List of counties in Ohio - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of the eighty-eight counties in the U.S.
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state
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of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. The Ohio Constitution

Ohio Constitution

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allows counties to set up a charter

Charter

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government as many cities

City

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and village

Village

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s do, but only Summit County

Summit County, Ohio

Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

and Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the 2010 census, the population was 1,280,122. Its county seat is Cleveland. Cuyahoga County is part of Greater Cleveland, a metropolitan area, and Northeast Ohio, a...

have done so, the latter having been approved by voters in November 2009 but not yet implemented. Counties do not possess home rule

Home rule

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powers and can do only what has been expressly authorized by the Ohio General Assembly

Ohio General Assembly

The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate...

. Ohio law defines a structure for county government, although each county may choose to define its own. Summit County

Summit County, Ohio

and Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

have chosen an alternate structure, while all of the other counties use the default structure. The elected county officials include three commissioners, a sheriff (the highest law enforcement officer in the county); prosecutor (equivalent of a district attorney

District attorney

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in other states); coroner, engineer, auditor, treasurer and clerk of courts.

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(FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to identify states and counties uniquely, is provided with each entry. Ohio's code is 39, which when combined with any county code would be written as 39XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

List of counties

County	FIPS Code	County Seat County seat A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....	Created	Origin	Etymology	Population	Area	Map

List of counties

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