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Vinton County Links

• Vinton County Ohio (Commissioners) Community Web Site
• The Telegram Newspaper Web Site
• The Athens Messenger Newspaper Web Site
• Vinton County profile from www.census.gov
• Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library Web Site
• The Olde Forester's History of Southeastern Ohio Web Site
• Zaleski State Park and Local Area Info
• Vinton County Convention and Visitors' Bureau Site

Vinton County Maps and Place Names

• 1877 Vinton County map from Military History of Ohio, Illustrated
• Vinton County
• Village of Hamden (last updated 19 Jul 2018)
• Village of McArthur (last updated 19 Jul 2018)
• Village of Wilkesville (last updated 19 Jul 2018)
• Village of Zaleski (last updated 19 Jul 2018)
• Southeast Ohio Map from U. S. Geological Survey (1:500000, contour interval = 200 feet) 398KB
• Vinton County Population Graph, 1850-2010
• Vinton County Place Names from U.S. Geological Survey - National Mapping Information
• Origin of Vinton County Place Names (last updated 26 Mar 1998)
• Township Maps from 1875 with Property Owners (last updated 06 Jan 1998)
• Vinton County, Ohio Cemeteries Sorted by Cemetery Name (last updated 26 June 2010)
• Vinton County, Ohio Cemeteries Sorted by Township Name (last updated 26 June 2010)
• TopoZone, A Good Site For Detailed Topological Maps

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Vinton County Research Help

• Vinton County Sources - Request Lookups (last updated 17 Dec 2001)
• Vinton County Chapter of the OGS Info and Publications (last updated 13 Aug 2018)
• Vinton County Funeral Homes (last updated 04 Oct 2001)
• Index to the 1820 U.S. Census of Jackson County (Clinton, Harrison and Richland Townships were in Jackson County then) (last updated 16 Jun 1997)
• Census Enumeration Districts in 1900 (last updated 01 Dec 1997)
• Vinton County 1900 Census transcription A USGenWeb special projects census site.
• Vinton County Histories (last updated 21 May 2003)
• Vinton County section from "Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes", by Henry Howe
• Index to Lew Ogan's History of Vinton County Ohio, 1954 (last updated 17 Jun 1997)
• E-mail The Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library in McArthur
• Perry County site, has some Vinton Co. info. Check out the two 1883 history books.
• Bowen Cemetery Tombstone Transcriptions (updated 18 May 1999)
• Curry Cemetery Tombstone Transcriptions (updated 27 April 2007)
• Vinton County Covered Bridges (remaining)
• Vinton County 1850 Mortality Schedule
• Comments about Vinton County from the 1850 Mortality Schedule
• Vinton County Postmasters and Post Offices from 1850 to about 1970
• Vinton County State Representatives to the Ohio House of Representatives from 1854 to 1966
• The Political Graveyard for Vinton County Ohio
• Old Vinton County Schools (on another site)
• Vinton County Vital Records
  • Birth, Death and Marriage Records Online Index (last updated 28 Jan 2006)

Other Ohio Links

• State Library of Ohio
• Ohio Genealogical Society
• Ohio Government Home Page
• Ohio History Connection (used to be Ohio Historical Society)
• Ohio University Library Digital Archives
• United States Census Bureau Home Page
• Ohio Memory Project Virtual Scrapbook

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• Ohio in the Civil War
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page