PREBLE COUNTY OHIO
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COUNTY INFORMATION
1895 Map of Ohio
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Map modified with permission of Ray Sterner from http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states
DATE CREATED
1808
PARENT COUNTY
Montgomery, Butler
COUNTY SEAT
Eaton
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MAGGIE'S SKELETON CLOSET AKA PLACES TO SEEK YOUR ANCESTORS |
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Preble County Probate
101 E Main St, Eaton, OH 45320
937-456-8160
Preble County Board Of Health
119 S Barron St, Eaton, OH 45320
937-456-8187
Board Of Health
119 S Barron St, Eaton, OH 45320
937-456-8187
OTHER INFORMATION
Preble County was formed from parts of Butler and Montgomery Counties on March 1, 1808.It was named for Capt. Edward Preble, a distinguised Naval Hero of the American Revolution and the Tripolitan War.
Preble County borders the state of Indiana about 20 miles west of Dayton. There are a variety of soils found in the county and numerous streams which in the earlier days furnished mills with water power.
The county was the home of Benjamin hanby who opened a singing school at New Paris and wrote two well known songs, "Darling Nellie Gray" and "Up on the House Top", which he called "Santa Claus". Eaton, the county seat, is noted for its mineral wells and springs.
Probate Judge has birth & death records from 1867, probate records from 1800 & marriage records from 1808; Clerk of Courts has divorce & civil court records from 1850; County Recorder has land records from 1804.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
Bibliography (Includes detailed sources for all the information on this and the connected pages.) |
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.) |
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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