Morrow County, Ohio Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Morrow County Courthouse 48 East High Street Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338

Parent County
1848--Morrow County was created 24 February 1848 from Knox, Marion, Delaware, and Richland Counties. County seat: Mount Gilead

The Townships that came from Delaware County are: Westfield, Lincoln, Harmony, Peru and Bennington.

The Townships that came from Knox County are: Franklin, Chester and South Bloomfield.

The Townships that came from Marion County are: Canaan, Washington, Cardington and most of Gilead (some of what is now Gilead was in Knox County).

The Townships that came from Richland County are: North Bloomfield, Troy, Congress and Perry.

Populated Places
Map: The Townships of Morrow County

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Delaware
 * Knox
 * Marion
 * Richland

Cemeteries
Tombstone Transcription Project

LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 24 - unidentified cemetery

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.

Web Sites

 * The Morrow County OH GenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Family History Library Catalog