Vinton County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1850--Vinton County was created 23 March 1850 from Gallia, Athens, Ross, Jackson, and Hocking Counties. County seat: McArthur

Populated Places

 * Origins of Vinton County Place Names
 * Vinton County, Ohio GNIS

Neighboring Counties

 * Athens
 * Gallia
 * Hocking
 * Jackson
 * Meigs
 * Ross

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
 * Old McArthur Cemetery
 * Strongsville Cemetery
 * St. Adelbert's Cemetery
 * The Political Graveyard

Funeral Homes

 * Vinton County Funeral Homes

Land

 * Land Patent Search

Local Histories

 * Vinton County, Ohio History Sources
 * Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe

Maps

 * 1875 Vinton County, Ohio Township Maps, shows property owners
 * 1877 Vinton County Map

Newspapers

 * The Athens Messenger

Schools

 * Vinton County Schools

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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

Societies and Libraries

 * Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library
 * Vinton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
 * The Ohio Genealogical Society
 * Ohio Historical Society
 * Ohio University Libraries, Collections
 * Ohio Memory, A Collaborative Project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio.

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