Wayne County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Wayne County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Colulmbiana and Stark Counties in 1808 (1812).
 * County Seat: Wooster
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Medina (north)·Holmes (south)·Ashland (west)· Summit (northeast)·Stark (east)

Parent County
1808--Wayne County was created 13 February 1808 from Columbiana County. The original Wayne County disappeared, in 1803, when Ohio became a state. County seat: Wooster

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Wayne County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Holmes
 * Medina
 * Stark
 * Summit

Military

 * Civil War service men from Wayne 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 Wayne County.


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company E (also known as Given Guards) with many men from Wooster.
 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C
 * - 102nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies F, H , and I
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C, especially from the town of Wooster
 * - 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Company G

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date 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, occupation of deceased.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wooster Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.