GALLIA 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
1803
PARENT COUNTY
Washington, Adams
COUNTY SEAT
Gallipolis
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Gallia County Probate Court
Locust St.
Gallipolis, OH 45631
740-446-4374
Gallipolis Municipal Court
518 2nd Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631
740-446-9400
Clerk Of Courts
518 2nd Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631
740-441-6026
Gallia County Health Dept
18 Locust St, Gallipolis, OH 45631
740-446-4612
Bossard Memorial Library
7 Spruce St, Gallipolis, OH 45631
740-446-7323
Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 295
430 Second Ave.
Gallipolis, OH 45631-0295
740-446-7200
Mason County Library
508 Viand St, Point Pleasant, WV 25550
304-675-2913
OTHER INFORMATION
Gallia County was established in 1803. It is situated on the Ohio River 80 miles southeast of Columbus. The county takes its name from "Gaul", a Latin word for France.
The county was first settled by the French who established Gallipolis, the county seat, in 1791. The city's waterfront once had active business from trade boats that stopped for supplies. Showboats and passenger boats often moored here.
Agricultural products in Gallia County include; dairy, tobacco, cattle, and calves. Other main industries are; food, processed meats and upholstered furniture.
Probate Court has birth, death, marriage & probate records; Clerk of Courts has divorce & civil court records from 1850; County Health Department has burial records; County Recorder has land records.
If you are interested in Gallia County, Ohio you can get great
information from the Ohio Valley Visitors Center at the address:
45 State Street
Gallipolis, OH. 45631
740-446-6882 or 1-800-765-6482
I received a phamplet called Explore Ohio's Southern Shore from them
and it has a map with some noted historical sites on it, with
information about the sites as well as a history of Bob Evans.
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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