OHIO COUNTY, Indiana
*First created in 1844 from Dearborn County, Indiana.
*County seat: Rising Sun.
Located in southeastern Indiana, with the Ohio River at its eastern
boundary,
and Boone County, Kentucky across the river.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include:
Aberdeen, Bascom
Corner,
Bear Branch, Blue,
Buffalo, Camp Shor, Cofield
Corner, Downey Corner, French, Hartford,
Milton, North
Landing, Pate, and Rising Sun.
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Surrounding Counties:
N =
Dearborn
County, IN
NW = Ripley
County,
IN OHIO COUNTY
E = Boone County, Kentucky
S and W = Switzerland
County, IN
See USGebWeb for State
Selection
Page to visit Kentucky.
Ohio County Health Department (For Birth & Death
Certificates
from ca. 1882)
515 Second Street - Rising Sun,
IN
47040-1060 Phone: (812) 438-2551. Ohio County,
Indiana Government
Ohio County Circuit Court Clerk - (For Marriage, Divorce &
Probate Records)
Courthouse: 413 Main Street -
Rising
Sun, IN 47040 Phone: (812) 438-2610. Ohio County
Recorder
413 Main Street - Rising Sun, IN
47040 Phone: (812) 438-3369.
Ohio County Communities
Cass Township communities
include: Aberdeen, Bascom Corner, Blue, Cofield Corner, Downey
Corner and Pate.
Pike Township communities
include: Bear Branch.
Randolph Township communities
include: Camp Shor, French (Buffalo), North Landing and Rising
Sun (the county seat). Buffalo, located, in the northeastern
corner of Ohio county, is an alternate name for the town of French (see
map).
UnionTownship communities
include: Hartford and Milton.
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL
GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden Mensch,
Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsite, and with the vast resources of the
Allen County
Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in
North
America. Search the Library's
online
catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a
location
or topic.
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002-2007,
by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.
Printed resources for this page include:
- Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition,
Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
- School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W.
Foster,
Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library
Publishing Company. 1982.
- New
Sectional Township Map of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois :
Higgins
Belden & Co., 1875.
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