Van Wert County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Van Wert County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Darke, Shelby, and Mercer Counties in 1820 (1837).
 * County Seat: Van Wert
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Paulding (north)·Mercer (south)·Putnam (northeast)· Allen and Auglaize (southeast)·Adams County, Indiana (west)·Allen County, Indiana (northwest)

Parent County
1820--Van Wert County was created 12 February 1820 from Darke County. County seat: Van Wert

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Van Wert County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams County, Indiana
 * Allen County, Indiana
 * Allen
 * Auglaize
 * Mercer
 * Paulding
 * Putnam

Military

 * Civil War service men from Van Wert 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 Van Wert County.


 * -99th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A

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.

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.