Ross County Ohio Genealogy
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History
Ross County was formed by proclamation of Governor St. Clair, August 20, 1798, being the sixth county formed in the Northwest Territory.
Ross County was described by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis as having almost "one hundred enclosures of various sizes, and five hundred mounds" in their book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848).
Communities
City: Chillicothe (county seat)
Villages: Adelphi, Bainbridge, Clarksburg, Frankfort, Kingston, South Salem.
Townships: Buckskin, Colerain, Concord, Deerfield, Franklin, Green, Harrison, Huntington, Jefferson, Liberty, Paint, Paxton, Scioto, Springfield, Twin, Union.
Census-designated places: Andersonville, Bourneville, Richmond Dale or Richmondale
Unincorporated communities: Alma, Anderson, Austin, Brownsville, Denver, Fruitdale, Greenland, Hallsville, Harper, Higby, Hopetown, Humboldt, Kinnikinnick, Knockemstiff, Lattaville, Lickskillet, Londonderry, Lyndon, Massieville, Metzger, Mooresville, Musselman, Nipgen, North Fork Village, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Valley, Pride, Roxabell, Schooley, Slate Mills, Spargursville, Storms, Summithill, Tucson, Vigo, Yellowbud.
Ross 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
- Pickaway County - north
- Hocking County - northeast
- Vinton County - east
- Jackson County - southeast
- Pike County - south
- Highland County - southwest
- Fayette County - northwest
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