SENECA COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY: Seneca County Facts

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SENECA COUNTY OHIO
Information from http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/mseneca.html
DATE CREATED - 1820
PARENT COUNTY - Huron
COUNTY SEAT - Tiffin
SURROUNDED BY:
NORTH - Sandusky County
EAST - Huron County
SOUTHEAST - Crawford County
SOUTHWEST - Wyandot County
WEST SOUTHWEST - Hancock County
WEST NORTHWEST - Wood County

OTHER INFORMATION
Seneca County was named for the Seneca Indian tribe which had a reservation
within the boundaries of the county. The county also contained part of the
Black Swamp, a huge marshland.

Tiffin, the county seat was named in honor of Ohio's first governor Dr.
Edward Tiffin and founded in 1821. In 1850 the Ohio Synod of the Reformed
church founded Heidelburg College. The discovery of natural gas in 1888
contributed greatly to Tiffin's industrial growth.

Probate Judge has birth, marriage & probate records; Clerk of Courts has
divorce & civil court records from 1826; County Recorder has land records;
County Health Department has death records.