Huron County, Ohio Genealogy

United States  Ohio  Huron County

Parent County
1809--Huron County was created 7 February 1809 from Portage and Cuyahoga Counties. County seat: Norwalk

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Crawford
 * Erie
 * Lorain
 * Richland
 * Sandusky
 * Seneca

Cemeteries
Ninevah Cemetery

Military

 * Civil War service men from Huron 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 with men from Huron County.


 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.
 * - 24th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and G
 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies G and H
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company H
 * - 123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, C, and E
 * - 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Companies B, C, and H

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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

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