Ottawa County Ohio Genealogy
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Ottawa County, Ohio genealogy and family history page is a place where you can come in and research your genealogy and family history. We also do our best to provide a history of the area, to provide you with an overview of the time in which your ancestors lived.
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History
On September 10, 1813, during the War of 1812, nine vessels of the United States Navy under Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, decisively defeated six vessels of Great Britain’s Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay. This action was one of the major battles of the war.
Ottawa County was formed on March 6, 1840, from portions of Erie, Lucas and Sandusky counties. It was named after the North American Indigenous tribe of the Ottawa (Odawa).
In 1974, the County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Communities
City: Port Clinton (county seat)
Villages: Clay Center, Elmore, Genoa, Marblehead, Oak Harbor, Put-in-Bay, Rocky Ridge.
Townships: Allen, Bay, Benton, Carroll, Catawba Island, Clay, Danbury, Erie, Harris, Portage, Put-in-Bay, Salem.
Census-designated places: Curtice, Lakeside, Williston
Unincorporated communities: Catawba Island, Danbury, Elliston, Forest Park, Graytown, Gypsum, Isle St. George, Lacarne, Limestone, Martin, Middle Bass.
Ottawa County Genealogy Records
| Biographies | Cemetery Records | Census Records |
| Church Records | Cities & Towns | County Records |
| Family Bibles | History Topics | Military Records |
| Miscellaneous Data | Newspaper Data | Obituaries |
| School Records | Vital Records | Wills/Probate Records |
Adjacent counties
- Essex County, Ontario, Canada (northeast)
- Erie County (southeast)
- Sandusky County (south)
- Wood County (west)
- Lucas County (northwest)
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