GUERNSEY COUNTY OHIO

SURROUNDED BY: NORTHWEST Coshocton County NORTH Tuscarawas County NORTHEAST Harrison County EAST Belmont County SOUTH Noble County WEST Muskingum 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 1810 PARENT COUNTY Belmont, Muskingum COUNTY SEAT Cambridge

MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS

OTHER INFORMATION

Guernsey County takes its name from the Island of Gurnsey in the English Channel, from which the early settlers came. The county is marked by strip-mining operations.

Cambridge, the county seat, was laid out in 1806. After the National Road reached it in 1828, the city grew and was known for its glass industry. It is an important dairy, livestock and shopping center in the heart of the Muskingum Conservancy Lake District watershed.

The principle industries include; machinery, stone-clay-glass, rubber, wall tile, vanadium steel alloys, fractional horsepower motors, communications equipment, stainless steel utensils, spark plug insulators.

Probate Court has birth, marriage & probate records; Clerk of Courts has divorce records from 1850 & civil court records from 1810; County Health Department has death records.

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