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| | Hardin County, Ohio |
 | | Population of Hardin, 1840, 4,583; 1860, 13,570; 1880, 27,023; of whom 22,328 were born in Ohio; 1,047 Pennsylvania; 480 Virginia; 320 new York; 187 Indiana; 85 Kentucky; 738 German empire; 386 Ireland; 147 England and Wales; 57 in British America; 20 Scotland; and 18 France. |
 | | Although Hardin was formed from old Indian territory as early as 1820, it was not organized until January 8, 1833, previous to which it formed for judicial purposes a part of Logan County, and when Champaign was organized of that county. |
 | | Kenton, county seat of Hardin, is forty-eight miles northwest of Columbus, seventy south of Toledo, on the dividing ridge of the State, the water running north and south. |
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