Stark County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Stark County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Columbiana and Muskingum Counties in 1808 (1809).
 * County Seat: Canton
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Portage (north)·Tuscarawas (south)·Wayne (west)· Summit (northwest)·Carroll (southeast)·Columbiana (east)· Mahoning (northeast)

County Courthouse
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio, Stark County Coroner's Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Parent County
1808--Stark County was created 13 February 1808 from Columbiana County. County seat: Canton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Columbiana
 * Holmes
 * Mahoning
 * Portage
 * Summit
 * Tuscarawas
 * Wayne

Cemeteries
BillionGraves


 * East Nimishillen Cemetery, Uniontown or North Canton
 * Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton
 * Mount Peace Cemetery, Hartville

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Canton

Court
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio, Stark County Court Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Military

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


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company F (also known as Canton Zouaves)
 * - 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, B, and E
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, D, and H

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|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.


 * Ohio, Stark County Court Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Canton Ohio Family History Center (North Canton)

Web Sites

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