Place:Seneca, Ohio, United States

NameSeneca
Alt namesSenecasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Seneca Co.source: abbreviation
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.117°N 83.117°W
Located inOhio, United States     (1820 - )
See alsoSandusky, Ohio, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)


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Seneca County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,069. Its county seat is Tiffin. The county was created in 1820 and organized in 1824. It is named for the Seneca Indians, the westernmost nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, which was based in present-day New York but had territory into Pennsylvania and Ohio.[1]

Seneca County comprises the Tiffin, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Findlay-Tiffin, OH Combined Statistical Area.

Contents

Timeline

Date Event Source
1820 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1824 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1828 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1830 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1841 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1867 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 5,159
1840 18,128
1850 27,104
1860 30,868
1870 30,827
1880 36,947
1890 40,869
1900 41,163
1910 42,421
1920 43,176
1930 47,941
1940 48,499
1950 52,978
1960 59,326
1970 60,696
1980 61,901
1990 59,733

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Seneca County, Ohio, United States

Research Tips

My Seneca cemetery page click on the PicoSearch and enter surname and the search results will show any of my pages that have that surname on it.

If you go to the Tiffin library, they have a whole section devoted to genealogy. It is wonderful. When you visit, stop by the research desk, tell them it is your first time there and you would please like to have a tour of what is available for genealogy research.

Resources

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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