Darke County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Darke County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Miami County in 1809 (1817).
 * County Seat: Greenville
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Mercer (north)·Miami and Shelby (east)·Preble (south)·Randolph County, Indiana and Wayne County, Indiana (west)

Parent County
1809--Darke County was created 3 January 1809 from Miami County. County seat: Greenville

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Auglaize
 * Jay County, Indiana
 * Mercer
 * Miami
 * Montgomery
 * Preble
 * Randolph County, Indiana
 * Shelby
 * Wayne County, Indiana

Cemeteries

 * Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery, Arcanum BillionGraves
 * Brock Cemetery, Versailles BillionGraves

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

Local Histories

 * Early Pioneer List of 1874

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


Darke County Genealogical Researchers: Large collections of varying types of genealogical records