Clermont County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Clermont County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County in 1800.
 * County Seat: Batavia
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Warren (north)·Clinton (northeast)·Campbell County, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Kentucky, and Bracken County, Kentucky (south)·Hamilton (west)·Brown (east)

Parent County
1800--Clermont County was created 6 December 1800 from Hamilton County. County seat: Batavia

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Bracken County, Kentucky
 * Brown
 * Campbell County, Kentucky
 * Clinton
 * Hamilton
 * Kenton County, Kentucky
 * Warren

Cemeteries

 * Old Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves
 * Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves (newer and larger cemetery)

Military

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


 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.

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

 * Clermont County Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cincinnati Ohio 5th & 7th Family History Center