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Pike County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Pike County Courthouse 100 E. 2nd Waverly, Ohio 45690-1301 Pike County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Adams, Ross, and Scioto Counties 4 January 1815.^[1]
• County Seat: Waverly
• Neighboring Counties: Pike County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Ross (north) · Scioto (south) · Highland (west) · Adams (southwest) · Jackson (east)

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Pike County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Pike County Ohio Cemetery Index
• Pike County, Ohio Cemeteries
• Ohio Gravestones
• Pike County, Ohio Cemetery List
• Givens Chapel Cemetery in Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. (Includes many photos of headstones)
• Find a Grave
• The Tombstone Transcription Project
• Ohio GenWeb Tombstone Phot Project
• The Political Graveyard
• Many Cemetery Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Census and Directories

• Pike County Ohio Census Index
• 1820 United States Federal Census $
• 1830 United States Federal Census $
• 1840 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census 1860
• 1860 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census 1870
• United States Census 1880 (Index only)
• 1890 Veterans Schedule $
• United States Census 1900
• 1910 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census 1920
• 1930 United States Federal Census $
• 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen $

Church Records

• Pike County, Ohio Churches
• Topographic Map Church Features in Pike County, Ohio

Court Records

• Many Court Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.
• Many Guardianship Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

• Pike County Funeral Records 1913-1917 (Hammerstein Funeral Home)

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local Histories

• Pike County Ohio Biographies
• Pike County, Ohio Biograhies (WorldCat)
• History of River Scioto Valley, Ohio (WorldVital Records $)
• History of PIke County
• Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe Vol. 1888
• Many History Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Land and Property

• Land Patent Search (BLM)
• Land Access
• U. S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 $
• Many Land Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Maps

• 1914 County Map for Pike-Ross
• Ohio Historical Lines
• Maps of Pike County, Ohio
• Map Showing Pike County, Ohio

Military

General

- Military Index

Civil War

• Civil War service men from Ross County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Ross County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, Company C

World War II

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 $

• U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 $
• U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 $
• United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

• Obituaries
• Obituary and Death Notices

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

• Pike County Wills & Administrations
• Many Probate Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Pike County Courthouse
100 E 2nd Street
Waverly, OH 45690
Phone: 740.947.2715

Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records;
Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1815;
County Recorder has land records^[1]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

• Garnet A. Wilson PUblic Library

Museums

Societies

• Pike County Genealogy & Historical Society
• The Ohio Genealogical Society

Schools

• Pike County Schools

Taxation

• Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838

Vital Records

Birth

• Pike County, Ohio Births

Marriage

• Pike County Ohio Marriages
• Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 $

Death

• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 $
• Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913-1944
• Pike County Death Records, 1958-1967
  
• Pike County Names and Years of Deaths of Early Resident Who Died Intestate

• Many Vital Records for Pike County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Publication List
• Cyndi's List for Pike County, Ohio
• My Ohio Genealogy
• Pike County Chamber of Commerce

Places

Populated Places

• Townships, lists cemeteries, tombstone pictures, history and maps.
• Pike County"s Timeline
• Pike County, Ohio WikipediA
• Histopolis, includes details for Pike County, cemeteries, cities, townships

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pike County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).