ADAMS COUNTY OHIO
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COUNTY INFORMATION
1895 Map of Ohio
(Click on Thumbnail
for Large Map)
Map modified with permission
of Ray Sterner from http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states
DATE CREATED
1797
PARENT COUNTY
Hamilton
COUNTY SEAT
West Union
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Adams County Probate Judge
110 W Main St.
West Union, OH 45693-1347
937-544-3286
Adams County Board Of Health
116 W Mulberry St.
West Union, OH 45693
937-544-5547
West Union Public Library
733 Elm St.
West Union, OH 45693
937-544-2591
The Adams County Heritage Center
About 1 1/2 block N of the Court House on St. Rt. 247
Watch for the green & white sign on the left
Hours: 12:00 - 4:00 Thur. & Sat.
Closed Holidays
This wonderful Genealogy Library in West Union is run by both the Adams County Historical Society & the Adams County Genealogical Society. Together they have gathered a lot of the missing information lost in the fire.
OTHER INFORMATION
Adams was one of the first of Ohio's 88 counties to be formed. It derives its name from John Adams, our second president. The county seat is situated on the Ohio River 100 miles south of Columbus and 50 miles from Cincinnati. West Union is the county seat.
The most significant feature of the county is the giant earth mound in the form of a serpent located in the Serpent Mound State Memorial claimed as the largest effigy mound in the world, the 1,254 foot structure was constructed by the Hopewell Indians.
Tobacco is the main agricultural product in Adams County. Principle industry includes; apparel, electrical machinery, fabricated metals, food, lumber, bakery items, refrigerator condensers and welded wire products.
Their courthouse burned in 1910, some records were saved, some as early as 1796, others to 1799 including records of several countys before their inception. Probate Court has birth and death records 1888 to 1893, marriage records 1803 to 1853 & from 1910, probate records 1849 to 1860 & from 1910.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
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Bibliography (Includes detailed sources for all the information on this and the connected pages.) |
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Hixson Plat Maps, Ohio Townships W. W. Hixson & Company, Rockford, Illinois
(These plat maps were published without dates or copyright notice,
but are believed to be from the 1920s and 1930s. The W. W. Hixson
Company published an Ohio Atlas around 1925 with individual County
maps and Township plat maps.) |
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Vital Statistics (Includes Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Land, Will & Estate Records.) This is an area
that explains where to look for vital records in the state of Ohio. |
  
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