Meigs County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Meigs County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Athens and Gallia Counties in 1819.
 * County Seat: Pomeroy
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Athens (north)·Hocking (northwest)·Mason (south)·Jackson County, West Virginia (southeast)· Vinton (west)· Gallia (southwest) · Wood County, West Virginia (east)

Parent County
1819--Meigs County was created 21 January 1819 from Gallia and Athens Counties. County seat: Pomeroy

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

Populated Places
Cities and towns:

Alfred | Antiquity | Apple Grove |  Bald Knobs  | Bashan |  Bradbury |  Bucks Mill | Burlingham |  Carpenter  |  Chester |  Danville  | Darwin  | Dexter  | Dorcas  |  Dyesville| East Letart  |  Eden | Five Points |  Flora |  Great Bend  | Hanesville  | Harrisonville | Hazael  | Hemlock Grove  | Hobson  | Hobson Junction  | Horner Hill  | Joppa |  Keno | Kingsbury  | Langsville  | Letart Falls  | Lima  | Lincoln Heights  | Long Bottom  | Meigs |Merritt  | Middleport  | Midway  | Minersville  | Mount Blanco  | Nease Settlement | Oldtown  | Flats  |  Pageville  | Pinegrove  | Plants  | Point Rock  | Pomeroy  | Portland |  Racine  | Reedsville  | Rock Springs  | Rolandus  | Rushville  | Rutland  | Salem Center Shade River  | Silver Run  | Snowville  | Spiller  | Success  | Sumner  | Syracuse  | Tuppers Plains  | Valley Ford  | Welsh  | Welshtown  | Wolfpen

Neighboring Counties

 * Athens
 * Gallia
 * Jackson County, West Virginia
 * Mason County, West Virginia
 * Vinton
 * Wood County, West Virginia

Cemeteries
For a list of cemeteries in Meigs County, OH, click here.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Meigs County.


 * July 19, 1863 = Buffington Island, also known as St. Georges Creek


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Ohio.


 * - Civil War service men from Meigs 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 Meigs County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and G

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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Meigs County, Ohio Historical Society

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. USGenWeb Meigs County