Value of Real Estate from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 2 January 2005
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part III. The History of Warren County by Josiah Morrow Chapter VI. General Progress (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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The assessment of property under the laws for the collection of taxes affords an imperfect means of comparing the wealth of the county at different periods. It gives by no means the market value, being generally much below the selling price. It is, however, the best means at our command to show the growth of the wealth of the county. Subjoined are the statistics for several years, giving the total value of all real estate, both in the towns and in the country:

YEAR	Value of Lands	Average Value per Acre of Farming Lands	Value of Real Property In Towns	Total Value of Real Property In the County.
1825	$1,316,210	$5 61	$171,344	$1,487,554
1835	1,416,068	5 11	188,116	1,604,184
1840	2,245,822	8 33	175,287	2,421,109
1846	5,204,232	20 90	431,518	5,635,750
1858	7,868,742	31 10	789,778	8,658,515
1859	8,862,912	…..	802,872	9,178,026
1870	14,330,864	56 80	1,957,709	16,288,573
1880	..........	44 80	..........	13,116,717

A change in the mode of assessing property was adopted in 1846, after which the valuation approached much nearer the true value than in the preceding years. This accounts for the great rise in values between 1841 and 1846. Prior to 1826, real estate in Ohio was put upon the duplicate for taxation for State purposes only. All lands in the State were divided, for the purposes of taxation, into three grades, called first quality, second quality and third quality, and a uniform rate of taxation was fixed by the Legislature for all lands of the same grade. For six years succeeding the organization of Warren County, the rate of taxation on lands of the first quality did not exceed 1 cent per acre, and at no time prior to 1826 did it reach 4 cents per acre. There were re-valuations of the real property of Ohio in the years indicated in the table. The value of property is given in the table as it was returned by the Appraisers and before it was equalized by the State Board of Equalization.

VALUE OF REAL ESTATE BY TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS IN 1870.

[The State Board of Equalization deducted 16 4/10 per cent from the following valuations.]

NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS	Number of Acres	Value of Land	Average Value per Acre	Value of Buildings, etc.	Aggregate Value of Lands and Buildings	Average Value per Acre including Buildings
Clear Creek	26,949	$1,719,494	$68 81	$270,495	$1,989,989	$73 84
Deerfield	20,566	1,121,852	54 55	173,333	1,295,185	62 98
Franklin	22,043	1,201,516	54 51	189,250	1,390,766	63 09
Harlan	28,379	923,303	32 53	140,775	1,064,078	37 50
Hamilton	22,425	905,026	40 35	190,162	1,095,188	48 83
Massie	13,763	571,062	41 49	81,589	652,601	48 14
Salem	13,754	524,135	38 10	105,800	629,935	45 79
Turtle Creek	43,562	2,731,256	62 70	362,440	3,093,696	71 02
Union	11,697	648,628	55 45	109,825	758,453	64 84
Washington	21,158	664,689	31 41	71,481	736,120	34 79
Wayne	27,992	1,423,083	50 84	201,770	1,624,853	58 05
Totals	252,288	$12,433,994	$49 29	$1,896,870	$14,330,864	$56 80

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NAMES OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES	IN WHAT TOWNSHIP SITUATED.	Value of Lots and Lands	Value of Buildings	Value of Lots, Land and Buildings
Black Hawk	Harlan	$440	$700	$1,140
Butlerville.	Harlan	3,85	19,665	23,650
Corwin	Wayne	2,360	12,275	14,635
Crosswicks	Wayne	720	700	1,420
Dallasburg	Hamilton	490	2,475	2,965
Deerfleld	Union	10,282	20,925	31,207
East Morrow	Salem	20,290	20,400	40,690
Fort Ancient	Washington	493	2,600	3,093
Foster's Crossings	Hamilton	1,037	11,000	12,037
Franklin	Franklin	72,525	137,264	209,789
Fredericksburg	Salem	495	2,400	2,895
Gainsboro	Deerfleld	1,064	……	1,064
Hammell	Washington	610	700	1,310
Harveysburg	Massie	14,798	54,270	69,068
Hopkinsville	Hamilton	536	2,400	2,936
Lebanon	Turtle Creek	256,260	597,049	943,309
Mary Ellen	Union	1,550	2,025	3,575
Mason	Deerfleld	16,200	57,880	74,080
Maineville	Hamilton	16,596	41,260	57,856
Middleboro	Harlan	685	2,300	2,985
Morrow	Salem	46,454	90,150	136,604
Mount Holly	Wayne	1,000	2,865	3,865
New Columbia	Harlan	3,625	12,000	15,625
Osceola	Harlan	380	1,000	1,380
Raysville	Wayne	1,665	3,725	5,390
Red Lion	Clear Creek	2,893	8,825	11,718
Ridgeville	Clear Creek	2,375	5,875	8,250
Roachester	Salem	2,046	4,000	6,046
Springboro	Clear Creek	28,946	64,750	93,696
Utica	Clear Creek ............	1,335	3,100	4,435
Waynesville	Wayne	51,826	118,585	170,411
West Woodville	Harlan	260	325	585

Total in towns		$564,221	$1,393,488	$1,957,709
Total in towns and country				$16,288,573

VALUES OF REAL PROPERTY BY TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS IN 1853.

[The State Board of Equalization added 6 per cent to the appraisements as given in the table. ]

NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS.	Number of Acres.	Average Value per Acre.	Aggragate Value.
Clear Creek	27,456	$34 98	$965,038
Franklin	22,535	36 00	801,260
Deerfleld	21,144 1/4	33 00	697,760
Union	16,931	30 00	507,930
Turtle Creek	43,695	37 50	1,638,563
Wayne	24,497 1/2	32 00	783,920
Salem	37,426	26 00	973,276
Hamilton	22,057	29 00	639,653
Washington	20,600	20 00	412,000
Massie	16 606 1/2	27 00	449,342

Totals	252,947	$31 10	$7,868,742

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NAMES OF TOWNS.	IN WHAT TOWNSHIP.	Value of Buildings	Value of Lots	Aggregate Value
Springboro	Clear Creek	$26,873	$8,712	$35,585
Ridgeville	Clear Creek	3,300	395	3,695
Franklin	Franklin	70,350	26,159	95,509
Mason	Deerfield	…….	…….	37,760
Gainesboro	Deerfield	…….	…….	1,055
Deerfield	Union	13,025	12,575	25,900
Mary Ellen	Union	750	650	1,400
Fredericksburg	Union	1,110	435	1,545
Lebanon	Turtle Creek	…….	…….	308,409
Waynesville	Wayne	107,646	32,936	140,582
Crosswicks	Wayne	475	355	830
Mount Holly	Wayne	2,565	720	3,285
Corwin	Wayne	5,900	2,080	7,980
Morrow	Salem	…….	…….	75,137
Maineville	Hamilton	19,110	8,803	27,913
Fort Ancient	Washington	2,190	1,543	3,733
Harveysburg	Massie	13,540	6,215	19,755
Total of Towns		$176,834	$100,578	$789,773
Total of real property in towns and country in 1853				$8,658,515

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