Crawford County

Established: February 12, 1820
County Seat: Bucyrus
Map of Crawford County Townships

Click townships in orange to be directed to our newspaper holdings.

  • Auburn Township
  • Biddle
  • Brandywine
  • Brokensword
  • Bucyrus
  • Bucyrus Township
  • Camp Run
  • Chatfield
  • Chatfield Township
  • Cranberry Township
  • Crestline
  • Dallas Township
  • De Kalb (now Liberty Corners)
  • Galion
  • Grove Hill
  • Holmes Township
  • Hotts Corners
  • Jackson Township
  • Jefferson Township
  • Leepersville
  • Leesville Cross Roads
  • Lemert
  • Liberty Corners
  • Liberty Township
  • Livingstone (now Crestline)
  • Loss Creek
  • Lykens
  • Lykens Township
  • Monnett
  • New Washington
  • New Winchester
  • North Auburn
  • North Robinson
  • Osceola
  • Olentangy
  • Plankton
  • Poplar
  • Ridgeton
  • Sandusky Township
  • Spore
  • Sulphur Springs
  • Tiro
  • Vernon Township
  • Wellerville
  • Whestone
  • Whetstone Township

CAC Holdings

Clerk of Courts

District Court

  1. Appearance/Issue Dockets (contained in same volumes as Supreme Court Record Series), 1852-1884, 1r (#11)
  2. Journal (contained in same volumes as Supreme Court Record Series), 1852-1884, 1r (#11)

Justice of the Peace

  1. Civil Docket, 1877-1917, 1r (#102)
  2. Civil Dockets/Record (Includes Tavern Accounts), 1826,1830-1847, 1r (#101)
  3. Criminal Docket, 1877-1897, 1r (#102)

Supreme Court

  1. Appearance/Issue Dockets (contained in same volumes as District Court Record Series), 1833-1852, 1r (#11)
  2. Complete Records (Includes Separate Index for Vol. 2. Vol. 2 incorrectly titled "Superior Court Record" - 1848-1857), 1832-1857, 1r (#11)
  3. Journals (contained in same volumes as District Court Record Series), 1832-1852, 1r (#11)
  4. Witness Docket, 1834-1845, 1r (#102)

County Auditor

  1. Appraisement, 1846, 1r (#105)
  2. Assessment Lists, 1850, 1853, 1r (#106)
  3. Civil War Bounties, 1861-1862, 1r (#44)
  4. Delinquent Lands and Lots (scattered years), 1825-1844, 1r (#104)
  5. Forfeited Lands and Lots, 1838-1848, 1r (#104)
  6. Reappraisement, n.d., 2r (#105-106)
  7. Militia Rolls, 1862, 1r (#45)
  8. Tax List, 1828-1854, 7r (#104, 106-111)
  9. Tax List--Decennial Appraisement, 1840, 1r (#104)
  10. Transfer Records, 1835-1861, 1r (#103)

County Recorder

  1. Corporation Records, 1875-1933, 1r (#1)

County Treasurer

  1. County Relief Administration Accounts, 1940, 1r (#102)
  2. Officials' Bond Record, 1877-1905, 1r (#102)
  3. Soldiers Relief Commission Minutes/Accounts, 1902-1913, 1r (#103)

Probate Court

  1. Accounts Records, 1852-1916, 12r (#69-80)
  2. Birth Records, 1843, 1867-1908, 2r (#2-3)
  3. Birth Registrations and Corrections, 1965-1968, 1r (#3)
  4. Death Records, 1868-1909, 1r (#4)
  5. Guardian's Record, 1853-1931, 13r (#81-93)
  6. Index to Birth Records, 1867-1878, 1r (#49)
  7. Index to Marriage Records, 1831-1983, 3r (#12A, 29B-29C)
  8. Inventory and Sale Bill Record, 1842-1932, 19r (#50-68)
  9. Marriage Records, 1831-1983, 26r (#5, 12B-29A, 30-37)
  10. Mother's Pension Records, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 2r (#47-48)
  11. Naturalizations - Declaration of Intention, 1860-1906, 1r (#40)
  12. Naturalizations - Final Records, 1855-1862, 1880-1905, 2r (#38-39)
  13. Naturalizations - Minors, 1860-1900, 1r (#41)
  14. Statements of Birth and Death - Townships, 1896-1906, 1r (#46)
  15. Will Records, 1898-1932, 6r (#94-99)

Municipalities

City of Galion

Council Clerk

  1. Birth Records, 1879-1889, 1v/1r (#16)
  2. Council Minutes, 1879-1979, 6r (#6-10,15)
  3. Death Records, 1880-1898, 1v/1r (#16)
  4. Official City Census, 1898, 2v/1r (#17)
  5. Ordinance Records, 1869-1979, 9r (#1-5,12-15)
  6. Poll Books and Tally Sheets, 1881, ff
  7. Resolution Records, 1916-1978, 2r (#11-12)

Mayor

  1. Record of Marriages, 1879,1885-1886, 1r (#5)

Townships

Bucyrus Township

Board of Trustees

  1. Minutes, 1833-1846, 1rv (#1)

Justice of the Peace

  1. Docket Book, 1849-1871, MMS 1084
  2. Estray Book, 1850-1865, MMS 1084

Chatfield Township

Board of Education

  1. Enumerations of Youth, 1883, 1903-1908, 1r (#1)

Liberty Township

Board of Education

  1. School Fund Account, 1871-1892, 1r (#4)
  2. School Record, 1857-1896, 1r (#2)

Board of Trustees

  1. Township Record (Funds, Abstracts, Indentures, Minutes, Bonds, Estray Records), 1857-1885, 1v/1r (#1)

Justice of the Peace

  1. Civil Docket, 1861-1911, 2r (#3-4)

Other Resources

  • 1870 Census of Crawford County, Ohio. CAC OG F497.C8 E45
  • Cemeteries of Crawford County, Ohio. CAC OG F497.C8 C28
  • Marriages of Crawford County, Ohio, 1831-1989. CAC OG F497.C8 M35

Updated: 06/05/2023 09:27AM