Logan County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Logan County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Champaign County in 1818.
 * County Seat: Bellefontaine
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Hardin (north)·Champaign (south)·Auglaize (northwest)·Union (east)·Shelby (west)

Parent County
1817--Logan County was created 30 December 1817 from Champaign County. County seat: Bellefontaine

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Auglaize
 * Champaign
 * Hardin
 * Shelby
 * Union

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Logan 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 Logan County.


 * -96th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company H, roster
 * Company I, roster
 * -113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, 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

Web Sites

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