Crawford County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1820--Crawford County was created 12 February 1820 from Delaware County. County seat: Bucyrus

Boundary Changes
1835 - Six miles on the western side was added from the Wyndot Indian Reservation

1842 - The last of the Wyandot Reservation was purchased and added to the county

1845 - Wyandot County was formed from an 18 mile strip from western Crawford County       - A 4 x 20 mile strip was added on the eastern side from Richland County        - A 2 x 16 mile strip was added on the south from Marion County

1848 - A 1 x 7 mile strip on the Counties southeast was given to Morrow County when it was formed       This finalized the boundaries of Crawford County

Townships (Current)

 * Auburn Township
 * Bucyrus Township
 * Chatfield Township
 * Cranberry Township&gt;
 * Dallas Township
 * Holmes Township
 * Jackson Township
 * Jefferson Township
 * Liberty Township
 * Lykens Township
 * Polk Township
 * Sandusky Township
 * Texas Township
 * Tod Township
 * Vernon Township
 * Whetstone Township

Populated Places

 * Bucyrus
 * Galion
 * Crestline
 * New Washington
 * Leesville
 * Oceola
 * New Winchester
 * Tiro
 * North Robinson
 * Sulphur Springs
 * Broken Sword
 * Chatfield
 * Lykens

Neighboring Counties

 * Huron
 * Marion
 * Morrow
 * Richland
 * Seneca
 * Wyandot

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

 * Family History Library Catalog