ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - FACTS About the County
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ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO
DATE CREATED - 1808 
PARENT COUNTY - Trumbull, Geauga 
COUNTY SEAT - Jefferson 
SURROUNDED BY: 
NORTH - Lake Erie
EAST - State of Pennsylvania
SOUTH - Trumbull County
WEST - Geauga County
NORTHWEST - Lake County
OTHER INFORMATION:

          History of Ashtabula County by the Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce.

    Ashtabula County is the largest of Ohio's counties, containing 720 square
miles. The name comes from an Indian word meaning "fish".
    The city of Ashtabula is the largest municipality in the county, an
important Lake Erie port. Conneaut and Ashtabula city harbors are important
iron ore and coal shipping ports. Route 45, which connects Ashtabula with
Warren, Salem and the Ohio River has carried homesteaders in covered wagons
inland from the lake and was later the trade route between eastern cities and
the frontier.
    The main industries in Ashtabula County include; metals, machinery,
transportation equipment, fabricated metals, rubber, stone-clay-glass,
chemicals, automotive equipment, fiberglass boats, home appliances, microphones
and tin cans. Dairy products are the chief agricultural industry.
    Probate Court has birth and death records 1867 to 1908, marriage records
from 1811, probate records from 1800's, Health Department has birth and death
records from 1909; Clerk of Courts has divorce records from 1811 and civil
court records from 1800's; County Recorder has land records from 1800.