Monday, March 23, 2020

Monday Morning Coffee: Paulding, Ohio


Paulding is a village in and the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio.

Paulding County and its county seat grew slowly. In 1840 Paulding County was Ohio’s least populous county. The town of Paulding contained only two families.

Residents incorporated Paulding in 1872 and named the town in honor of John Paulding, a hero of the American Revolution.  Paulding helped capture Benedict Arnold, a  notorious traitor in American history.

In 1880 only 454 people resided in the village of Paulding. By1890 the county seat’s population increased to 1,879 people.

Paulding's estimated estimated 2020 population is 3,445 which is a decrease from 2000 when there were 3,595 people.
 
   Paulding, Ohio.

The 1881 Pursel Block survived a 1883 village wide fire that was fought by fire companies from as far away as Van Wert. 


 






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