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Vinton County, Ohio
Map
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Vinton County Courthouse 100 E. Main St. McArthur, Ohio 45651 Vinton County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, and Ross Counties in 1850.
  
• County Seat: McArthur
   
• Neighboring Counties: Vinton County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Hocking (north) · Gallia (south) · Ross (west) · Jackson (southwest) · Meigs (southeast) · Athens (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Vinton County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Locust Grove Cemetery
• Vinton County, Ohio Cemeteries by Township
• Vinton County, Ohio Cemeteries by Cemetery Name
• Tombstone Records at Bowen Cemetery, Vinton County
• Curry Cemetery Gravestone Transcription
• Hamilton Cemetery
• Elk Cemetery, McArthur BillionGraves
• Old McArthur Cemetery
• Strongsville Cemetery
• St. Adelbert's Cemetery
• The Political Graveyard
• Ohio Cemetery Records $
• Vinton County Cemeteries
• St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
• Vinton County Cemeteries
• Ohio Gravestone
• Find A Grave
• Ohio Tombstone Photo Project
• Many Cemetery Records for Vinton 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

• United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census 1860
• 1860 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census 1870
• United States Census 1880 (Index only)
• 1880 United States Federal Census $
• U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
• United States Census 1900
• 1910 United States Federal Census $
• 1920 United States Federal Census $
• 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen $
• 1930 United States Federal Census $

Church Records

• Gateway to Vinton County, Churches
• Topographic Map Church Features in Vinton County
• Vinton County, Ohio Churches

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

• Vinton County Funeral Homes
• Many Funeral Home Records for Vinton 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.

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local Histories

• Vinton County, Ohio History Sources
• Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe
• A History of New Plymouth by Mrs. Merle Huggins and Flossie M. Monks
• Vinton County, Ohio Biography (WorldCat)
  • Many History Records for Vinton 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
• Vinton County, Ohio Land Patents
• Many Land and Property Records for Vinton 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

• 1875 Vinton County, Ohio Township Maps, shows property owners
• 1877 Vinton County Map
• 1895 Vinton County, Ohio U. S. Atlas
• Maps of Vinton County, Ohio
• Map of Vinton, County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels
• Vinton County Map
• Many Maps for Vinton 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.

Military

• Civil War

- Civil War service men from Vinton 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 Vinton County.

- 114th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A

- Ohio in the Civil War

- Civil War Collection $

- Many Military (Civil War) Records for Vinton 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.

• World War I

- American War Dead

- Vinton County, Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918

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

- U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 $

-Many Military (Word War I) Records for Vinton 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, seetopic details.

• World War II

- United States, World War II Draft Registraton Cards, 1942

- Vinton County, Ohio World War II Casualties Army and Air Force

• Korean War

- Korean War Project

• Vietnam War

- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Many Military Records for Vinton 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.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Many Naturalization and Citizenship Records for Vinton 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.

Newspapers

• The Athens Messenger
• Vinton County Obituaries
• Vinton County Republican (1850-1852)
• Vinton County Flag (1852-1853)
• M'arthur Democrat (1853-1865)
• The Vinton Record (1866-1891)
• The Vinton Record and McArthur Courant (1891-1899)
• Vinton County, Ohio Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

• Many Probate Records for Vinton 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

Vinton County Courthouse
County Courthouse
McArthur, OH 45651-1296
Phone: 740.596.4571

Probate Judge has birth and death records 1867-1950,
marriage records from 1850 and probate records from 1867;
County Health Department has birth records from 1950;
Clerk Court has divorce and land records from 1850^[2]

• Vinton County, Ohio
• Gateway to Vinton Couty

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

• Ohio University Libraries, Collections
• Ohio Memory, A Collaborative Project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio.
• Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library

Museums

Societies

• Vinton County Chapter of the Ohio  Genealogical Society
• The Ohio Genealogical Society
• Ohio Historical Society
• Ohio Memory, A Collaborative Project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio.

Schools

• Vinton County Schools
• Vinton County, Ohio

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

• Vinton County Birth, Death and Marriage Records

Marriage

• Vinton County Birth, Death and Marriage Records

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.
• Vinton County Birth, Death and Marriage Records

Many Vital Records for Vinton 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
• Gateway to Vinton County
• My Ohio Genealogy, Vinton County
• Vinton County Convention & Vistors' Bureau
• Cyndi's List, Vinton County
• Vinton County, Ohio Free Public Records Directory
• Find County Records
• Ohio Genealogy Trails

Places

Populated Places

• Origins of Vinton County Place Names
• Vinton County, Ohio GNIS
• Vinton County, Ohio WikipediA
• Vinton County Populated Places

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Vinton County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Vinton County, Ohio. Page 546 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.