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  Darke County, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darke County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States.
Darke County, Ohio, is one of the few counties in the United States to border as many as 8 counties.
In the county the population is spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darke_County,_Ohio   (484 words)

  
 Darke County Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Because of its geographic location, Darke County is within a 90-minute air market for 55% of the population of the United States.
Darke County plays a vital role in the success of the Miami Valley: historically, culturally and economically.
The Darke County Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Appreciation Luncheon is scheduled for Friday, March 24.
www.darkecountyohio.com   (365 words)

  
 Darke County Greenville, Ohio (Counties)
Darke county was formed in 1809, and was named after the Revolutionary War hero Gen. William Darke.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 54,063, an increase of 446 over the 1990 census.
Her life as a sharp-shooter was heavily influenced by her father, who liked to hunt wild game in the mid- to late 1800s, and an older brother, with whom she often tagged along on forays into the nearby woods.
www.ohwy.com /oh/y/y39037.htm   (182 words)

  
 Ohio: Darke County, Site Selection magazine, Aug/Sep 1997
Agriculture is a $213 million a year industry in Darke County, led by receipts in soybeans, corn, hogs and poultry.
Darke County is within a 15-minute drive of I-75 and 10 minutes from I-70.
Darke County has plenty of serviced industrial sites for new and expanding industry, including the 33-acre W.J. Bohman Industrial Park and additional 105-acre and 83-acre sites in Versailles; the 120-acre Buchy Commerce Park and the 108-acre Greenville Industrial Park, both in Greenville.
www.conway.com /oh/9708/darke.htm   (1323 words)

  
 DARKE COUNTY OHIO INFO
At the Darke County OHGenWeb Page are various maps that have been collected about migrations into Ohio.
Darke County borders the state of Indiana about 30 miles northwest of Dayton.
Ohio Network of American History and Research Centers (This is a descriptiong of the central storage places for groups of Ohio counties.)
homepages.rootsweb.com /~maggieoh/mdarke.html   (317 words)

  
 USGenWeb's Darke County, Ohio, Genealogy
Darke Co. was named for Captain William Darke (1755-1801) who fought in the Revolutionary War, served in the Virginia state convention which approved the U.S. Constitution in 1788, and commanded a Virginia regiment in the Northwest Territory.
Darke Co. TOWNS IN 1860 Entries extracted from the 1860-61 Ohio Gazeteer.
Darke Co. Genealogical Society where it is explained that a $2 donation to the Society gets a survey of what is available for a specific surname request and cost of copying/mailing.
ohdarke.ohgenweb.net   (1181 words)

  
 Walter Gilbert Genealogy: John Galbraith & Elizabeth Aikman
Mary (Polly) Galbreath was born in Preble County on January 11, 1814, and died in Centertown, Missouri, U.S.A., in 1856.
Jackson A. Galbreath was born in Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A., on September 1, 1824, and died in Pierceton, Indiana, U.S.A., on September 13, 1860.
Per the Bureau of Land Management document #1797 (Ohio), on September 2, 1830, a John Galbreath made a land patent (original purchase from the government) of 77.52 acres in Darke County, the W½ of the SW¼, block 23, township 8N, range 3E of the West of the Greater Miami meridian.
www.otal.umd.edu /~walt/gen/htmfile/96.htm   (1007 words)

  
 Darke County Economic Development
In Darke County we celebrate living in a community with a proud history of people with strong ties to work, business, school and community.
Darke County fosters a positive environment where businesses prosper and people enjoy the benefits of "small town" community.
Darke County Economic Development is the county's one-stop for economic and business development.
www.darkecounty.com   (148 words)

  
 Darke County Genealogical Society
It is hard to believe that 25 years have passed since the late Toni Seiler, who was then the director of the Historical Society's Garst Museum, put a notice in the local papers to see if she could get a group of individuals together who would be interested in genealogy.
Ancestors living in Darke County from 1851 to 100 years previous to present year (i.e.
Darke Co. Genealogical Society Membership Application in Adobe™'s format.
dcgs.dcoweb.org   (1233 words)

  
 Civil War Memorial, Darke Co., Ohio
This listing is not intended to imply other Darke Countians didn't serve in other units, nor does this list intend to imply all members of companies listed here were from Darke Co. But the bulk of these individuals were Darke Countians and recruited in Darke Co.
From a wall of photographs at the Darke Co. Court House which memorialize certain survivors of the War (a display no doubt sponsored by the local GAR chapter), Adele Corbin has determined that certain companies were largely made up of Darke Countians because these companies are often named with the survivors' photographs.
Since it is our intention to only provide a listing of Darke Countians who served in the Civil War (we are not developing regimental histories), the names are being alphabetized in one list noting in which Company and Regiment the individuals served.
www.usroots.com /~compugen/darke/cwm2.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Darke records index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This page is an index of Birth records from Darke County, Ohio Birth Records Books that I have on the MARTIN family.
My children have MARTIN ancestors that lived in Darke County some dating back to the 1830s.
Not being able to actually go to Greenville, Ohio I did almost next to the best thing I order microfilm copies of the original birth records books.
www.c-zone.net /jon/records/darke/darkedx.htm   (330 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Darke County, Ohio
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1859-63; state court judge in Ohio, 1865.
Ohio state house of representatives, 1889, 1900-04; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/OH/DA.html   (581 words)

  
 Darke County, Ohio, Lands
In the case of Greenville Twp, the map itself was more 'dense' as there are more properties to be platted and the quality is not as good as for the other townships.
The same computer-drawn image of the townships in relation to one another can be viewed at the TOWNSHIPS OF DARKE COUNTY (another site) where a general map of the county with links to individual township maps taken from Beer's History of Darke County, 1880, is available.
I have extracted from the CD all the purchases made for land in Darke Co.
www.grandlake.net /darkeman/twps.html   (661 words)

  
 Jacob Miller (1795-1861)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is said that Jacob Miller left Montgomery County with 15 cents in his pocket, which he spent for help in crossing the Stillwater River.
He cut his own road most of the way from Covington and finally landed on what is now the old Katherman farm without a penny in his pocket.
I, Mary Miller of the County of Darke and State of Ohio, do make and publish this my last will and testament.
www.iwaynet.net /~lsci/Miller/E5JM/E5JM.htm   (678 words)

  
 Darke County, Ohio Marriages, 1817-1840 & Darke County, Ohio Will Abstracts, 1818-1857 : Genealogical Publishing Company
Darke County, Ohio was formed in 1809 from Miami County.
Ruth Bowers and Anita Short, the editors of the acclaimed Ohio genealogical periodical Gateway to the West, have here abstracted the earliest marriage and will records available for Darke County.
All told, this work identifies some 8,000 early residents of Darke County, Ohio.
www.genealogical.com /item_detail.asp?ID=9482&AFID=1458   (257 words)

  
 Darke County, Ohio, Sources Lookups
I have listed here some of the major Darke County, Ohio, reference books that are available, although certainly not all.
The Paul Lawrence Dunbar Library on the campus of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, is the official state repository for microfilms of local government records for counties in this area of Ohio.
Please put DARKE COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidently deleted.
www.calweb.com /~wally/darke/lookups.htm   (666 words)

  
 Darke County Board of Commissioners
Settled on the western edge of Ohio, rural Darke County originally was a section of Miami County but detached in 1809 and officially organized in 1817.
Consisting of 20 townships that include 1 City and 20 villages Darke County covers 605 square miles as the 8th largest County in the State of Ohio based upon land area with its’ population ranking 46th out of all 88 counties.
Small communities that are "Big On Pride" looking to grow for you.
www.co.darke.oh.us   (79 words)

  
 .:: Darke County Visitors Bureau ::.
Discover the Lowell Thomas gallery at Garst Museum featuring original footage of the life of Lowell Thomas, world-traveler and famous broadcaster born in Darke County.
Discover the wealth of fun that Darke County has to offer by visiting our sights and attractions.
The Mission of the Darke County Visitors Bureau is to enhance the economic growth of Darke County through the promotion and development of tourism.
www.visitdarkecounty.org   (202 words)

  
 Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adams Township is a township in Darke County, Ohio.
This Ohio state location article is a stub.
This page was last modified 16:56, 1 February 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adams_Township,_Darke_County,_Ohio   (63 words)

  
 Hall of Pioneers, Darke County, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The basic purpose of the Darke Co., Ohio, HALL OF PIONEERS is to honor our direct-line ancestors for providing the foundations on which Darke County thrives today.
An individual is listed if (s)he was born or lived in Darke Co., Ohio, on or before Midnight, 31 December 1850.
We will do what we can to verify a name in the 1850 Darke Co. census, but, beyond this, it is the submitters' responsibility to ensure that correct information is presented.
www.darkeman.net /pioneers/hall.html   (775 words)

  
 Darke County, Ohio, Marriages, 1817-1850
The present collection of marriage records represents the earliest 'joinings' officially recorded for Darke Co., Ohio.
The county was formed in 1809, but it was administered by neighboring Miami Co. until 1817.
I have also retained the names of those performing each ceremony when that information was recorded (which can permit an educated guess as to where in the county a marriage was performed).
www.dcoweb.org /marriage/1817-50.htm   (411 words)

  
 French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry (Aubry) of Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A.French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry ...
French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry (Aubry) of Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A.French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry (Aubry) of Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A. French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry (Aubry) of Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A. Table of Contents
Anna Obry (Aubry) was born in 1855 in Darke County, Ohio and raised in the French immigrant community there.
The Aubry (Obry) and Grillot Families of Darke County, Ohio.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Woods/8049/aubry   (271 words)

  
 Clover Rover 4-H Newsletter, Darke County, Ohio
I hope 2004 is off to a great start and that you are ready for another action packed year of 4-H! A copy of the 2004 Darke County 4-H Youth Development Calendar is enclosed with this newsletter.
The first is scheduled for Saturday, January 17, beginning at 10:00am, at the Extension Office, and will focus on completing Ohio Achievement Records and County Medal Forms.
All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.
darke.osu.edu /4h/jan04.htm   (256 words)

  
 Darke County, Ohio Photographs
It was through Bernice's work on the Bonham family that I was finally able to confirm the connections I had located with my wife's Bonham family ancestry.
I believe the pictures are predominantly of individuals who had ties to the Darke County, Ohio area.
Born July 22, 1835 in Pennsylvania and died November 15, 1866 in Darke County.
home.fuse.net /gmgallag/darkealbum.htm   (170 words)

  
 County Home Page
OSU Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or veteran status.
Ohio State University Extension is committed to ensuring that all citizens have access to it's research-based information.
If you have having accessibility problems with this web site which are addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and need an alternate format, send e-mail to: dark@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu or phone 937-548-5215.
darke.osu.edu   (135 words)

  
 Greenville Public Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The majority of information is dedicated to the Darke County area.
A home page concerning the genealogy of the early families and residents who settled or lived in Darke County, Ohio.
The Darke County Genealogical Society exists to promote genealogical research in the county and maintain a collection of materials to facilitate that research.
www.greenvillepublib.org /genealogy.htm   (454 words)

  
 Darke County Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Darke County, Ohio
Browse Homes.com for Ohio homes for sale, Ohio Real Estate Agents or real estate agents, plus Ohio apartments and houses for rent.
Then contact any of the Ohio Real Estate Agents for professional assistance finding your Ohio area home.
Click on the Darke cities that you are interested in or search all Real Estate in Darke County:
www.homes.com /Real_Estate/OH/County/DARKE   (344 words)

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