Who is the Ross County County Auditor?

Jeffrey S Lehner (Republican) is the County Auditor of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas?

Jordan L Wheeler (Republican) is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County County Coroner?

Benjamin Alexander Trotter (Democratic) is the County Coroner of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County County Engineer?

Charles Russell Ortman (Republican) is the County Engineer of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County Prosecuting Attorney?

Jeffrey C Marks (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County County Recorder?

Anthony Major Maughmer (Republican) is the County Recorder of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County County Sheriff?

George W Lavender Jr (Republican) is the County Sheriff of Ross County, Ohio.

Who is the Ross County County Treasurer?

David Lee Jeffers (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Ross County, Ohio.

Who are the Ross County commissioners?

David Alan Glass II (County Commissioner); James Edgar Lowe (County Commissioner); Jack A Everson Jr (County Commissioner).

Who is on the Ross County School Board?

Timothy Andrew Newberry (Board of Education Member); Roy A Robinson (Board of Education Member); Brice Edward Acton (Board of Education Member); Joshua Lee McQuiniff (Board of Education Member); Brady C Ratzlaff (Board of Education Member); Joseph J Spaulding (Board of Education Member); Anthony Ryan Wade (Board of Education Member); William J Bonner II (Board of Education Member); Dwight Garrett (Board of Education Member); Shawn Patrick Porter (Board of Education Member); Rachel Brickey Fraley (Board of Education Member); Charley Roman (Board of Education Member); Eric Zint (Board of Education Member); Sandy Free (Board of Education Member); Eric Wise (Board of Education Member); Gregory L Deal (Board of Education Member); Mark L Hopkins (Board of Education Member); Joseph R Williams (Board of Education Member); Karla S Depugh (Board of Education Member); C R McCloskey (Board of Education Member); Steven Armstrong (Board of Education Member); Jacklyn Farrens (Board of Education Member); Shawn R Grooms (Board of Education Member); Bryan McCoy (Board of Education Member); Lindsey Worley (Board of Education Member); Ralph David Shoemaker (Board of Education Member); Deborah L Younge (Board of Education Member); Cassidy Dawn Drummond (Board of Education Member); Beverly Karin Ross (Board of Education Member); Darcie Ann Scott (Board of Education Member); Dan D Cryder (Governing Board Member); Lonnie Nathan Horsley (Governing Board Member); Byron Lloyd (Governing Board Member); Michelle Free Bowdle (Governing Board Member); Michael B Kinnamon (Governing Board Member); Susan Jane Barnes (Board of Education Member); Monica R McKee (Board of Education Member); Aaron Lee Drake (Board of Education Member); Glenda L Kinzer (Board of Education Member); Jeff D Stauffer (Board of Education Member); Ann Ruth Ruth (Governing Board Member); D Mark Anderson (Board of Education Member); Eric W Beam (Board of Education Member); Walter Ray Storts (Board of Education Member); Eric W Cox (Board of Education Member); Jeanne Lynn Lavender (Board of Education Member); Ann C Oyer (Board of Education Member); Amy Shaffer (Board of Education Member); Brayden Lewis Bevens (Board of Education Member); Diane M Crabtree (Board of Education Member); Josh Remy (Board of Education Member); Bradley S Depugh (Board of Education Member); Pamela Tatman (Board of Education Member); Ben M Buchwalter (Board of Education Member); Todd Michael Holdren (Board of Education Member); Jeremiah C Johnson (Board of Education Member).

What is the population of Ross County?

About 76,492 people, with a median age of 41.1; the median household income is $61,303 and 15.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Ross County?

4.2% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,329 people unemployed in a labor force of 31,513, against 5.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Ross County?

41 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 16 township, 8 school district and 9 special district governments.

What cities and towns are in Ross County?

49: Adelphi Village, Adelphi Village, Adelphi Village, Bainbridge Village, Bainbridge Village, Buckskin, Buckskin, Clarksburg Village, Clarksburg Village, Clarksburg Village, Colerain, Colerain, Concord, Concord, Deerfield, Deerfield, Frankfort Village, Frankfort Village, Frankfort Village, Franklin, Franklin, Green, Green, Harrison, Harrison, Huntington, Huntington, Jefferson, Jefferson, Kingston Village, Kingston Village, Kingston Village, Liberty, Liberty, Paint, Paint, Paxton, Paxton, Scioto, Scioto, South Salem Village, South Salem Village, South Salem Village, Springfield, Springfield, Twin, Twin, Union, Union. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Ross County, OH elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Ross County: 176 seats on 70 elected bodies.

Board of County Commissioners

Ross County Board of Commissioners

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
County Commissioner	David Alan Glass II Republican source
County Commissioner	James Edgar Lowe Republican source
County Commissioner	Jack A Everson Jr Republican source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
County Auditor	Jeffrey S Lehner Republican source
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas	Jordan L Wheeler Republican source
County Coroner	Benjamin Alexander Trotter Democratic source
County Engineer	Charles Russell Ortman Republican source
Prosecuting Attorney	Jeffrey C Marks Republican source
County Recorder	Anthony Major Maughmer Republican source
County Sheriff	George W Lavender Jr Republican source
County Treasurer	David Lee Jeffers Republican source

School Board

Adena LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Timothy Andrew Newberry source
Board of Education Member	Roy A Robinson source
Board of Education Member	Brice Edward Acton source
Board of Education Member	Joshua Lee McQuiniff source
Board of Education Member	Brady C Ratzlaff source

Chillicothe CSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Joseph J Spaulding source
Board of Education Member	Anthony Ryan Wade source
Board of Education Member	William J Bonner II source
Board of Education Member	Dwight Garrett source
Board of Education Member	Shawn Patrick Porter source

Greenfield Exempted Village School District Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Rachel Brickey Fraley source
Board of Education Member	Charley Roman source
Board of Education Member	Eric Zint source
Board of Education Member	Sandy Free source
Board of Education Member	Eric Wise source

Huntington LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Gregory L Deal source
Board of Education Member	Mark L Hopkins source
Board of Education Member	Joseph R Williams source
Board of Education Member	Karla S Depugh source
Board of Education Member	C R McCloskey source

Miami Trace Local School District Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Steven Armstrong source
Board of Education Member	Jacklyn Farrens source
Board of Education Member	Shawn R Grooms source
Board of Education Member	Bryan McCoy source
Board of Education Member	Lindsey Worley source

Paint Valley LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Ralph David Shoemaker source
Board of Education Member	Deborah L Younge source
Board of Education Member	Cassidy Dawn Drummond source
Board of Education Member	Beverly Karin Ross source
Board of Education Member	Darcie Ann Scott source

Ross ESC

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Governing Board Member	Vacant source
Governing Board Member	Dan D Cryder source
Governing Board Member	Lonnie Nathan Horsley source
Governing Board Member	Byron Lloyd source
Governing Board Member	Michelle Free Bowdle source
Governing Board Member	Michael B Kinnamon source

Southeastern LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Susan Jane Barnes source
Board of Education Member	Monica R McKee source
Board of Education Member	Aaron Lee Drake source
Board of Education Member	Glenda L Kinzer source
Board of Education Member	Jeff D Stauffer source

Union Scioto LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	D Mark Anderson source
Board of Education Member	Eric W Beam source
Board of Education Member	Walter Ray Storts source
Board of Education Member	Eric W Cox source
Board of Education Member	Jeanne Lynn Lavender source

Waverly CSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Ann C Oyer source
Board of Education Member	Amy Shaffer source
Board of Education Member	Brayden Lewis Bevens source
Board of Education Member	Diane M Crabtree source
Board of Education Member	Josh Remy source

Zane Trace LSD Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Bradley S Depugh source
Board of Education Member	Pamela Tatman source
Board of Education Member	Ben M Buchwalter source
Board of Education Member	Todd Michael Holdren source
Board of Education Member	Jeremiah C Johnson source

Also elected countywide

Office	Who holds it now
Governing Board Member	Ann Ruth Ruth source

Who lives in each of the 9 school districts (Census figures)

School district	People	Median household income	Below the poverty line	Without health insurance	Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Adena Local School District	7,586	$83,042	10%	6.4%	45.8%
Chillicothe City School District	23,682	$55,159	16.6%	6.2%	46.7%
Greenfield Exempted Village School District	11,778	$58,444	17.4%	13.1%	29.9%
Huntington Local School District	6,106	$65,350	18.2%	6.3%	27.6%
Miami Trace Local School District	15,526	$70,566	13.5%	9.3%	40.3%
Paint Valley Local School District	5,861	$55,170	9.3%	5.2%	36.3%
Union-Scioto Local School District	15,025	$64,636	22.5%	4%	59.3%
Waverly City School District	10,779	$56,995	19.2%	2.5%	45.1%
Zane Trace Local School District	9,429	$84,155	11.6%	7.8%	57.6%

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.

Cities and towns

Adelphi Village · Mayor Joshua Ryan Hettinger · 6 seats
Bainbridge Village · Mayor Donald Matthew Conley · 7 seats
Buckskin · 4 seats
Clarksburg Village · Mayor Autumn L Dunn · 8 seats
Colerain · 4 seats
Concord · 4 seats
Deerfield · 4 seats
Frankfort Village · Mayor Patti Ruth Cavender · 7 seats
Franklin · 4 seats
Green · 4 seats
Harrison · 4 seats
Huntington · 4 seats
Jefferson · 4 seats
Kingston Village · Mayor Eric R Lloyd · 8 seats
Liberty · 4 seats
Paint · 4 seats
Paxton · 4 seats
Scioto · 4 seats
South Salem Village · Mayor Michael R Stroud · 8 seats
Springfield · 4 seats
Twin · 4 seats
Union · 4 seats

How many local governments Ross County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 41 local governments in Ross County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (7 municipal, 16 township)	23	22
School districts (school boards)	8	10
Special districts (elected boards)	9	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Ross County

76,492people

41.1median ageU.S.: 38.9

$61,303 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

15.7%below the U.S.: 12.5%

17.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$171,500median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

1%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.8%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

6.8%U.S.: 8.4%

47.7%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

24.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 1.4% · White 88.4% · Black 5.5% · Asian 0.5% · Other or more than one race 4.1% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Ross County

4.2%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 5.9%. Ohio: 3.3%.

1,329people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

30,184people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

31,513in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.2%	1,329	30,184	31,513
August 2026	4.3%	1,354	30,375	31,729
July 2026	4.2%	1,341	30,595	31,936
June 2026	4.4%	1,411	30,656	32,067
May 2026	3.5%	1,130	30,741	31,871
April 2026	4.0%	1,281	30,772	32,053
March 2026	5.1%	1,644	30,757	32,401
February 2026	6.2%	1,996	30,353	32,349
January 2026	6.6%	2,108	29,939	32,047
December 2025	5.7%	1,863	30,616	32,479
November 2025	5.7%	1,868	30,686	32,554
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	5.9%	1,914	30,623	32,537
August 2025	5.8%	1,917	30,990	32,907
July 2025	5.3%	1,755	31,425	33,180
June 2025	5.2%	1,741	31,543	33,284
May 2025	4.8%	1,594	31,597	33,191
April 2025	5.2%	1,723	31,526	33,249
March 2025	6.1%	2,025	31,325	33,350
February 2025	6.3%	2,094	31,025	33,119
January 2025	6.4%	2,110	30,859	32,969
December 2024	5.3%	1,763	31,457	33,220
November 2024	4.9%	1,625	31,546	33,171
October 2024	4.5%	1,473	31,596	33,069

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.7%	1,873	31,110	32,983
2024	4.7%	1,558	31,699	33,257
2023	3.8%	1,275	31,857	33,132
2022	4.2%	1,366	31,361	32,727
2021	5.5%	1,778	30,838	32,616
2020	8.6%	2,813	29,909	32,722
2019	4.6%	1,509	31,502	33,011
2018	4.9%	1,577	30,851	32,428
2017	5.5%	1,748	30,113	31,861
2016	6.0%	1,892	29,640	31,532

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Ohio's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Ross County

130.7 per 100,0002025. Ohio: 275.6.

1,734.6 per 100,0002025. Ohio: 1,428.8.

0murders2025, 100 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	100	130.7	1,327	1,734.6
2024	107	137.7	1,670	2,148.7
2023	111	143.3	1,656	2,138.0
2022	144	185.9	1,852	2,390.8
2021	152	196.0	1,945	2,508.2
2020	157	203.2	2,311	2,991.2
2019	217	280.0	2,616	3,375.8
2018	219	280.3	2,696	3,450.8
2017	198	254.3	2,806	3,603.4
2016	214	275.3	3,075	3,955.7

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Ross County Sheriff's Office	2025	52	509	54,057
Chillicothe Police Department	2025	48	818	21,702

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Ohio · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.21 per 1,000 residents2023, 2 agencies serving 76,702 people.

93sworn officers2023, full-time, as of October 31.

74civilian staff2023, full-time.

2023 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (2), 2023

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Ross County Sheriff's Office	52	62	54,839
Chillicothe Police Department	41	12	21,863

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Ross County County Auditor?: Jeffrey S Lehner (Republican) is the County Auditor of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas?: Jordan L Wheeler (Republican) is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County County Coroner?: Benjamin Alexander Trotter (Democratic) is the County Coroner of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County County Engineer?: Charles Russell Ortman (Republican) is the County Engineer of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County Prosecuting Attorney?: Jeffrey C Marks (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County County Recorder?: Anthony Major Maughmer (Republican) is the County Recorder of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County County Sheriff?: George W Lavender Jr (Republican) is the County Sheriff of Ross County, Ohio.
Who is the Ross County County Treasurer?: David Lee Jeffers (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Ross County, Ohio.
Who are the Ross County commissioners?: David Alan Glass II (County Commissioner); James Edgar Lowe (County Commissioner); Jack A Everson Jr (County Commissioner).
Who is on the Ross County School Board?: Timothy Andrew Newberry (Board of Education Member); Roy A Robinson (Board of Education Member); Brice Edward Acton (Board of Education Member); Joshua Lee McQuiniff (Board of Education Member); Brady C Ratzlaff (Board of Education Member); Joseph J Spaulding (Board of Education Member); Anthony Ryan Wade (Board of Education Member); William J Bonner II (Board of Education Member); Dwight Garrett (Board of Education Member); Shawn Patrick Porter (Board of Education Member); Rachel Brickey Fraley (Board of Education Member); Charley Roman (Board of Education Member); Eric Zint (Board of Education Member); Sandy Free (Board of Education Member); Eric Wise (Board of Education Member); Gregory L Deal (Board of Education Member); Mark L Hopkins (Board of Education Member); Joseph R Williams (Board of Education Member); Karla S Depugh (Board of Education Member); C R McCloskey (Board of Education Member); Steven Armstrong (Board of Education Member); Jacklyn Farrens (Board of Education Member); Shawn R Grooms (Board of Education Member); Bryan McCoy (Board of Education Member); Lindsey Worley (Board of Education Member); Ralph David Shoemaker (Board of Education Member); Deborah L Younge (Board of Education Member); Cassidy Dawn Drummond (Board of Education Member); Beverly Karin Ross (Board of Education Member); Darcie Ann Scott (Board of Education Member); Dan D Cryder (Governing Board Member); Lonnie Nathan Horsley (Governing Board Member); Byron Lloyd (Governing Board Member); Michelle Free Bowdle (Governing Board Member); Michael B Kinnamon (Governing Board Member); Susan Jane Barnes (Board of Education Member); Monica R McKee (Board of Education Member); Aaron Lee Drake (Board of Education Member); Glenda L Kinzer (Board of Education Member); Jeff D Stauffer (Board of Education Member); Ann Ruth Ruth (Governing Board Member); D Mark Anderson (Board of Education Member); Eric W Beam (Board of Education Member); Walter Ray Storts (Board of Education Member); Eric W Cox (Board of Education Member); Jeanne Lynn Lavender (Board of Education Member); Ann C Oyer (Board of Education Member); Amy Shaffer (Board of Education Member); Brayden Lewis Bevens (Board of Education Member); Diane M Crabtree (Board of Education Member); Josh Remy (Board of Education Member); Bradley S Depugh (Board of Education Member); Pamela Tatman (Board of Education Member); Ben M Buchwalter (Board of Education Member); Todd Michael Holdren (Board of Education Member); Jeremiah C Johnson (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Ross County?: About 76,492 people, with a median age of 41.1; the median household income is $61,303 and 15.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Ross County?: 4.2% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,329 people unemployed in a labor force of 31,513, against 5.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Ross County?: 41 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 16 township, 8 school district and 9 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Ross County?: 49: Adelphi Village, Adelphi Village, Adelphi Village, Bainbridge Village, Bainbridge Village, Buckskin, Buckskin, Clarksburg Village, Clarksburg Village, Clarksburg Village, Colerain, Colerain, Concord, Concord, Deerfield, Deerfield, Frankfort Village, Frankfort Village, Frankfort Village, Franklin, Franklin, Green, Green, Harrison, Harrison, Huntington, Huntington, Jefferson, Jefferson, Kingston Village, Kingston Village, Kingston Village, Liberty, Liberty, Paint, Paint, Paxton, Paxton, Scioto, Scioto, South Salem Village, South Salem Village, South Salem Village, Springfield, Springfield, Twin, Twin, Union, Union. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Officeholders as of November 7, 2026, from each county board of elections' elected-officials list (the boards' Elected Officials lookups, read November 7, 2026, and the other boards' own published lists) and Cuyahoga County's certified 2024 general election results. Counties whose board publishes no list we can read yet aren't listed; officials appointed since a list was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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