New Bremen Historic Association
From “A Brief
History of Auglaize County”
Published 1998
Sesquicentennial
Edition
Compiled by Paul
F. Rhinehart and Barbara Vogel
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From the book:
Auglaize County,
Ohio
The fourteen
township divisions
of Auglaize
County are
Salem, Noble,
St. Marys, German,
Jackson.Logan, Moulton,
Washington,
Duschouquet,
Pusheta, Union,
Clay,
Wayne and
Goshen.
“The county is
comprised of 384 full sections
and parts of ten others, along with 2410
acres
of Virginia Military lands. The total acreage
is slightly in excess of 252,000.”
More Facts
The three major income sources of Auglaize County
Agriculture are (1)soybeans (2) corn (3)dairy. There are 213,000 acres of
farmland in Auglaize County. Average number of bushels per
acre:corn-143,wheat-100, soybeans-42. The average milk production per cow
in the county is 21,900 lb/cow or 2640 quarts. Auglaize County
generates 85 million dollars of agricultural produce per year and is
number 11 in the state. Mercer County is number 1. The average size
of a farm in Auglaize County is 200 acres.
Southwestern Auglaize County Chamber of Commerce
Current
Statistics for Auglaize County
Current
Maps (pdf)
Towns of new Bremen, Minster & New Knoxville
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