Ohio History Journal

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EVOLUTION OF OHIO COUNTY BOUNDARIES

EVOLUTION OF OHIO COUNTY BOUNDARIES

 

BY RANDOLPH CHANDLER DOWNES, M. A.

Instructor at Marietta College, 1925-1927

 

FORMATION OF COUNTIES

The first of Ohio's eighty-eight counties was estab-

lished in 1788. The last revision in the boundaries was

made in 1888, exactly one hundred years later. The

following study has taken all the data concerning the

boundaries, and by arranging them in eighteen chrono-

logical groups, has presented graphically the evolution

of Ohio's counties in eighteen maps. Each map is ac-

companied by the necessary explanation to make its

meaning clear and to establish authorities for doubtful

points. At the end I have constructed an alphabetical

list of the counties, with a chronological list under each,

of all the legislative enactments affecting that county.

An effort has been made to combine strict accuracy

with simplicity of presentation. The best authorities

on Ohio geography have been used in all cases and have

been noted in the proper place. The bulk of the locating

of the points in the laws was done in the Map and Manu-

script Division of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The basic map used, was one by E. Mendenhall & Co., en-

titled A New Map of the State of Ohio from the Latest

and best Authorities, Exhibiting the Sections, Fractional

Sections, Townships, . . . Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853. Scale,

about 5 miles to 1 inch. Many other maps have been

used and are referred to whenever difficulties in the lo-

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