ALLEN 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
1820
PARENT COUNTY
Shelby
COUNTY SEAT
Shelby
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Allen County Clerk Of Courts &
Allen County Probate Court
301 N. Main St.
Lima, OH 45801-4456
419-228-3700
Allen County Health Dept
219 E Market St.
Lima, OH 45801
419-228-4457
Lima Public Library
650 W Market St.
Lima, OH 45801
419-228-5113
OTHER INFORMATION
Allen County was formed from Indian territory in 1831. The county takes its name from Ethan Allen, famed leader of the "Green Mountain Boys" of the American Revolution.
Lima, the county seat, received its name from Lima Peru. In 1885 the discovery of oil by Benjamin Faurot brought booming prosperity to the city. Even after the oil had tapered off, Lima maintained a position in the oil industry with refineries and important pipelines.
Principle industries in Allen County include; machinery, transportation equiptment, fabricated metals, food and petroleum refining.
Probate Court has birth and death records 1867 to 1908, marriage records from 1831, County Museum has naturalization records from 1851 to 1929.
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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