Richland County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Richland County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin and Knox Counties in 1808 (1813).
 * County Seat: Mansfield
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Huron (north)·Knox (south)·Crawford (west)· Morrow (southwest)·Ashland (east)

Parent County
1808--Richland County was created 30 January 1808 from Fairfield County. County seat: Mansfield

Boundary Changes
Richland County gave up land for the formation of Morrow County in February 1848. The Townships of Congress, North Bloomfield, Perry and Troy went to Morrow County.

See an interactive map of Richland County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Crawford
 * Huron
 * Knox
 * Morrow

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 26 - Pleasant Valley

Military

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I, also known as the Mansfield Guards
 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.
 * - 102nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C, D, and E

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.

Societies and Libraries
Richland County Chapter, OGS

Mansfield-Richland County Public Library - Sherman Room (genealogy room)

Ohio Genealogical Society Library (west of Bellville)

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * The Richland County OHGenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project