
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ross County, Ohio.
Official Website
Ross County was described by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis as having almost "one hundred enclosures of various sizes, and five hundred mounds" in their book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848). They described the Indian-built earthworks as ranging from five to 30 feet in size, and enclosures of one to 50 acres large. These included Serpent Mound, Fort Ancient, Mound City, and Seip Earthworks (both now part of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park), and Newark Earthworks.
Established on August 20, 1798, the county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania.
For a complete list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia.
Adjacent Counties
- Pickaway County
- Hocking County
- Vinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Pike County
- Jackson County
Cities & Villages
- Adelphi
- Bainbridge
- Chillicothe (County Seat)
- Clarksburg
- Frankfort
- Kingston
- South Salem
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Ross County Historical Society
Ross county Genealogical Society
