Electricity Rates in Wauseon, OH

History of Wauseon

Wauseon was platted in 1853 when the Michigan Southern Air Railway was extended to that point. Land speculators bought 160 acres of land that would become the city of Wauseon. The original name for the city was "Litchfield" after Litchfield, New York, birthplace of where many of the city's settlers. Hortensia Hayes, the daughter of an early settler, suggested that the new village be named after an Ottawa tribe chief named Wauseon, who had been forced in 1839 by the federal government to forfeit the tribe's land and move to Oklahoma. The village was incorporated in 1859. With the commercial success that the railroad brought, Wauseon grew larger than Fulton County's original seat of Ottokee, and in 1869, Wauseon was named the county seat. The Fulton County Courthouse was built in 1871.Between 1901 and 1939, the community was served by the Toledo and Indiana Railway, an interurban railway between Toledo and Bryan, Ohio. The construction of the Ohio Turnpike in the mid-20th century also helped the commercial growth of Wauseon.

Wauseon by the Numbers

Population

12,879

Median Age

39.1 yrs

Median Household Income

$74,404/yr

Median Home Value

$172,600

Homeownership Rate

79%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)