HIGHLAND 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
1805
PARENT COUNTY
Ross, Adams, Clermont
COUNTY SEAT
Hillsboro
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Highland County Probate Court
PO Box 825 (105 N High St.)
Hillsboro, OH 45133-0825
937-393-1911
Highland County Health Dept
135 1/2 N High St, Hillsboro, OH 45133
937-393-1941
Hillsboro Public Library
10 Willetsville Pike, Hillsboro, OH 45133
937-393-3114
Highland County Genealogy Society
151 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OH 45133
Southern Ohio Chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society
Southern Ohio Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 414, Hillsboro, OH 45133
Highland County Historical Society
Highland House
151 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OH 45133
Greenfield Historical Society
McArthur and Jefferson, Greenfield, OH 45123
OTHER INFORMATION
Highland County was named because of the highlands between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers. The surface of the county is rolling to hilly.
Hillsboro, the county seat, is the birthplace of Milton Caniff, would famous cartoonist, whose Steve Canyon cartoon strip is seen and read all over the world. The county seat was name for Lord Hillsborough, Colonial Secretary of the British Government.
Principle industries include; printing and publishing, leather, food, transportation equipment, farm machinery, bank equipment, wearing apparel, hogs, dairy products, cattle and calves.
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