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Local Government Records
: Clark County, Ohio

Records are arranged alphabetically by office of origin. County records are listed first, followed by municipalities, school districts and townships. For records located off-site, please call 937-775-2092 at least one week in advance to allow time for retrieval. Location and parking information is available.

Clark County | Springfield | Bethel Twshp | Green Twnshp | Mad River Twshp
Moorefield Twshp | Pike Twshp | Springfield Twshp
Selma Special District School Rec | Springfield School Records | Federal

ClarkCounty

    Record Title Date Span Format Location
  Auditor
    Assessors' Returns of Personal Property
1846, 1851, 1863 3 volumes off-site
    Blind Relief Record
1906-1936 MFM  
    Burial of Ex-Union Soldiers
1884-1913 MFM  
    Chattel Tax Lists
1845-1900 75 volumes 1845-1883b are off-site
    Common School Funds
1832-1833 1 folder  
    Correspondence
1820-1827 1 folder  
    Coupons Redeemed
1858-1859 volume off-site
    Delinquent Chattel Tax Lists
1849-1853 volume off-site
    Election Results
1830-1838 1 folder  
    Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb
1822 1 folder  
    Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb German Twp
1864 MFM  
    Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb German Twp 1864 1 folder
 
    Enumeration of Householders
1827-1832 MFM  
    Enumeration of Householders
1827-1833 1 folder  
    Enumeration of Soldiers & Sailors
1865-1900 MFM  
    Enumeration of White Unmarried Youth
1829-1833 4 folders  
    Enumeration of White Youth
1829-1833 MFM  
    Militia Rolls for Bethel Twp
1864 MFM  
    Militia Rolls for Bethel Twp
1864 1 folder  
    Mothers' Pension Record
1915-1936 volume  
    Official Letter & Documents Record
1839-1851 volume off-site
    Railroad Assessment Record
1863-1872 volume off-site
    Real Estate Tax List
1833, 1836, 1838-1850 20 volumes off-site
    Sale of Lots & Town Lands
1851 volume off-site
    School District Boundaries
1828-1834 1 folder  
    School Enumerations
1925-1968 RC box  
    School Fund Record (scattered)
1836-1894 4 volumes off-site
    School Land Sales
1829-1846 volume off-site
    Soldiers' Burial Record
1913-1928 MFM  
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Minutes
1887-1903 2 volumes  
    Soldiers' Relief Record
1888-1923 4 volumes  
    Tax Apportionment/Settlement
1820-1838 2 folders  
    Tax Lists by Township
1820-1828 15 folders  
  Board of Elections
     
    Sample Ballots
1932-1973 2 hollinger boxes  
  Child Welfare Board
     
    Pamphlet Boy-Girl Relationships
1949 1 folder  
  Children's Home
     
    Death Records
1878-1927 MFM  
    Indenture Records
1878-1913 MFM  
    Indenture Records
1878-1913 MFM  
    Monthly Movement of Children
1917-1927 MFM  
    Receipts & Expenditures
1886-1887, 1912-1962 10 volumes off-site
    Record of Inmates
1878-1917 MFM  
    Trustees' Minutes
1914-1965 6 volumes off-site
    Visitors' Register
1878-1917 MFM  
  Clerk of Courts
     
    Chancery Records
1820-1855 3 MFM  
    Circuit Court Appearance Docket (scattered) 1885-1913 3 volumes  
    Circuit Court Law Record 1885-1912 3 volumes
off-site
    Circuit Court Minutes
1885-1912 4 volumes off-site
    Common Pleas Civil Docket
1821-1852 MFM  
    Common Pleas Civil Minutes
1820-1854 4 MFM  
    Common Pleas Index to Complete Record
1818-1906 MFM  
    District Court Appearance Docket
1866-1885 5 volumes off-site
    District Court Chancery Record
1852-1860 volume off-site
    District Court Law Record
1853-1883 3 volumes off-site
    District Court Minutes
1852-1884 volume  
    Justice of Peace Commissions
1889-1956 volume off-site
    Justice of the Peace Returns
1837-1848 2 volumes off-site
    Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers
1856-1877 MFM  
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1856-1873 MFM  
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers
1856-1877 MFM  
    Platbook of County Lines
1879-1885 volume  
    Railroad Police Commission
1885-1928 volume off-site
    Supreme Court Chancery Record
1821-1851 MFM  
    Supreme Court Minutes
1819-1851 2 volumes & MFM the 2 volumes are off-site
  Commissioners      
    Bids & Contracts (scattered)
1860-1960 hollinger box  
    Improvement Schedule County Courthouse
1821 1 folder  
    Improvement Schedule Courthouse Square
1830 1 folder  
    Mad River Bridge Plane
1832 1 folder  
    Miscellaneous Activity Book
1859-1872 volume off-site
    Road Surveys
1820-1838 11 folders  
    Subscription List for Bridge Timber
1857 1 folder  
  County Home
     
    Annual Reports
1838, 1914-1963 7 folders  
    Daily Movement of Population 1913-1960 2 folders & hollinger box
 
    Director's Minutes
1893-1904 MFM  
    Emergency Fund Record
1911-1934 volume off-site
    Expenditures & Receipts (scattered)
1863-1966 6 volumes  
    Minutes of Directors
1893-1904 volume off-site
    Pay Patients Accounts
1914-1934 volume off-site
    Record of Inmates
1836-1924 MFM  
    Relief Record
1913-1920 volume off-site
  Health Department
     
    Annual Reports
1966 1 folder  
  Probate Court
     
    Birth Records
1867-1908 2 MFM  
    Death Records
1867-1908 1 MFM  
    Final Record 1852-1930 microfiche  
    Inventory of Personal Property
1818-1824 volume off-site
    Marriage Records 1818-1946 20 MFM  
    Naturalizations
1861-1879 MFM  
    Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers
1879-1906 MFM  
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1861-1880 MFM  
    Records of Appointment 1891-1952 microfiche  
    Records of Inventory/Sales Bills 1823-1957 microfiche  
    Will Records 1956-1964 microfiche  
  Recorder
     
    Deeds (samples)
1837-1954 1 hollinger box  
  Soldiers' Relief Commission
     
    Burial Record
1884-1918 MFM  
    Minutes
1887-1951 2 MFM  
  Treasurer
     
    Enumeration of Soldiers & Sailors
1865-1900 MFM  
    Soldiers' Relief Record (scattered)
1912-1934 2 volumes  
  Tuberculosis Sanatorium
     
    Cash Book
1918-1934 4 volumes off-site
    Daily Roll Book (scattered)
1933-1946 7 volumes off-site
    Expenditures & Receipts (scattered)
1920-1957 4 volumes off-site
    Laboratory Reports
1928-1937 volume  
    Patients Register
1910-1929 MFM  
    Petty Cash Book
1918-1934 volume off-site
    Treatment Record
1928, 1941-1944 2 volumes  
    Trustees' Minutes
1935-1965 3 MFM  

Springfield

     
    Unprocessed
n.d. 2 RC boxes  
  Board of Health
     
    Health Order Book
1866-1869 3 volumes  
    Minutes/Ordinances/Resolutions
1903-1914 volume  
  Board of Public Affairs
     
    Journal
1891-1903 5 volumes  
    Record of Sewer Permits
1884-1898 2 volumes  
  Board of Public Safety
     
    Minutes
1903-1913 6 volumes  
  City Clerk
     
    Unprocessed
n.d. 3 RC boxes  
  City Manager
     
    Annual Reports
1926-1928 2 folders  
    Correspondence - Unprocessed
n.d. 12 RC boxes  
    Journal
1914-1960 6 volumes  
    Reports - Unprocessed
n.d. 2 RC boxes  
    Unprocessed
n.d. 7 RC boxes  
  Clerk of Commission
     
    Account Ledger
1873-1882 2 volume  
    Annual Financial Report
1927 1 folder  
    Annual Reports - Newspaper Version
1959 1 folder  
    Board of Control Minutes
1910-1913 volume  
    Board of Tax Commissioners' Minutes
1883-1903 volume  
    Building Permits
1879-1896 2 folders  
    Certificates of Election
1834-1887 21 folders  
    Charter Commission Minutes
1913 volume  
    City Charter
1913, 1916 1 folder  
    Record Title Date Span Format
     
  Clerk of Commission
     
    City Commission Minutes
1914-1926 3 MFM  
    City Council Journal
1850-1913 23 volumes  
    City Council Minutes
1906-1913 MFM  
    Corporation Funds Cash Book
1832-1851 volume  
    Cyclone Suffers Committee Records
1892-1983 3 folders  
    Election Abstracts of Votes 1854-1905 4 folders
 
    Election Files
1869-1897 6 folders  
    Election Judges List of New Voters
1877 volume  
    Employees' Performance Bond Record
1887-1906 volume  
    Enumerations 1849-1862 1 folder  
    Hospital Commission Minutes
1898-1932 5 volumes  
    Hospital Trustees Minutes
1940-1954 3 volumes  
    Informal Minutes
1984-1985 2 volumes  
    Ledger of Fund Accounts
1860-1879 3 volumes  
    Ledger of Various Fund Accounts
1893-1895 volume  
    List of Registered Electors
1892 volume  
    Militia Enumerations, Rolls, and Bounties
1863-1865 2 hollinger box  
    Minutes of Council
1827-1834, 1838 8 folders  
    Mitchell-Thomas Hospital History
1902 1 folder  
    Notices to Saloon Keepers
1877-1900 volume  
    Order Book
1834-1851 volume  
    Order Book Stubs (scattered)
1853-1866 4 volumes  
    Ordinances
1850-1860 18 folders  
    Ordinances
1850-1915 5 MFM  
    Park Board Trustees Minutes
1898-1924 MFM  
    Payroll Record
1875-1881 volume  
    Poll Books & Tally Sheets .
1833-1905, n.d 7 RC boxes & 8 hollinger boxes  
    Public Library Trustees Annual Reports
1874-1890 1 folder  
    Record of In-Lots and Out-Lots
1853 volume  
    Register of Appointments/Promotions
1903-1929 2 volumes  
    Register of Licenses Issued
1907-1909 volume  
    Register of Names and Addresses
n.d. volume  
    Register of Orders Paid
1882-1889 volume  
    Register of Orders Paid Out of Treasury
1874-1882 volume  
    Register of Receipts into Treasury
1874-1882 volume  
    Rental of City Hall and Armory
1869-1906 4 volumes  
    Resolutions
1880-1911 RC box  
    School Administrative Files
1850-1904 4 folders  
    School Managers Reports1
1848-1853, 1908 folder  
    Service Record
1903-1933 10 volumes  
    Sinking Fund Trustees' Journal
1926-1945 volume  
    Snyder Park Payroll
1896-1908 2 volumes  
    Statements of Registered Voters Ward 5
1877 volume  
    Street and Alley Grades
1879-1883 1 folder  
    Street Assessment Cash Book
1894-1898 volume  
    Street Assessment Ledger
1893-1902 volume  
    Street Commission Employees
1889-1896 volume  
    Street Hands Payroll
1900-1906 2 volumes  
    Street Paving Ledger
1895-1897 volume  
    Summary Minutes
1983-1985 4 volumes  
    Teachers' Reports
1848-1854 11 folders  
    Traffic Commission Record
1942-1944 volume  
    Treasury Investment fund Trustees
1942-1947 volume  
    Unprocessed
1829-1869 13 hollinger boxes & 1 RC box  
    Unprocessed
n.d. 56 RC boxes & 7 hollinger boxes  
    Zoning Ordinances
1948 1 folder  
  Engineer
     
    Appropriation Reports
1950-1951 2 volumes  
    Blueprints
n.d. 1 folder  
    Greenmount Cemetery Correspondence
1913-1914 1 folder  
    Greenmount Cemetery Map
n.d. volume  
    Greenmount Cemetery Permits
1863-1902 volume  
    Greenmount Cemetery Records
1885 1 folder  
    Greenmount Owners Burials
1863-1902 volume  
    Project Reports
1936-1982 23 volumes & 1 hollinger box  
    Street Plans/Grades
1880-1883 1 folder  
  Finance Department
     
    Annual Budget
1968 1 folder  
  Fire Department
     
    Annual Reports
1915-1951 hollinger box  
    Auxiliary Firemen's Class Record
1900-1910 volume  
    Fire and Police Commission Journal
1891-1903 volume  
    Fire and Police Commission Ledger
1891-1903 volume  
    Fire Records
1942-1943 23 volumes  
    List of Horses Owners
1887 volume  
    Payroll Record
1881-1907 5 volumes  
    Record of Inhalation Calls
1938-1948 volume  
    Supply Ledger
1908-1913, 1939-1951 2 volumes  
  Health Department
     
    Annual Reports
1970-1971 1 folder  
  Mayor's Court
     
    City Affidavits
1867 volume  
    State Affidavits
1866-1867 2 volumes  
  Municipal Court
     
    Police Court Docket
1910-1911, 1913 2 volumes  
    Police Court Journal
1916-1917, 1920-1921 2 volumes  
    Police Court Judges Docket
1925-1926 volume  
  Police Department
     
    Annual Reports
1965-1970 2 folders  
    Arrest Record
1889-1961 4 volumes  
    Daily Activity Record
1926-1927 volume  
    Daily Record of Complaints
1910-1924 4 hollinger boxes & 2 volumes  
    Daily Record of Complaints Index
1909-1927 3 volumes  
    Newspaper Scrapbooks
1920-1939 volume  
    Relief/Pension Fund Laws
1945 1 folder  
    Sanborn Map Company
     
    City Maps Volume 1-2 1928-1952 6 volumes  
  Urban Renewal Department
     
    Community Renewal Program Report
1961 2 folders  

Bethel Township

     
  Justice of Peace
     
    Civil Docket
1895-1919, 1950-1955 2 volumes  
    Criminal & Civil Docket
1876-1919 volume  
    Criminal Docket
1857-1896, 1950-1955 2 volumes  
    Record Book c.a.
1869-1883 1 volume  
  Treasurer
     
    Ledger
1896 volume  
  Justice of Peace
     
    Civil Docket
1945-1953 volume  
    Criminal Docket
1946-1949 2 volumes  
    Marriage Records
1946-1957 volume  

Green Township

     
  Justice of Peace
     
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1856-1956 2 volumes  

Mad River Township

     
  Justice of Peace
     
    Criminal Docket
1946-1952 volume  

Moorefield Township

     
  Justice of Peace
     
    Criminal Docket
1946-1965 volume  

Pike Township

     
  Justice of Peace
     
    Criminal Docket
1845-1889 volume  

Springfield Township

     
  Clerk of Trustees
     
    Poor Relief Record (scattered)
1889-1919 8 volumes  
  Justice of Peace
     
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1903-1925 15 volumes  
    Criminal Docket
1908-1925 3 volumes  
    Criminal Docket
1917-1920 volume  

Selma Special District - School Records

   
  Board of Education
     
    Course of Study/Rules
1905 1 folder  

Springfield - School Records

     
  Board of Education
     
    Minutes (scattered)
1858-1965 4 volumes  

Federal

     
    U.S. Census for Ohio - Clark County
1820-1930 12 MFM  

 

 

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