page_title: Auglaize County, Ohio
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Auglaize County, Ohio / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: A class photo of a 1915 class at the Geyer School in Geyer, Ohio. One can contact GMAGIC911aol.com for further information (e.g., the students' names).
context_page_description: Auglaize County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,949. Its county seat is Wapakoneta.
  The county is named for the Auglaize River. Some sources say it is a corruption of the French description of the clay water, whereas others say it comes from a Native American word meaning 'fallen timbers'. Another weak possibility according to Lakehistory.info is that it could have been the French term la glace [*aux glaces?], which means 'mirror', or 'ice' ['at the ices'?].
  There is something to be said for the unattested eau glaise 'clay water', like attested terre glaise 'clay soil', but both Ramsey and Stewart agree that Auglaize is American French for 'at the lick', literally 'at the clays', where wild beasts came to lick salt and minerals from the soil, and fulfilling the lacuna in standard French for a "salt lick." The spelling "glaize" is archaic. In addition, in Arkansas there is a creek and mountain Glazypeau, from French glaise à Paul 'Paul's lick'.
context_section_description: Auglaize County is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners.
caption: A 1915 class at Geyer School
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