CARROLL COUNTY OHIO INFO

CARROLL COUNTY OHIO



SURROUNDED BY:

NORTHWEST
Stark County

NORTHEAST
Columbiana County

EAST
Jefferson County

SOUTH
Harrison County

WEST
Tuscarawas County


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

1833

PARENT COUNTY

Columbiana, Stark, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas

COUNTY SEAT

Carrollton

MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS

Carroll County Probate Court
119 Public Square
Carrollton, OH 44615-1492
330-627-2250

Civil Court
Court House Fl 3
Carrollton, OH 44615
330-627-5049

Carroll County Board Of Health
24 2nd St Ne, Carrollton, OH 44615
330-627-4866

Carroll County Dstrct Library
70 2nd St Ne, Carrollton, OH 44615
330-627-2613

Carroll County Genealogical Society
59 3rd St. NE
Carrollton, OH 44615-1205
330-627-2094


OTHER INFORMATION

Carroll County, one of Ohio's smallest counties is located 40 miles southwest of Youngstown. It was named after Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence who died the year Carroll County was formed, in 1832.

Carrollton, the county seat was the home of the most distinguished military family, the McCooks, of the Civil War. Of the sixteen McCooks who enlisted their services, several became generals and all but one were officers. The McCook house in carrollton is maintained as a Civil War Museum.

Principle industries include; stone-clay-glass, fabricated metals, paper, rubber, wax paper, clay and tile, cooking utensils, dairy products, cattle and calves.

Probate Court has birth & death records 1867 to 1909, marriage & probate records from 1833; Clerk of Courts has divorce & civil court records from 1833; County Health Department has birth & death records from 1909; County Recorder has land records from 1833.

INFORMATIONAL LINKS

Bibliography (Includes detailed sources for all the information on this and the connected pages.)
Covered Bridges - Ohio
Discovering Family Histories - Ohio
Favorite Genealogy Web Links
Genealogy Look Up Forum
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.)
Individual Ohio County Selection Table
Join the Maggie_Ohio Mailing List! or the OHROOTS-L Mailing List!
Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever
OHGenWeb Archives
Ohio Clickable Map
Ohio County Courthouse Project
Ohio County Information Page
Ohio Government Mapping System - GNIS for land features, historical places
Ohio Memory An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History
Ohio Migration Trails
Ohio Network of American History and Research Centers (This is a descriptiong of the central storage places for groups of Ohio counties.)
Ohio Tools for Genealogy Researchers
USGenWeb Project - Ohio
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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