Table F is a summary of the principal facts disclosed by this investigation. These facts are given for the strictly rural townships in each of the different counties. They do not include the urban or suburban townships. Being intended to present the facts only as to the rural part of each county, they should not be used as representing entire counties or the State as a whole.

In the ten-year period from 1900 to 1910 there was a decline in the population of the strictly rural townships of 3.6 per cent. In only 21 counties out of the total of 88 did the rural townships increase in population, and most of these are in mining and manufacturing regions. In the strictly agricultural parts of Franklin, Fairfield, Miami and Licking Counties there was an increase of from 2 to 5 per cent, in Medina and Wayne of less than 1 per cent. In the other 67 counties there was a decline, ranging all the way from 1 per cent in Erie, Geauga, and Hamilton to 17 per cent in Paulding. The average population of the strictly rural townships varies from 904 in Knox County to 2,743 in Miami, and averages 1,448 for the State.

The number of rural churches for a county varies from 32 in Sandusky and Lake Counties to 130 in Washington. The number of churches to a township is five for the State, but varies from 3 in Portage, Huron, Delaware, Geauga, Cuyahoga, and Ashtabula Counties to 9 in Allen and Stark. The average number of persons to each country church is 280 for the State, but varies from 182 in Vinton County to 433 in Cuyahoga. The number of open country churches varies from 5 in Butler County to 82 in Washington.The number of churches with a resident minister varies from 9 in Jackson County to 45 in Wood. The number of churches without a resident minister varies from 17 in Lake County to 103 in Washington. Those with full time service of a minister vary in number from 1 in Pickaway, Noble, and Jackson Counties to 25 in Columbiana and Wayne. In one county, Wyandot, there are no churches without some part of a minister’s time. In Clermont County there are no less than 30 of them.

TABLE F

Summary by Counties of Data for the 1,170 Strictly Rural Townships

1. Population for 1910.
2. Population for 1900.
3. Per cent increase (+) or decrease (-).
4. No. of strictly rural townships.
5. Average No. of persons to a township.
6. No. of churches.
7. Average No. of churches to a township.
8. Average No. of persons to a church.
9. No. of churches with a resident minister.
10. No. of churches without a resident minister.
11. No. of churches with full time service of a minister.
12. No. of churches with ½ of a minister’s service.
13. No. of churches with ? of a minister’s service.
14. No. of churches with ¼ of a minister’s service.
15. No. of churches with less than ¼ of a minister’s service.
16. No. of churches with no regular service of a minister.
17. No. of churches for which ministerial service data are not available.
18. No. of churches with from 1 to 25 members.
19. No. of churches with from 26 to 50 members.
20. No. of churches with from 51 to 75 members.
21. No. of churches with from 76 to 100 members.
22. No. of churches with from 101 to 150 members.
23. No. of churches with from 151 to 200 members.
24. No. of churches with more than 200 members.
25. No. of churches whose membership is not reported.
26. No. of churches in villages containing from 51 to 2,500 inhabitants.
27. No. of churches in the open country (including villages of less than 51 inhabitants).
28. No. of townships from 1 to 100 persons to a church.
29. No. of townships with from 101 to 200 persons to a church.
30. No. of townships with from 201 to 300 persons to a church.
31. No. of townships with from 301 to 400 persons to a church.
32. No. of townships with from 401 to 500 persons to a church.
33. No. of townships with from 501 to 600 persons to a church.
34. No. of townships with more than 600 persons to a church.
35. No. of villages containing from 51 to 200 inhabitants.
36. No. of villages containing from 51 to 200 inhabitants having a resident minister.
37. No. of ministers resident in villages containing from 51 to 200 inhabitants.
38. No. of villages containing from 201 to 500 inhabitants.
39. No. of villages containing from 201 to 500 inhabitants having a resident minister.
40. No. of ministers resident in villages containing from 201 to 500 inhabitants.
41. No. of villages of more than 500 inhabitants.
42. No. of villages of more than 500 inhabitants having a resident minister.
43. No. of ministers resident in villages of more than 500 inhabitants.
44. No. of villages of 201 to 2,500 inhabitants without a church.
45. No. of villages of 51 to 200 inhabitants without a church.