Summit County Ohio

Welcome to the new Genealogy Trails Website, dedicated to preserving the Genealogy and History of Summit County, Ohio. Your County Host is K. L. Ortman.  I adopted this county because all of my grandparents and many cousins came here in the early 1900s, mostly to work in the rubber and oil industries of Akron.  Surnames include: Bair, Dill, Doran, Hornyak, Ortman.

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County Data

County Origins

 Most of Summit County was originally part of the Western Reserve, territory claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later succeeded to the United States as part of the Northwest Territory.  It was established March 3, 1840 by taking townships from Stark, Medina and Portage Counties, and was so named because it was located at Portage Summit, the highest point along the Ohio-Erie Canal.   The county seat is Akron.

Townships

Bath Boston Copley Coventry Franklin
Green Hudson Macedonia Northfield Center Northampton
Norton Portage Richfield Sagamore Hills Springfield
  Stow Tallmadge Twinsburg  

Township Histories

Communities

Cities, Towns &Villages in Summit County (Past & Present)

Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Norton, Richfield, Tallmadge

Census Records

Where to find Records in Summit County
 

County Courthouse Address:

209 S High St
Akron, OH 44308-1668
330-643-2352

 

  

 Ohio Department of Health:
 Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics
35 E. Chestnut St.
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098
Phone: (614) 466-2531

Available Records:

Birth certificates are available through the Health District for births that occurred from 1875 to 1908.


Birth or death records after 1908 not available through the Health District may be available at one of the following health departments:

John D. Morley Health Center

 

177 S. Broadway
Akron, OH 44308
330-375-2976

Barberton Health Department

 

576 W. Park Ave.
Barberton, OH 44203
330-745-6067

Summit County Health Department

 

1100 Graham Road Circle
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
330-923-4891
   

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Cuyahoga* Medina* Portage* Stark* Wayne*


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The information contained on the pages of this site is free for your personal use, however the original data remains copyrighted by the individual contributors.  The particular compilation of the data in the format presented herein is copyrighted by L. K. Ortman for use by Ohio Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy, a part of Genealogy Trails.  As such, this data is not to be used for profit, or for presentation elsewhere without express permission of the owner.  Every effort is made to insure that all texts, pictures and other data presented here were obtained from sources for which permission has been obtained or the copyright has expired.  Please report any copyright violation to L. K. Ortman.