VINTON COUNTY OHIO

SURROUNDED BY: NORTH Hocking County NORTHEAST Athens County SOUTHEAST Meigs County SOUTH SOUTHEAST Gallia County SOUTH SOUTHWEST Jackson County WEST Ross 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 1850 PARENT COUNTY Gallia, Athens, Ross, Jackson, Hocking COUNTY SEAT McArthur

MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS

County Probate Court
100 E Main St
Mc Arthur, OH 45651
740-596-5480

Health Recovery Svc
107 S Sugar St
Mc Arthur, OH 45651
740-596-2542

Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library
120 N Market St
Mc Arthur, OH 45651
740-596-5691
Local History & Genealogy

Vinton County Historical &
Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 306
Hamden, OH 45634-0306

Vinton County Ohio Community Web Tourism Site

Send an inquiry Email message to the
Times-Journal Newspaper at [email protected]

Index to Lew Ogan's History of Vinton County Ohio, 1954

OTHER INFORMATION

Vinton County was named in honor of Samuel Finley Vinton an early Ohio Statesman. Today the county is a leading recreational center with Zaleski State Forest and the Raccoon State Forest as tourist attractions.

The county seat of McArthur was named for Ohio governor Duncan McArthur. The area was an early iron working center. Coal, iron ore and fire-clay deposits have been found.

Probate Judge has birth & death records from 1867 to 1950, marriage records from 1850, probate records from 1867; County Health Department has birth records after 1950; Clerk of Courts has divorce, civil court & land records from 1850.

INFORMATIONAL LINKS