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The Williams County, Ohio Courthouse (1891-)

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Read time: 5 min.

Many communities built landmark courthouses in response to newfound economic status. Money -or the prospect of it- burned a hole in their pockets! Occasionally, cities experienced the opposite when businesses rose to meet the status of their existing courthouse. Bryan, Ohio, was once such community. In Williams County, the area’s industry grew up under the watchful eye of its amazing courthouse.

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The Paulding County, Ohio Courthouse (1888-)

Ted Shideler 3 Comments
Read time: 7 min.

Paulding County is a desolate place, and I was not shocked to find out that it is the sixth-least-populated county in all of Ohio1. Perfect- I love locales like that, especially since it lately seems like the my head has been the sixth-least populated cranium in all of Muncie over the past few weeks. Even though two federal highways -US-24 and US-127- run through Paulding County and make it more accessible than ever before, we can probably chalk the sparse population of the place to first impressions.

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