, who currently number about 700,000....
    s, and an annual FinnFest USA celebration is held in Ashtabula.

    Ashtabula County has a large number of covered bridge
    Covered bridge

    A covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. They have typically been wooden, although some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides....
    s. See List of Ashtabula County covered bridges
    List of Ashtabula County covered bridges

    The following is a list of covered bridges in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Ashtabula County has the most public covered bridges ? currently 17 ? of any county in Ohio, with 5 having been newly constructed since 1983....
    .

    Notable residents

    • Chester H. Aldrich (1862-1924), Governor of Nebraska
      Governor of Nebraska

      The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the :wikisource:Nebraska Constitution#Article IV-I....
       1911-1913.
    • Brian Anderson
      Brian Anderson (pitcher)

      Brian James Anderson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Kansas City Royals, posting a career Earned run average of 4.74....
      , Cleveland Indians
      Cleveland Indians

      The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They are in the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
       Pitcher, originally from Geneva.
    • Charles Case
      Charles Case

      Charles Case was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Case was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana.; elected as a Republican Party to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Brenton; reelected to the Thirty-sixth...
       (1817-1883), born in Austinburg, United States Congressman from Indiana
      Indiana

      The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
      .
    • Tammy Cochran
      Tammy Cochran

      Tammy Cochran is an American country music artist. Signed to Epic Records Nashville in 2000, she released her self titled debut album that year, followed a year later by Life Happened....
      , country music singer from Austinburg. Biggest hit was Angels In Waiting.
    • Edwin Cowles
      Edwin Cowles

      Edwin Cowles , born in Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, was the publisher of The Cleveland Leader, Vice-President of the 1884 Republican National Convention, postmaster of Cleveland and elder brother of Alfred Cowles, Sr., also a newspaper publisher....
      , (1825-1890), born in Austinburg, publisher of The Cleveland Leader, Vice-President of the 1884 Republican National Convention
      Republican National Convention

      The Republican National Convention is the U.S. presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party . Convened by the Republican National Committee, the stated purpose of the convocation is to nominate an official candidate in an upcoming U.S....
    • Francis Joseph Hall
      Francis Joseph Hall

      Francis Joseph Hall was an United States Protestant Episcopal theologian, born in Ashtabula, Ohio, Ohio. He graduated from Racine College in 1882 and studied at the General Theological Seminary and Western Theological Seminary theological seminaries....
      , was an American Protestant Episcopal theologian and author.
    • Ken Meyer
      Ken Meyer

      Ken Meyer was a former American football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He may be best remembered as the head coach of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers in 1977....
      , was head coach of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers in 1977.
    • Urban Meyer
      Urban Meyer

      Urban Meyer is the head football coach of the Florida Gators football, best known for coaching that team to two BCS National Championship Game victories in three years....
      , is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida.
    • James Montgomery
      James Montgomery (colonel)

      James Montgomery was a Jayhawker during the Bleeding Kansas Affair and a controversial Union Army Colonel during the American Civil War. Montgomery was a staunch abolitionist and used extreme measures against slavery populations....
      , (1814-1871), born in Ashtabula County, colonel in the American Civil War
      American Civil War

      The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
      , raided several towns in Missouri and the American South.
    • Ransom Eli Olds, was a pioneer of the American automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and Reo brands were named.
    • Louis C. Shepard
      Louis C. Shepard

      Lewis Capet Shepard was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio and was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher....
      , American Civil War
      American Civil War

      The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
       Medal of Honor
      Medal of Honor

      The Medal of Honor is the highest Awards and decorations of the United States military awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action...
       recipient from Ashtabula County, buried in Lakeview cemetery, Port Clinton
      Port Clinton, Ohio

      Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,391 at the United States Census, 2000....
      , Ottawa County, Ohio
      Ottawa County, Ohio

      Ottawa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 40,985. Its county seat is Port Clinton, Ohio and is List of Ohio county name etymologies either for the Ottawa Indians who lived there, or for an Indian word meaning "trader"....
      .
    • Decius Wade
      Decius Wade

      Decius Spear Wade was an United States attorney, judge, writer, and politician who has been called the "Father of Montana Jurisprudence" for his role in establishing the common law and statutory law of the U.S....
      , was an American attorney, judge, writer, and politician who has been called the "Father of Montana Jurisprudence" for his role in establishing the common law and statutory law of the U.S. state of Montana.


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