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  • Jacob William Dilgren (1897 - 1976)
    Census 1900 : WWW reg : WWW 1 enrolment : Census 1950 : United States, Veterans Administration Master Index :
  • Colonel Robert Franklyn Overmyer (1936 - 1996)
    Colonel Robert Franklyn Overmyer Astronaut, Pilot and Lead Investigator of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Col. Overmyer's Wikipedia Page Col. Overmyer's Skyrocket Space Page New York...
  • Alfred Merton Bates, Jr. (1873 - 1944)
    Alfred Merton Bates, Jr. Alfred Merton Bates Jr., was born on 24 June 1873 in Avon Township, Lorain, OH. He is the youngest child of Alfred and Amanda [Carter] Bates. He married Julia Grace Sage (known...
  • Milo Russell Phelps (1886 - 1964)
    Third marriage to Pearl H. Perkins: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milo R Phelps , United States Census, 1920 Name: Milo R Phelps...
  • Nina May Phelps (1891 - 1927)

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

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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

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

Links

Wikipedia

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

USS Lorain County LST-1177