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Population Changes

been changing in the past century,
| in line with the national move
ments of people during those years.
Real or imagined inequalities
in opportunity are the dynamic fac
tors in population movements,
Prof. Guy-Harold Smith, Ohio State
University, says in describing the
changes in Ohio. Now new fac
tor may be coming into the picture
that of governmental action in
re-distributing portions of the pop
ulation.
By 1880, settlement of Ohio was
practically completed, and the map
reveals an evenness in the distribu-
tion of the settlers. Population of
the state was 3,198,O62, of which
about two-thirds was rural. The
rural population increased slightly
after 1880, reaching maximum in
1890.
Until 1900 the rural population
remained about stationary, while
the urban population was reaching
total double that Of 1880.
In the 30-year period from 1900
to 1880, population continued to de-
cline in the strictly rural areas, Al
counties having population declines
for this period By 1880, those
counties with density less than
100 per square mile contained only
% percent of the inhabitants, but
represented II percent of the area.
The decline in rural population
has not ben confined to the poor
area, but applies also to the fertile
lands in western Ohio.
Beginning in 1880. and continu-
ing for nearly three years, there
was a counter-movement from cities
| 10 the rural areas, due to the de-
preston. Before the end of 1893,
however, the trend was again re-
versed toward the urban centers
| OhiO's Governors
| Ohio has SIS counties. but only
| 27 of them have furnished govern
| ors for the state since 1893. This
statement h based on places Of res
/ idenca of the governors when elect
/ cd. Forty-nina men have occupied
the gubegndtorial chair in the 1872
years of statehood.
| Hamilton county may lay claim
| to the title Of mother Of govern
| ors." having furnished II of the 49,
Men elected from that county have
| been: Othniel LOCKER, 1914; Ethan
Allen Brown, 1818-22; Salmon P.
Chase, 1856-60; Rutherford b.
Hayes, 1868-72; Edward r. Noyes,
1872-74; Thomas l.. Young, 1871
78; Richard NJ. Bishop, 1880;
George Hoadley, 1884-S6; Joseph
B. Foraker, 1886-90; Judson Har-
| mon, 1909-13; Myers Y. Cooper,
1929-31.
Cuyahoga and Ross counties are
tied for next place, with four each.
Those from Cuyahoga were: Reuben
Wood, 1850-53; John Brough,
1864-65; Myron T. Herrick, 1904
06, and Harry /. Davis, 1929.
Elected from Ross have been Ed
ward Tiffin, 1803-07; Thomas
Worthington, 1814-18; Duncan Nc
Arthur, 1S30-32; William Allen,
1874-76.
Other counties have elected gov
ernors as follows: Adams, Thomas
Kirker, 1807-8; Belmont, Wilson
Shannon, 1838-40, 1S42-44; Butler,
William Babb, 1846-49, and James
T.. Campbell, 1890-92; Champaign,
Joseph Vance, 1868; Clark, Asa
John NJ. Pattison, 1906; Delaware,
Frank B. Willis, 1851; Fairfield,
William Medill, 1886; Franklin.
William Dennison, 1860-62, and
George X. Nash, 100000; Geauga,
Samuel Huntington, 1S08-10, and
Seabury Ford, 1849-50; Highland,
Allen Trimble, 1922, and 1860;
Mahoning, David Tod, 1862-64;
Montgomery, Charles Anderson,
1866, and James M. Cox, 1913
Is and 1871: Pike, Robert Lu-
cas-, 1926; Portage, Martin L.
Davey, 1895; Preble, Andrew L.
Harris, 1906-09: Richland, Thomas
BARLEY, 1914, and Mordecai Bart
ley, 1844-46; Sandusky, Ruther-
ford 3. Hayes, 1876-77; Seneca,
Charles Foster, 188O-84; Stark,
William Mckinley, 1926; Trum-
bull, Jacob d. Cox, 1866-68; Tus-
carawas, Vic Donahey, 1923-29;
Warren, Jeremiah Morrow, 1922
26, and Thomas Corwin, 1840-42;
Washington, Return J. Meigs, 1870
IA, and George White, 1931-35.