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Official Website

Overview

Gallia County was formed on March 25, 1803 and was originally settled by French immigrants, who named the county “Gallia,” the Latin name for Gaul, the ancient region of Western Europe which included present day France.

In the 19th century, the county was settled by numerous migrants from the Upper South, who traveled to the territory by the Ohio River. In the antebellum years, some of its towns became centers of settlement by blacks, both free blacks (some also from the South) and refugee slaves who had escaped their owners and come across the river to a free state.

In 1818 a group from Wales settled in Gallia County, with Welsh remaining Gallia County's most common second language until 1970.

Adjacent Counties

• Cabell County, West Virginia
• Jackson County
• Lawrence County
• Mason County, West Virginia
• Meigs County
• Vinton County

Villages

• Centerville
• Cheshire
• Crown City
• Gallipolis (County Seat)
• Rio Grande
• Vinton

Other Townships & Communities: Addison, Bidwell, Clay, Green, Greenfield, Guyan, Harrison, Huntington, Kanauga, Kerr, Mercerville, Morgan, Ohio, Patriot, Perry, Raccoon, Springfield and Walnut

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

Wayne National Forest (part)

National Register of Historic Places

Gallia County Genealogical Society

OH Gen Web

Genealogy Express

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