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Darke County

county in Ohio, United States
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Darke County
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Summary

Darke County is a county of Ohio[1]. It draws 487 Wikipedia views per month (county of ohio category, ranking #62 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ohio[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Greenville[5]
  • Shares border with: Mercer County[6], Preble County[7], Auglaize County[8], Shelby County[9], Miami County[10], Montgomery County[11], Wayne County[12], Randolph County[13], Jay County[14]
  • Named after: William Darke[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Greenville[16]
  • Headquarters location: Greenville[17]
  • Commons category: Darke County, Ohio[18]
  • Licence plate code: 19[19]
  • Inception: January 3, 1809[20]
  • Coordinate location: 40.13, -84.62[21]
  • Authority: government of Darke County[22]
  • Official website: http://www.mydarkecountyohio.com[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Darke County, Ohio[24]
  • Population: 52,959[25], 52,957[26], 52,666[27], 52,501[28], 52,376[29], 52,076[30], 51,881[31]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Darke County, Ohio[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Darke County, Ohio[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Darke County, Ohio[34]
  • Number of households: 21,171[35]
  • Native label: Darke County[36]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109749[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Darke County, Ohio[38]
  • Area: 1555[39]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.3[40]
  • Coextensive with: Greenville, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area[41]

Why It Matters

Darke County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Ohio United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00205183
    Umls cui → C3830603
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Darke County, Ohio.
    Taxonomicon id → 1807035
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Darke County, Ohio.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C109749
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109749, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
  3. 23w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1809-01-03T00:00:00Z
    Image → Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence — Greenville, Ohio.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: county of Ohio"
  4. 23w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 40.13, 'longitude': -84.62}
    Official website → http://www.mydarkecountyohio.com
    Named after → William Darke
    Located in → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Darke County Courthouse.jpg"
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