Year County Organized

Although a county may have been established earlier, it did not function as a county until it was organized. The year shown on this represents the year of organization and the records of the County Recorder should begin in that year. Since many counties were formed from existing counties, earlier records may exist in the parent county or surrounding counties. It is possible for a land owner never to have moved, yet various records may show four different counties of residence.

Adams…..1797
Allen…..1831
Ashland…..1846
Ashtabula…..1811
Athens…..1805
Auglaize…..1848
Belmont…..1801
Brown…..1818
Butler…..1803
Carroll…..1833
Champaign…..1805
Clark…..1818
Clemont…..1800
Clinton…..1810
Columbiana…..1803
Coshocton…..1811
Crawford…..1826
Cuyahoga…..1810
Darke…..1817
Defiance…..1845
Deleware…..1808
Erie…..1838
Fairfield…..1800
Fayette…..1810
Franklin…..1803
Fulton…..1850
Gallia…..1803
Geauga…..1806
Greene…..1803
Guernsey…..1810
Hamilton…..1790
Hancock…..1828
Harden…..1833
Harrison…..1813
Henry…..1834
Highland…..1805
Hocking…..1818
Holmes…..1825
Huron…..1815
Jackson…..1816
Jefferson…..1797
Knox…..1808
Lake…..1840
Lawrence…..1817
Linking…..1808
Logan…..1818
Lorain…..1824
Lucas…..1835
Madson…..1810
Mahoning…..1846
Marion…..1824
Medina…..1815
Meigs…..1819
Mercer…..1824
Miami…..1807
Monroe…..1815
Montgomery…..1803
Morgan…..1819
Morrow…..1848
Muskingum…..1804
Noble…..1851
Ottawa…..1840
Paulding…..1839
Perry…..1818
Pickaway…..1810
Pike…..1815
Portage…..1808
Preble…..1808
Putnam…..1834
Richland…..1913
Ross…..1796
Sandusky…..1820
Scioto…..1803
Seneca…..1824
Shelby…..1819
Stark…..1809
Summit…..1840
Trumbulll…..1800
Truscarawas…..1808
Union…..1820
Van Wert…..1837
Vinton…..1850
Warren…..1803
Washington…..1788
Wayne…..1812
Williams…..1824
Wood…..1820
Wyandot…..1846

OHIO MAP IN 1803 WHEN THE STATE WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNION

Statehood and the State Capitals

On March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th State to enter the Union. It’s entry was based upon the Northwest Ordinance, the Enabling Act of April 30, 1802, and the Ohio Constitution, adopted Nov. 29, 1802.
Edward Tiffin was elected the first Governor of Ohio on January 11, 1803, and took the oath of office March 3, 1803.
The State Capital was in Chillicothe, 1803-1810; Zanesville, 1810-1812; Chillicothe, 1812 to Oct. 1816, when the State Offices moved to Columbus.

Then

Now