Morrow County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Morrow County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Delaware, Knox, Marion, and Richland Counties in 1848.
 * County Seat: Mount Gilead
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Crawford (north)·Delaware (south)·Marion (west)·Knox (east) · Richland (northeast)

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, Cardington, Gilead (some of what is now Gilead was in Knox County) and Washington. Morven Township lands, Marion County, were ceded to Morrow County, but did not continue to exist by that name.

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

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

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

Local Histories
History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time, embracing its topography, geological, physical and climatic features; its agricultural, stock-growing, railroad interests, etc.; a history of Morrow County, giving an account of its aboriginal inhabitants, early settlement by the whites, pioneer incidents, its growth, its improvements, organization of the county, its judicial and political history, its business and industries, churchs, schools, etc.; biographical sketches; portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, etc., etc.

Military

 * Civil War service men from Morrow 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 Morrow County.


 * 96th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company C, roster
 * Company D (both Morrow and Marion Counties), roster

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

 * The Morrow County OH GenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project