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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 18 newspaper titles published in Henry County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1852. 4 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Napoleon.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
| Title | Place | Years |
|---|---|---|
| The North-West | Napoleon | 1852–1865 |
| The Napoleon Star | Napoleon | 1857–1858 |
| Henry County Signal | Napoleon | 1865–1960 |
| The Weekly Northwest | Napoleon | 1866–1869 |
| Democratic Northwest Digitized | Napoleon | 1869–1894 |
| Democratic Northwest Digitized | Napoleon | 1869–? |
| The Deshler Flag | Deshler | 1876–? |
| The Liberty Press | Liberty Center, Napoleon | 1881–1999 |
| Democratic Northwest and Henry County News Digitized | Napoleon | 1894–1905 |
| Democratic Northwest and Henry County News Digitized | Napoleon | 1894–? |
| Henry County Review | Holgate | 1894–? |
| Napoleon Northwest-News | Napoleon | 1905–1959 |
| The Liberty Center Press | Liberty Center | 1921–1941 |
| The Liberty Press | Liberty Center | 1941–? |
| The McClure Press | Mcclure | 1950–1999 |
| Northwest News | Napoleon | 1959–1960 |
| Northwest-Signal | Napoleon | 1960–? |
| The Northwest Courier | Napoleon | 1973–1976 |
Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Henry. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
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View at Library of CongressCourtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.
No digitized front pages for Henry were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.
4 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
| Property | City | Listed |
|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | Napoleon | 1990 |
| Henry County Courthouse | Napoleon | 1973 |
| Henry County Sheriff's Residence and Jail | Napoleon | 1981 |
| St. Augustine's Catholic Church | Napoleon | 1982 |
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Henry was formed in 1820 (1820-04-01) from unknown / original county.
HENRY created from Non-County Area 9 attached to LOGAN and Non-County Area 7 attached to SHELBY. HENRY overlapped part of the area disputed with Michigan Territory since 1805 that was actually under Michigan control.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Henry County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1830 | 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 2,503 | 8,901 | 20,585 | 27,282 | 23,362 | 22,756 | 22,423 | 25,392 | 28,383 | 29,210 | 27,662 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
51 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Angell Cemetery |
| Bremer Cemetery |
| Brey Cemetery |
| Brinkman Cemetery |
| Cole Cemetery |
| Creager Cemetery |
| Damascus Cemetery |
| Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery |
| Emanuels Cemetery |
| Florida Cemetery |
| Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Freedom Cemetery |
| German Reformed Cemetery |
| Glenwood Cemetery |
| Grelton Cemetery |
| Gunn Cemetery |
| Heath-Colton Cemetery |
| Hockman Cemetery |
| Hope Lutheran Cemetery |
| Hoy Cemetery |
| Huston Cemetery |
| Knipp Cemetery |
| Liberty Chapel Cemetery |
| Locust Cemetery |
| Marion Township Cemetery |
| Mohler-Union Cemetery |
| North Cemetery |
| Olive Branch Cemetery |
| Parry Cemetery |
| Peace Church Cemetery |
| Pleasant Township Cemetery |
| Pleasant Township Cemetery 1 |
| Richfield Cemetery |
| Sacred Heart Cemetery |
| Saint Augustine Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery |
| Saint Marys Cemetery |
| Saint Pauls Cemetery |
| Saint Pauls Church Cemetery |
| Saint Peter Cemetery |
| Saint Peters Cemetery |
| Texas Cemetery |
| Union Chapel Cemetery |
| Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Young Cemetery |
| Zion Cemetery |
| Zion Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Cloverleaf |
| Damascus |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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