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

Official Website

On January 21, 1819, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Meigs County. Residents named the county in honor of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., a former governor of Ohio.

During the American Civil War, the Battle of Buffington Island took place in Meigs County. This was the only battle to occur in Ohio.

Adjacent Counties

• Athens County
• Vinton County
• Gallia County
• Mason County, West Virginia
• Wood County, West Virginia
• Jackson County, West Virginia

Villages, Townships & Communities

Antiquity | Apple Grove | Bedford | Carletonville | Carpenter | Chester | Columbia | Darwin | Harrisonville | Kingsbury | Langsville | Lebanon | Letart | Letart Falls | Long Bottom | Middleport | Minersville | Olive | Orange | Pomeroy (County Seat) | Portland | Racine | Reedsville | Rutland | Salem | Salem Center | Salisbury | Scipio | Silver Run | Spiller | Success | Sutton | Syracuse | Tupper's Plains | Welsh

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Ohio

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

National Register of Historic Places

Meigs County Genealogical & Historical Society

OH Gen Web

Genealogy Express

Roots Web

Forebears.io

Meigs County Telegraph Archives - (1851-1859)