Finding aid for the Index to Portage County, Ohio Census Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Portage County, Ohio
Title: Index to Portage County, Ohio Census Records
Dates: 1880
Extent: 0.60 linear feet (3 containers)
Abstract: Originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, Portage County, Ohio was legally created a separate county in February, 1807, along with Ashtabula and Cuyahoga counties. The new counties were sold to Samuel P. Lord, his son Richard, and son-in-law Josiah Barber for development. In 1810 Ravenna, then called Tappanville, was made the county seat. The collection consists of a set of index books to the Portage County, Ohio 1880 census, keyed to individual villages and townships in the county: Atwater, Aurora, Brimfield, Charlestown, Deerfield, Edinburg, Franklin, Freedom, Garretsville, Hiram, Kent, Mantua, Nelson, Palmyra, Paris, Ravenna Township North, Ravenna Township South, Rootstown, Shalersville, Streetsboro, Suffield, and Windham. Each book contains the compiler's name and the full name, age, sex and race of each person living in the district.
MS Number MS 3762
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Index to Portage County, Ohio Census Records, 1880, consist of a set of index books to the Portage County, Ohio 1880 census, keyed to individual villages and townships in the county: Atwater, Aurora, Brimfield, Charlestown, Deerfield, Edinburg, Franklin, Freedom, Garretsville, Hiram, Kent, Mantua, Nelson, Palmyra, Paris, Ravenna Township North, Ravenna Township South, Rootstown, Shalersville, Streetsboro, Suffield, and Windham. Each book contains the compiler's name and the full name, age, sex and race of each person living in the district.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by district name and then alphabetically by last name of head of household.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Portage County (Ohio) -- Census, 1880 -- Indexes.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3762 Index to Portage County, Ohio Census Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

Index to Portage County, Ohio Census Records 1880

Box
1 Census Index, A - G 1880
Box
2 Census Index, A - Ra 1880
Box
3 Census Index, Ro - W 1880