Warren County, Ohio Genealogy

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Located in the southwest corner of Ohio, Warren County was formed by one of the first acts of the new state of Ohio in 1803.

History
On March 24, 1803, Warren County was created from Hamilton County.

1 Jan 1815 -- Northwest corner of present day Warren gained from Butler County.

Facts
The land in Warren County was originally surveyed under two different land survey systems


 * Clear Creek, Deerfield, Franklin, Turtlecreek, and Wayne townships were originally part of the Miami River Survey (sometimes called the survey between the Miami Rivers or the Congress Lands East of the Miami). Townships are numbered east from the Miami River and ranges are numbered north from the Ohio River. Sections in the Miami River Survey were numbered according to Northwest Ordinance of 1785 and therefore vary from most other federal land states. This means that section 1 is located in the southeast corner of the township and then proceed north to section 6. Section 7 is located to the west of section 1 and again proceeds north to section 12 and so forth.
 * Hamilton, Harlan, Salem, and Washington townships were originally part of the Virginia Military District lands. As such, they do not use sections numbers according to the federal land system but use Military District Numbers instead.

County Seat:
Lebanon

Towns:
Blanchester | Butlerville | Carlisle | Chautauqua | Corwin | Franklin | Harveysburg | Loveland | Maineville | Mason | Middletown | Monroe | Morrow | Oxford | Pleasant Plain | Red Lion | Ridgeville | Springboro | South Lebanon | Union | Waynesville | Youngstown

Townships:
Clear Creek: Formed October 17, 1815 from Franklin and Wayne Townships, Clear Creek is located in the northern part of Warren County. Clear Creek is named for the water running through it and covers parts of four original surveyed townships T2E R5N, T3E R5N, T3E R4N, and T4E R4N of the Miami River Survey.

Deerfield: One of the county's original townships, Deerfield...

Franklin (formed 1803)

Hamilton (formed 1803)

Harlan

Massie

Salem (formed 1813 from Hamilton)

Turtlecreek: Organized August 15, 1804, Turtlecreek Township was formed from Franklin, Wayne, and Deercreek townships and originally contained parts of Union and Salem townships. Turtlecreek is the largest township in Warren County and covers the center and western portions of the county. Turtlecreek township covers parts of T2E R4N, T3E R4N, T4E R4N, T3E R3N, T4E R3N, T5E R3N of the Miami River Survey.

Union (formed 1815 from Turtle Creek and Deerfield)

Washington

Wayne (formed 1803)

Cemeteries

 * The Warren County Virtual Cemetery Project (sponsored by the Warren County Genealogy Society) is an endeavor to catalog, digitize, and make available information on every cemetery in Warren County. Included in the project is a complete list of every cemetery, a --- (check out the site here)

Funeral Home Records

 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to some funeral home records as well as addresses for all local funeral homes.

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Warren County.

Newspapers

 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has information on local newspapers including newspaper titles and years of publications.

Obituaries

 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to obituaries published in local newspapers covering years from 1810-2009. Indexes are organized by year and decade. If an ancestor is found in the obituary index, copies of the obitary can be ordered from the genealogy society.

Vital Records

 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953: Death records for Warren county from 1908-1953 are available online for free from FamilySearch Record Search
 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to deaths from county records covering the years 1867-1930 and deaths in county assessor records covering 1886-1907.
 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to divorces occuring in Warren county covering the years 1803-1900.
 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to marriages covering the years 1803-1907.
 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to adoption records compiled from probate court records covering the years 1856-1917.
 * The Warren County Genealogy Society has indexes to birth records from 1867-1908 and late births from 1868-1938.

Web Sites

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