MIAMI 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
1807
PARENT COUNTY
Montgomery
COUNTY SEAT
Troy
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Miami County Probate Court
215 W Main St
Troy, OH 45373-3263
937-332-6800
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Miami County Health Dept
3232 N County Road 25a
Troy, OH 45373
937-335-5675
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Flesh Public Library, History Department
124 West Green Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356
As of June 1997, for historical and genealogical information, you can contact: James Oda (municipal historian) at:
(937) 773-6753 voice
(937) 773-5981 fax
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Troy Miami County Library
419 W Main St
Troy, OH 45373
937-339-0502
Oakes-Beitman Library
2 North Main Street
Pleasant Hill, Ohio 45359
J.R. Clark Public Library
Local History Room
East Spring St.
Covington, Ohio 45318
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Troy Historical Society Archives
Hayner Culture Center
301 West Main Street
Troy, Ohio 45373
--Obituary card file
Quaker Researcher Center
47 North Miami St
West Milton, Ohio 45383
Rossville Museum & Culture Center
(Afro-American)
P.O.Box 627, Piqua, Ohio 45356
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Miami Valley Genealogy Index (The Miami Valley Genealogical Index is a searchable index of more than 535,000 records dealing with early residents of the Miami Valley. Most records date before 1900.)
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Tippecanoe Historical Society
P. O. Box 42
Tipp City, Ohio 45371
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OTHER INFORMATION
Miami County was once a part of an Indian stronghold. The name "Miami" comes from the Miami tribe of Indians. The word "Miami" in Indian language means "mother".
Many of the early settlers of Troy, the county seat, were from Virginia and Kentucky. During the Civil War the city was a station on the Underground Railroad. Troy was once known for its wagon and buggy shops.
Clerk of Courts has divorce and civil court records from 1807; Probate Judge has marriage, death & probate records; County Health Department has birth records.
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INFORMATIONAL LINKS
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Bibliography (Includes detailed sources for all the information on this and the connected pages.) |
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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.) |
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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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