Richland County, Ohio

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NEW SPECIAL PROJECTS

Old Churches and Cemeteries
Index to People in Howe's History
1856 Richland County Plat Book Data
Property Transfers 1870-1880
Village Property Owners 1870-1925
City of Mansfield Property Owners 1870-1910
Village Property Owners 1931


OTHER PROJECTS

Whissemore Photo Collection Pictures of People
Pictures of Places


RESEARCH AIDES

Researcher Directory
Lookup Volunteers
Maps
Libraries
Hist./ Gen. Societies
Historical Info.
Newspapers (Local)
Place List
Publications
Court House Info. Societies
Homepages
Books On-line


RECORDS

Bastardy Cases
Bible Records
Biographies
Births
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Old Churches and Cemeteries
Directories
Deaths
Divorces
Immigration
Jefferson Twsp. Project
Land Records
Legal Records
Marriage Records
Mills
Military / Pensions
Misc. Records 
Newspaper Extracts
Obituaries
Probate Records
School Records 
Tax Maps (1853-1931)
Tax Records

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County Seat:  Mansfield

On January 16, 1808, Richland Co. and what is now the western portion of Ashland Co. were created and placed under the jurisdiction of Knox Co. until the legislature thought proper to organize it.  Mansfield was laid out on June 11, 1808 by James Hedges, Jacob Newman and Joseph H. Larwill.


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Thank You

Many thanks all of the contributors and the former Volunteer County Coordinators, Amy Armstrong, Lorraine Newsome, Debbie Axtman and Ginger Cisewski, James W. McCluer & Bill and Diana Sowers, who created, expanded and maintained this site for 25 years. All of their work and your future contributions help to ensure free genealogy information is available to everyone.


This page was last updated July 2025



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