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| | Mercer County, Ohio |
 | | Mercer County was formed from old Indian Territory April 1, 1820. |
 | | Population of Mercer in 1830, 1,737; 1840, 8,277; 1860, 14,104; 1880, 21,808, of whom 17,882 were born in Ohio; 586, Indiana; 451, Pennsylvania; 154, Virginia; 93, Kentucky; 87, New York; 1,733, German Empire; 105, Ireland; 62, France; 42, England and Wales; 27, British America, and 19 in Scotland. |
 | | This county was named from General Hugh Mercer, who fell at the battle of Princeton, fought January 3, 1777. |
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