Trumbull County, Ohio

Founding: July 10, 1800
Parent counties: Jefferson and Wayne

Namesake: Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1710–1785), Connecticut governor
Seat: Warren (1801–)

Land area: 618 square miles

Population (2010): 203,751

Population (historic): 1,302 (1800); 30,490 (1850); 44,880 (1880); 123,063 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1840; 1860–1880; 1890–1930; 1940–1970

Subdivisions: Five cities; six villages; 16 CDPs; 24 townships

National Register listings: 36

Income (per capita): $21,854

Income (median household): $42,296
Business establishments: 4,135 (49.3 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 18,225 (19%)
Vacant houses: 9,234 (9.6%)
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, and Ireland

Warren

Namesake: Moses Warren

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1801 (post office)

Population (2010): 41,557

Population (historic): 435 (1820); 2,402 (1860); 8,529 (1900); 41,062 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1810–1930; 1940–1960
Typology: Grid (irregular, with central courthouse square)

First Courthouse

Location: Warren

Construction: 1815

Years of service: 1815–1854

Typology: Unknown

Style: Unknown

Builder: Unknown

Cost: Unknown

Status: Razed

Features of note: Appearance unknown.

Second Courthouse

Location: Public Square (Warren)

Construction: 1854

Years of service: 1854–1895

Typology: Cube; stone; three-and-a-half-story

Style: Second Empire

Builders: Richards and Logan

Cost: Unknown

Status: Razed

Features of note: Mansard-roofed tower; corner pavilions; projecting central bay; mansard roof; round-arched dormers; cornice brackets; quoins; round-arched windows with hoodmolds and keystones; string courses; arcaded entry with balustrade.

For illustrations, see this page.

Third Courthouse

Photo by Jack Pearce.

Location: 161 High Street (Warren)

Construction: 1895–1897

Years of service: 1897–

Typology: Monumental; stone; two-and-a-half-story (with elevated basement)

Style: Richardsonian Romanesque

Architects: LaBelle and French

Cost: Unknown

Status: Extant; functional

Features of note: Circular clock tower with dome; statues of Lady Justice; gable parapets; corner finials; rusticated stonework; dentils; round-arched windows; stone string courses; semicircular bays; arcaded entry with stumpy Corinthian columns.


Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau.