Huron County
Established: February 9, 1807
County Seat: Norwalk
Click townships in orange to be directed to our newspaper holdings
- Alfonia
- Bellevue
- Berlin
- Bismarck
- Boughtonville
- Bronson
- Bronson Township
- Carson
- Centre Peru
- Centerton
- Chicago Junction (now Willard)
- Clarksfield
- Clarksfield Township
- Collins
- East Clarksfield
- East Norwalk
- East Townsend
- Eldridge
- Fairfield Township
- Fitchville
- Fitchville Township
- Four Corners
- Greenfield Township
- Greenwich
- Greenwich Station
- Greenwich Township
- Groton
- Hartland
- Hartland Township
- Havana
- Huron C. H. (now Norwalk)
- Ives
- Lafayette
- Lyme
- Lyme Township
- Miles
- Monroeville
- Morehead
- New Haven
- New Haven Township
- New London
- New London Township
- North Fairfield
- North Fitchville
- North Monroeville
- North Norwich
- Norwalk (was Huron)
- Norwalk Township
- Norwich Township
- Olena
- Peru
- Peru Township
- Plymouth
- Pontiac
- Richmond Township
- Ridgefield Township
- Ripley Township
- Ripleyville
- Sherman
- Sherman Township
- Steuben
- Townsend Station
- Townsend Township
- Wakeman
- Wakeman Township
- Weavers Corners
- West Clarksfield
- Whitefox
- Willard (was Chicago, Chicago Junction)
- Woodford
CAC Holdings
Board of Commissioners
- Commissioners' Journals, 1815-1837, 1r (#86)
- Township Incorporation Petitions, 1819-1823, 1827, 1r (#89)
Board of Education
- Board of Examiners' Minutes, 1875-1883, 1897-1909, 2v/1r (#88)
Children's Services Board
- Matron's Monthly Reports, 1900, 1905-1910, 1r (#89)
Clerk of Courts
District Court
- Chancery Records, 1852-1861, 1r (#41)
- Index to Journal, 1818-1876, 1r (#123)
- Journal, 1852-1892, 2r (#88, 123)
Supreme Court
- Chancery Records, 1835-1851, 3r (#39-41)
- Complete Records, 1819-1835, 1r (#39)
- Journals, 1852-1876, 2r (#18, 123)
- Trial Dockets, 1821-1822, 1r (#39)
County Auditor
- Enumerations of Youth, 1918, 1r (#90)
- Insolvents' Oaths, 1820-1834, 1r (#7)
- School Land Records, 1819-1900, 1r (#89)
- Tax Lists, 1818-1841, 10r (#7, 9-17)
County Engineer
- Free Turnpike Record, 1884, 1r (#89)
County Home
- Admission Cards, ca. 1940-1960s; 1950-1970s, 1r (#160)
- Birth Records, 1898-1922, 1r (#6)
- Certificates of Admission, 1849-1871, 1883-1910, 2r (#1-2)
- Certificates of Application for Relief, 1891-1950, 1r (#90)
- Certificates of Indigency - County Charge, 1912-1927, 1r (#90)
- Correspondence, 1852-1960, n.d., 1r (#160)
- Death Records, 1884-1925, 1934, 2r (#4, 160)
- Indenture Records, 1850-1859, 1r (#89)
- Minutes, 1848-1902, 1913-1926, 2r (#4-5)
- Pauperism Statistics, 1846-1847, 1900, 1r (#89)
- Records of Infirmary Commitments, 1883-1898, 1r (#3)
- Registers, 1849-1946, 4r (#4, 6, 89, 160)
- Township Trustees' Relief Reports, 1882-1897, 1r (#3)
- Transfers from the Toledo Asylum, 1893-1894, 1r (#90)
County Recorder
- Deed Records (Sufferers' Deeds: Land deeded to Veterans and/or "Sufferers" of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) when their Connecticut lands were burned. The "Sufferers" paid small fee for land in Huron County area), 1795-1809, 3r (#7-9)
- Land Surveys, 1828, 1r (#89)
- Plat Maps, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1952, 1r (#89)
- Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1865-1931, 1r (#47)
County Treasurer
- Tax Duplicates, 1822-1825, 1r (#7)
Court of Common Pleas
Civil Division
- Appearance Dockets, 1818-1853, 3r (#18, 45-46)
- Chancery Records, 1822-1901, 6r (#34-39)
- Complete Records, 1815-1854, 8r (#26-33)
- General Index, 1826-1850, 2r (#33-34)
- Issue and Appearance Dockets, 1824-1829, 1r (#45)
- Journals, 1817-1879, 9r (#18-26)
- Justices' Oaths and Mayors' Certificates Records, 1860-1883, 1r (#87)
- Licenses Records, 1818-1851, 1r (#7)
- Naturalization Records - Certificate Stubs, 1910-1926, 1r (#122)
- Naturalization Records & Declarations of Intent, 1846-1905, 1r (#120)
- Naturalization Records - Declarations of Intent, 1907-1929, 2r (#121-122)
- Naturalization Records - Petitions & Records, 1907-1929, 2r (#120-121)
- Record of Notary's Commissions 1858-1876 (#87)
General Health District
- Birth Certificates, 1908-1929, 6r (#91-96)
- Burial Transit Permits, 1950-1995 (some restrictions apply), 1r (#117)
- Death Certificates, 1908-1997, 21r (#97-116, 119)
- Index to Births, 1908-1989, 1r (#118)
- Index to Deaths, 1908-1989, 1r (#118)
Probate Court
- Administrators' and Guardians' Records, 1825-1832, 1849-1855, 2r (#49-50)
- Administrators' and Executors' Dockets, 1815-1890, 2r (#48-49)
- Birth Records, 1867-1908, 1941, 3r (#52-54)
- Birth Records - Corrections and Registrations, 1867-1908, 4r (#54-57)
- Criminal Docket, 1853-1874, 1r (#87)
- Criminal Records, 1895-1928, 1r (#87)
- Death Records, 1867-1908, 1r (#58)
- Estate and Guardianship Case Files, 1815-1865, 36r (#124-159)
- Estate Files, 1852-1865, 17r (#143-159)
- Final Record of Citizenship, 1859-1885, 1r (#62)
- Index to Administrators' and Executors' Dockets, 1852-1900, 1r (#48)
- Index to Probate Estates and Guardianships, 1815-1852, 1r (#49)
- Marriage Records [Marriage Record Index in Volume 1], 1818-1977, 19r (#67-85)
- Mentally Ill Persons Records, 1855-1873, 1899-1954, 3r (#42-44)
- Naturalization Records, 1864-1893, 1r (#65)
- Naturalization Records - Aliens, 1903-1905, 1r (#63)
- Naturalization Records - Declarations of Intention (listed as "First Papers"), 1859-1905, 3r (#59-61)
- Naturalization Records - Minors, 1885-1903, 1r (#66)
- Naturalization Records - Proof of Residency, 1864-1903, 1r (#64)
- Record of Licenses and Permits, 1815-1828, 1r (#67)
- Will Records, 1903-1911, 2r (#50-51)
Municipalities
Village of New London
- Burial Permits, 1937-1941, 1952-1957, 1r (#1)
Village of Plymouth
Cemetery Trustees
- Deed Account Books, 1933-1966, 1r (#1)
- Deed Books, 1904-1951, 1967, 1r (#1)
- Minutes, 1873-1892, 1933-1945, 1949-1965, 1r (#3)
- Record of Interment, 1826-1885, 1r (#2)
Council Clerk
- Birth Records, 1909-1915, 1917-1926, 1929-1937, 1r (#2)
- Death Records, 1927-1931, 1934-1948, 1r (#2)
Townships
Sherman Township
Board of Trustees
- Minutes, 1893-1990, 2r (#1-2)
Other Resources
- 1863 to 1900 Burial Records, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Monroeville, Ohio. [Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1989?]. (pOG 3760)
- 1870 Huron County, Ohio Federal Census Index. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1999. (OG F 497.H8 H876 1999)
- 1880 Census Index for Huron County, Ohio. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, [19--] (pOG 3759)
- Huron County, Ohio Birth Index 1867-1908. [Norwalk, Ohio]: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1998. (OG F 497.H8 H862 1998)
- Death Index, Huron County, Ohio, 1867-1908. [Norwalk, Ohio]: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1998. (OG F 497.H8 D42 1998)
- Death Index, Huron County, Ohio, 1908-1919. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1999. (pOG 4903)
- Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1997. (OG F 497.H8 O45 1997)
- Scheuer, Larry . Huron County, Ohio Marriages. Warsaw, Ind.: Scheuer Publications, 1992. (OG F 497.H8 S34 1992)
- Early Common Pleas Court Naturalizations. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1992. (pOG 4904)
- Huron County First Families. Norwalk, Ohio: Huron County Chapter, OGS, 1999. (pOG 4901)
Updated: 06/05/2023 09:27AM