Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lorain County, Ohio.

Official Website

Lorain County was established in 1822. The original proposed name for the county was "Colerain". The final name "Lorain" seems to have no true intended connection to the Alsace-Lorraine area of France, as theorized by later historians.

Adjacent Counties

• Cuyahoga County
• Medina County
• Huron County
• Ashland County
• Erie County

Cities & Towns

• Amherst
• Avon
• Avon Lake
• Elyria (County Seat)
• Grafton
• Kipton
• LaGrange
• Lorain
• North Ridgeville
• Oberlin
• Rochester
• Sheffield
• Sheffield Lake
• Vermilion
• Wellington

Other Townships & Communities: Amherst, Belden, Brentwood Lake, Brighton, Brownhelm, Brownhelm Station, Camden, Carlisle, Columbia, Columbia Hills Corners, Columbia Station, Eaton, Henrietta, Huntington, New Russia, North Eaton, Penfield, Pittsfield and Whiskyville

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Ohio

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

USS Lorain County LST-1177

Lorain County Genealogical Society

Genealogy Trails

Genealogy Express

Roots Web

OH Gen Web