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Photo Taken 1999
Wood
County Courthouse/Jail
One
Courthouse Square
Bowling
Green OH 43402
Phone:
419-354-9230
Toll
Free:
1-866-860-4140
Hours: Monday~Friday
8:30~4:30
Wood
County
Chapter
of
the
Ohio
Genealogical
Society
Chapter room located
in the former Jail
P.O. Box 722
Bowling Green, Ohio
43402
Hours: 9:00~12:00
Monday~Friday
Brief History
Wood
County
was
founded
on
April
1,
1820
and
named
in
honor
of
Captain
Eleazer Darby Wood, who was an engineer in the War of 1812, and built
Fort
Meigs. The Wood County area was home of many Indian tribes
including the Ottawa, Shawnee, and Miami. The territory was
originally part of territory set aside for Ohio's Indian people by the
Treaty of Greenville. With the migration westward people sought
out the land in Ohio because of the abundance of forest and rich,
fertile soil for farming forcing the Indians off of these lands.
The land in Wood County is a level surface with rich soil, black
loam, and very fertile for growing. Most of the land is
agricultural. In the early 1800's Wood County was part of The
Black Swamp that covered a large area in northwest Ohio and northeast
Indiana.
Draining of the swamp began in 1850 for agricultural use and ease
of traveling. The late 1800's brought the discovery of natural
gas and oil resources in the county putting Wood County on the map and
helping to increase the population growth. Bowling Green is the
county seat for Wood County founded in 1834. Perrysburg having
been the county seat established in 1823 prior to the move to Bowling
Green. At one time Wood County's boundaries extended up to a
portion of Michigan until a boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan
in 1835 which led to the county's northern most boundary being pushed
back to the Maumee River. In Bowling Green you will find
many resourceful jewels including the Wood County Infirmary Museum,
Wood
County District Public Library, Center for Archival Collections at the
Bowling Green State University, and many more.
Wood
County
Infirmary
13600 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Phone: 419-352-0967
Fax: 419-352-6220
Open: Apr. - Oct. & Dec.
Tues.-Fri. 9-5 (self guided tours
9:30-4:30)
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Townships
Bloom ~ Center
~ Ft. Meigs ~ Freedom ~ Grand Rapids ~ Henry ~ Jackson ~ Lake ~
Liberty ~ Middleton ~ Milton ~ Montgomery ~Perry ~ Perrysburg ~ Plain ~
Portage ~ Ross ~ Troy ~ Washington ~ Webster ~ Weston
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|
Cities,
Towns
&
other
Municipalities
Bairdstown
~ Bloomdale ~ Bowling Green ~
Bradner ~ Custar ~ Cygnet ~ Fostoria ~
Grand Rapids ~ Haskins ~ Hoytville ~ Jerry City ~ Luckey ~ Millbury ~
Milton Center ~ North Baltimore ~ Northwood ~ Pemberville ~ Perrysburg
~ Risingsun ~ Rossford ~ Tontogany ~ Walbridge ~ Wayne ~ West Millgrove
~ Weston
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