Champaign County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Champaign County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin and Greene counties 20 February 1805.
 * County Seat: Urbana
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Logan (north)·Union (northeast)·Clark (south)·Shelby and Miami (west)·Madison (east)

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

Cemeteries

 * Grandview Cemetery, Urbana BillionGraves
 * Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana BillionGraves

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Champaign County.

Military

 * Civil War, 1861-1865

Civil War service men from Champaign 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 Champaign County.


 * - 113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies E and K

Roster of Soldiers who enlisted from Champaign County, Ohio, for service in the Armies of the United States during the war of 1861-1865, who died or were killed in the service. List courtesy of Champaign County Historical Society.

Champaign County Military burials with many brief biographies at Find A Grave (11 records)

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Courthouse
Champaign County Courthouse 200 N Main Street Urbana, OH 43078 Phone: 937.653.2746

Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records. County Health Department has death records. County Auditor has burial records. County Recorder has land records. County Clerk has divorce and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies
Champaign County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. PO Box 682. Urbana, OH 43078-0680

Death

 * 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.