MARION COUNTY OHIO

SURROUNDED BY: NORTHWEST Wyandot County NORTHEAST Crawford County EAST Morrow County SOUTHEAST Delaware County SOUTHWEST Union County WEST Hardin 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 1820 PARENT COUNTY Delaware COUNTY SEAT Marion

MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS

Marion County Probate Court
Courthouse Square
100 N. Main St.
Marion, OH 43302-3089
740-387-5871

Marion Health Dept
233 W Center St, Marion, OH 43302
740-387-3604

Marion City Health Dept
233 W Center St, Marion, OH 43302
740-387-5437

Marion County Health Dept
98 McKinley Park Dr, Marion, OH 43302
740-387-6520

Marion Public Library
445 E Church St, Marion, OH 43302
740-387-0992

Marion County Ohio Homepage

Marion County Genealogical Society

Marion County Historical Society
169 E. Church St.
Marion, OH 43302
740-387-4255

Sharon Moore's Marion County Ohio WebSite (This is a wonderful web site and includes: Research in Marion County and First Families of Marion County among other things.)

Al Potts' Marion County, Ohio Page - The Place for Historians and Genealogists (This site contains searchable databases such as cemetery and marriage records, complete early Marion histories, and German immigrant data.)

Marion County OHGenWeb Page (Includes the Civil War Roll of Honor)

Marion Online - Marion's Homepage, Your Start Place

Marion's Official Web Site [Sponsored by Marion Computer Center & the Marion Area Chamber of Commerce.]

OTHER INFORMATION

Marion County was organized in 1824 and named in honor of General Francis Marion of South Carolina. General Marion was named the "Swamp Fox" because of the trouble he gave the British during the Revolution.

The county seat, also named Marion, was the home of Ohio's eighth president, Warren G. Harding. It is the center of one of the major popcorn-producing areas in the United States. The city also maintains a branch of the Ohio State University.

Chief industries in the county are; construction and mining machinery, metals, rubber, food, brake shoes, refrigeration equipment, surgical gloves, animal feeds, tin cans, malleable castings, and hogs.

Probate Judge has birth, marriage & probate records; County Health Department has death records; Clerk of Courts has divorce & civil court records; County Recorder has land records.

INFORMATIONAL LINKS