Crawford County, Ohio
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Revision as of 03:33, 1 March 2013
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| Address | Crawford County Courthouse 112 E. Mansfield St. Bucyrus, Ohio 44820 Crawford County Website |
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Ohio Crawford County
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- Parent Counties: Formed from Delaware, Seneca, Sandusky, and Marion Counties 12 February 1820.[1]
- County Seat: Bucyrus
- Neighboring Counties: Crawford County, Ohio residents may also have records in [2]Seneca and Huron (north) · Richland (east) · Marion and Morrow (south) · Wyandot (west)
Boundary Changes
- 1835: Six miles on the western side was added from the Wyndot Indian Reservation.
- 1842: The last of the Wyandot Reservation was purchased and added to the county.
- 1845: Wyandot County was formed from an 18-mile strip from western Crawford County. A 4-by-20-mile strip was added on the eastern side from Richland County.
A 2-by-16-mile strip was added on the south from Marion County.
- 1848: A 1-by-7-mile strip on the county's southeast was given to Morrow County at that county's formation.
This finalized the boundaries of Crawford County. [3]
See an interactive map of Crawford County boundary changes.
Record Loss
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records and Commerce
Cemeteries
| Name(s) | Township | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline, St.John's Reformed | Lykens | Rt. 14 between Gundy's Mill and Millers roads |
| Benton, Poplar | Texas | |
| Biddle, Cole, Swisher | Sandusky | |
| Blowers | Liberty | |
| Brenner | Chatfield | Connely and Cary roads |
| Brillhart, North Union, Tabor | Chatfield | Rt. 14 and Brillhart Road |
| Brokensword, Albright | Holmes | |
| Brown, Lee | Lykens | |
| Buchman | Chatfield | Rt. 4 south of Silver Creek |
| Bucyrus Mausoleum | Bucyrus City | |
| Burgbacher | Chatfield | ? |
| Campbell | Whetstone | |
| Chatfield Villiage | Chatfield | Rt. 103 west of Chatfield Villiage |
| City Cemetery | Bucyrus City | |
| Clark, Coulter | Whetstone | |
| College Hill, Reformed | Chatfield | Rt. 4 and Albaugh Road |
| Conley, Charlton | Liberty | |
| Crall, Liberty Chapel | Liberty | |
| Crawford Co. Mem. Gardens | Jefferson | |
| Dapper, German Lutheran | Vernon | |
| Dickenson, Dekalb | Vernon | |
| Durr | Whetstone | |
| Eden | Texas | |
| Fairview BillionGraves | Galion City | |
| Freewill Baptist | Lykens | |
| Galion Mausoleum | Galion City | |
| Gifford | Whetstone | |
| Gledhill | Jefferson | |
| Goodwill | Auburn | |
| Hanna, Auburn | Auburn | |
| Heller | Jefferson | |
| Holy Trinity | Bucyrus City | |
| County Infirmary | Whetstone | |
| Kennedy | Lykens | |
| Kruse | Liberty | |
| Leesville | Jefferson | |
| Liberty | Vernon | |
| Line | Polk | |
| Loss Creek, Knisley | Sandusky | |
| Luke | Sandusky | |
| Martin Luther, Streib | Tod | |
| Middletown, Miller | Jefferson | |
| Moffet, Klink | Chatfield | |
| Monnett Chapel | Bucyrus | |
| Mount Calvary | Galion City | |
| Mount Zion | Bucyrus | |
| Nature Preserve | Texas | |
| Nazereth Lutheran, German Lutheran | Chatfield | |
| North Auburn, Honey Creek, Our Mother of Sorrows (Catholic) | Auburn | |
| Oakland, Tiro | Auburn | |
| Oakwood | Bucyrus City | |
| Oceola Methodist Episcopal | Tod | |
| Oceola Tod Township | Tod | |
| Oceola United Brethern | Tod | |
| Old Chatfield Lutheran | Chatfield | |
| Old Olentangy | Whetstone | |
| Olentangy, Kile, Dinkle | Whetstone | |
| Park | Polk | |
| Pletcher | Polk | |
| Quaker (Friends) | Holmes | |
| Remer | Dallas | |
| Roop (Rupp) | Liberty | |
| Salem, Cook, Kiess, Wagner | Whetstone | |
| Sandusky | Sandusky | |
| Seery | Lykens | |
| Sherer, Plains | Whetstone | |
| Shroll | Whetstone | |
| Sixteen, Sixteen English | Whetstone | |
| Smith | Jefferson | |
| Smith-Eulis, Haynes, Mays Farm | Chatfield | |
| Spore, Bethel, Reiff | Holmes | |
| St. Bernard (Catholic) | Cranberry | |
| St. John's Lutheran | Cranberry | |
| St. Paul's Lutheran, Shealy | Liberty | |
| St. Paul's Reformed, Lober, Bilsing | Vernon | |
| Stewart | Whetstone | |
| Stoltz | Bucyrus | |
| Swabb | Cranberry | |
| Swail, Cory, Hertzer, Miller | Auburn | |
| Swale | Cranberry | |
| Talbot, Barnes-Talbot | Jackson | |
| Tiro Mausoleum | Auburn | |
| Tracht | Jefferson | |
| Tustison | Sandusky | |
| Union, Tiffin Street, Pioneer's | Bucyrus City | |
| Union-New Washington | Cranberry | |
| Union | Liberty | |
| Whetstone | Whetstone | |
| White | Dallas | |
| Windfall Lutheran | Chatfield | |
| Windfall, Little Windfall | Jefferson | |
| Yeiter, Bittikofer, Hope | Liberty | |
| Young, Shroll | Bucyrus | |
| Zoar, Schneider | Polk | |
Census
Church Records
- 1796–2004 Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.
- 1796–2004 Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land and Property
Maps
Military
- Civil War
Civil War servicemen from Crawford County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Crawford County.
- - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment)
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate
Public Records
Repositories
Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse
112 E Mansfield Street
Bucyrus, OH 44820
Phone: 419.562.2766
City and County Health Department has birth and
death records from 1908; Probate Judge has birth
and death records 1867-1908, marriage and probate
records from 1831; County recorder has land records;
Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1834[1]
Family History Centers
Libraries
Museums
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
Death
- Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birthdate of deceased; city, county, and state of death; name of spouse if married; names of parents; maiden name of mother; name of informant; if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced; and occupation of deceased.
Web Sites
Places
Populated Places
- Bucyrus
- Galion
- Crestline
- New Washington
- Leesville
- Oceola
- New Winchester
- Tiro
- North Robinson
- Sulphur Springs
- Broken Sword
- Chatfield
- Lykens
Townships (Current) 
- Auburn
- Bucyrus
- Chatfield
- Cranberry
- Dallas
- Holmes
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Liberty
- Lykens
- Polk
- Sandusky
- Texas
- Tod
- Vernon
- Whetstone
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Crawford County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Atlas of Crawford County Ohio 1855 (reprint) by Crawford County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
- ↑ Cemeteries of Crawford County, Vol 3, Compiled and Printed by the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Galion, Ohio
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