Champaign County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Champaign County

Historical Facts

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

Parent County
1805--Champaign County was created 20 February 1805 from &lt;a href="Greene County, Ohio"&gt;Greene&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="Franklin County, Ohio"&gt;Franklin&lt;/a&gt; Counties. County seat: Urbana

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark
 * Logan
 * Madison
 * Miami
 * Shelby
 * Union

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

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers