{"id":6867,"date":"2023-08-20T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:32:53","slug":"holmes-county-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/holmes-county-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Holmes County, Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holmes County is a county in Ohio, United States, about 66 miles south of Cleveland. It had a population of 44,223 at the 2020 census, an estimated 44,970 by 2025, and covers 424 square miles (1,098 km2) centred near 40\u00b034\u2032N 81\u00b056\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Millersburg is the county seat and the county’s largest village; its postal code is 44654. The county holds seven villages (two of them shared with neighboring counties), five census-designated places and a scatter of unincorporated hamlets across 14 townships, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 39075. Roughly 48 percent of residents were Amish in 2020 — the highest concentration of Amish anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Holmes County<\/h2>\n

Holmes County has 19 named places on record: 7 incorporated villages, 5 census designated places and 7 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP stands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural hamlets with no formal boundary.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Millersburg<\/td>\nVillage · seat<\/td>\nHardy<\/td>\n3,161<\/td>\n44654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loudonville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,778<\/td>\n44842<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berlin<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBerlin<\/td>\n1,447<\/td>\n44610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walnut Creek<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nWalnut Creek<\/td>\n908<\/td>\n44687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltic<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n845<\/td>\n43804<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killbuck<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nKillbuck<\/td>\n807<\/td>\n44637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Buckhorn<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nMechanic<\/td>\n720<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holmesville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPrairie<\/td>\n375<\/td>\n44633<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winesburg<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPaint<\/td>\n340<\/td>\n44690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glenmont<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nRichland<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n44628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Hope<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nSalt Creek<\/td>\n197<\/td>\n44660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nashville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nKnox<\/td>\n182<\/td>\n44661<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Prairie<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nRipley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n44611<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charm<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nClark<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n44617<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farmerstown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nClark<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lakeville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nWashington<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n44638<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stillwell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nRichland<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trail<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nWalnut Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unionville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two villages on this list straddle county lines. Baltic’s population figure is villagewide — the village sits at the point where Tuscarawas, Holmes and Coshocton counties meet, and most of it lies in Tuscarawas County. Loudonville runs the same way: nearly all of the village is in Ashland County, with only a small edge reaching into Holmes. One more name causes confusion: Winesburg here is not the setting of Sherwood Anderson’s 1919 book Winesburg, Ohio<\/em> — Anderson’s fictional town was modeled on Clyde, in Sandusky County.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Holmes County is divided into 14 civil townships. Every township grew between 2010 and 2020, an unusual pattern for rural Ohio, driven by large Amish families.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hardy<\/td>\n5,922<\/td>\nMillersburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salt Creek<\/td>\n4,666<\/td>\nMount Hope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berlin<\/td>\n4,574<\/td>\nBerlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paint<\/td>\n4,535<\/td>\nWinesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clark<\/td>\n4,341<\/td>\nCharm, Farmerstown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walnut Creek<\/td>\n4,007<\/td>\nWalnut Creek, Trail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanic<\/td>\n3,208<\/td>\nLake Buckhorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prairie<\/td>\n3,051<\/td>\nHolmesville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ripley<\/td>\n2,438<\/td>\nBig Prairie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killbuck<\/td>\n1,889<\/td>\nKillbuck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n1,640<\/td>\nLakeville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monroe<\/td>\n1,592<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richland<\/td>\n1,195<\/td>\nGlenmont, Stillwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knox<\/td>\n1,165<\/td>\nNashville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n