Ohio has eighty-eight (88) counties the first of which was formed in 1788 from unorgaized territory. Counties with links have ALHN sites online; all others are available for adoption. If you would like to host a county in the Ohio ALHN send an email to me at
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| COUNTY |
COUNTY SEAT |
YEAR ORGANIZED
PARENT COUNTIES |
ADAMS
Adopt me! |
West Union |
1797
Hamilton-Washington |
ALLEN
Adopt me! |
Lima |
1820
Shelby-Logan-Mercer |
ASHLAND
Adopt me! |
Ashland |
1846
Huron-Lorain-Richland-Wayne |
ASHTABULA
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Jefferson |
1808
Geauga-Trumbull |
ATHENS
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Athens |
1805
Washington |
AUGLAIZE
Adopt me! |
Wapakoneta |
1848
Allen-Mercer |
BELMONT
Adopt me! |
St. Clairsville |
1801
Jefferson-Washington |
BROWN
Adopt me! |
Georgetown |
1818
Adams-Clermont |
BUTLER
Debbie Hund
|
Hamilton |
1803
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CARROLL
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Carrolton |
1833
Columbiana-Harrison-Jefferson-Stark-Tuscarawas |
CHAMPAIGN
Adopt me! |
Urbana |
1805
Franklin-Greene |
CLARK
Adopt me! |
Springfield |
1818
Champaign-Greene-Madison |
CLERMONT
Tammy Collins Altman |
Batavia |
1800
Hamilton |
CLINTON
Adopt me! |
Wilmington |
1810
Highland-Warren |
COLUMBIANA
Adopt me! |
Lisbon |
1803
Jefferson |
COSHOCTON
Adopt me! |
Coshocton |
1810
Muskingum-Tuscarawas |
CRAWFORD
Adopt me! |
Bucyrus |
1820
Delaware |
CUYAHOGA
Denise Wells |
Cleveland |
1808
Geauga |
DARKE
Wally Garchow |
Greenville |
1808
Miami |
DEFIANCE
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Defiance |
1845
Henry-Paulding-Williams |
DELAWARE
Adopt me!
|
Delaware |
1808
Franklin |
ERIE
Adopt me! |
Sandusky |
1838
Huron-Sandusky |
FAIRFIELD
Denise Woodside |
Lancaster |
1800
Ross-Washington |
FAYETTE
Nancy M. Dickinson |
Washington Court House |
1810
Highland-Ross |
FRANKLIN
Leona L. Gustafson |
Columbus |
1803
Ross-Unorganized territory |
FULTON
Adopt me! |
Wauseon |
1850
Henry-Lucas-Williams |
GALLIA
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Gallipolis |
1803
Washington |
GEAUGA
Adopt me! |
Chardon |
1806
Trumbull |
GREENE
Dale Grimm |
Xenia |
1803
Hamilton-Ross |
GUERNSEY
Adopt me! |
Cambridge |
1810
Belmont-Muskingum |
HAMILTON
Linda Boorom |
Cincinnati |
1790
Original county |
HANCOCK
Adopt me! |
Findlay |
1820
Logan-Delaware |
HARDIN
Adopt me! |
Kenton |
1820
Logan-Delaware |
HARRISON
Adopt me! |
Cadiz |
1813
Jefferson-Tuscarawas |
HENRY
Adopt me! |
Napoleon |
1820
Logan-Shelby |
HIGHLAND
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Hillsboro |
1805
Adams-Clermont-Ross |
HOCKING
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Logan |
1818
Athens-Ross-Fairfield |
HOLMES
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Millersburg |
1824
Coshocton-Tuscarawas-Wayne |
HURON
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Norwalk |
1809
Portage-Geauga |
JACKSON
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Jackson |
1816
Athens-Gallia-Ross-Scioto |
JEFFERSON
Adopt me! |
Steubenville |
1797
Washington |
KNOX
Nola Miles Rogers |
Mt. Vernon |
1808
Fairfield-Franklin |
LAKE
Adopt me! |
Painsville |
1840
Cuyahoga-Geauga |
LAWRENCE
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Ironton |
1815
Gallia-Scioto |
LICKING
Nola Miles Rogers
Licking Valley Heritage Society |
Newark |
1808
Fairfield |
LOGAN
Robert V. Bremer |
Bellefontaine |
1818
Champaign |
LORAIN
Adopt me! |
Elyria |
1822
Cuyahoga-Huron-Medina |
LUCAS
Adopt me! |
Toledo |
1835
Wood-Sandusky |
MADISON
Dale Grimm |
London |
1810
Franklin |
MAHONING
Adopt me! |
Youngstown |
1846
Columbiana-Trumbull |
MARION
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Marion |
1820
Delaware |
MEDINA
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Medina |
1812
Portage |
MEIGS
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Pomeroy |
1819
Athens-Gallia |
MERCER
Wally Garchow |
Celina |
1820
Darke-Shelby |
MIAMI
Adopt me! |
Troy |
1807
Montgomery |
MONROE
Adopt me! |
Woodsfield |
1813
Belmont-Guernsey-Washington |
MONTGOMERY
Adopt me! |
Dayton |
1803
Hamilton |
MORGAN
Adopt me! |
McConnelsville |
1817
Guernsey-Muskingum-Washington |
MORROW
Adopt me! |
Mt. Gilead |
1848
Delaware-Knox-Marion-Richland |
MUSKINGUM
Adopt me! |
Zanesville |
1804
Fairfield-Washington |
NOBLE
Adopt me! |
Caldwell |
1851
Guernsey-Monroe-Morgan-Washington |
OTTAWA
Adopt me! |
Port Clinton |
1840
Erie-Lucas-Sandusky |
PAULDING
Adopt me! |
Paulding |
1820
Shelby-Darke |
PERRY
Adopt me! |
New Lexington |
1818
Fairfield-Muskingum-Washington |
PICKAWAY
Adopt me! |
Circleville |
1810
Fairfield-Franklin-Ross |
PIKE
Adopt me! |
Waverly |
1815
Adams-Ross-Scioto |
PORTAGE
Jeff Farmer |
Ravenna |
1808
Trumbull |
PREBLE
Wally Garchow |
Eaton |
1808
Butler-Montgomery |
PUTNAM
Cheryl A. Bechtel |
Ottawa |
1820
Shelby-Logan |
RICHLAND
Adopt me! |
Mansfield |
1808
Franklin |
ROSS
Adopt me! |
Chillicothe |
1798
Adams-Hamilton-Washington |
SANDUSKY
Adopt me! |
Fremont |
1820
Huron |
SCIOTO
Adopt me! |
Portsmouth |
1803
Adams |
SENECA
Adopt me! |
Tiffin |
1820
Huron-Sandusky |
SHELBY
Tina Hursh |
Sidney |
1819
Miami |
STARK
Adopt me! |
Canton |
1808
Columbiana-Muskingum |
SUMMIT
Adopt me! |
Akron |
1840
Medina-Portage-Stark |
TRUMBULL
Peggy Tebbetts |
Warren |
1800
Jefferson-Wayne (Northwest Territory) |
TUSCARAWAS
Adopt me! |
New Philadelphia |
1808
Muskingum |
UNION
Robert V. Bremer
Union County Genealogical Society NEW URL!
Town site: Chuckery, Ohio
Rebekah Headings
|
Marysville |
1820
Delaware-Franklin-Logan-Madison |
VAN WERT
Adopt me! |
Van Wert |
1820
Darke-Shelby |
VINTON
Adopt me! |
McArthur |
1850
Athens-Gallia-Hocking-Jackson-Ross |
WARREN
Adopt me! |
Lebanon |
1803
Hamilton |
WASHINGTON
Adopt me! |
Marietta |
1788
Unorganized territory |
WAYNE
Adopt me! |
Wooster |
1808
Columbiana-Stark |
WILLIAMS
Adopt me! |
Bryan |
1820
Darke-Shelby |
WOOD
Adopt me! |
Bowling Green |
1820
Logan |
WYANDOT
Adopt me! |
Upper Sandusky |
1845
Crawford-Hancock-Hardin-Marion |
