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Lucas County, Ohio

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

208newspaper titles
18digitized titles
104historic places
1800earliest paper
1835formed
431,279pop. 2020
42cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 208 newspaper titles published in Lucas County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 18 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 104 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Toledo, Maumee, Waterville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Lucas

Library of Congress
208 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
New EraToledo1800–1899
The AmuletMaumee1800–1899
The BeeToledo1800–1892
The Maumee AdvertiserMaumee1800–1899
The Maumee New EraMaumee1800–1899
The Saturday AmericanToledo1800–1899
The Sunday Courier-JournalToledo1800–1999
The Sylvania Weekly TimesToledo1800–1899
The Toledo AmericanToledo1800–1899
The Toledo Daily Morning TimesToledo1800–1859
The Toledo PostToledo1800–1899
The Toledo Weekly TimesToledo1800–1899
Toledo CommercialToledo1800–?
Toledo CriticToledo1800–1999
Toledo Daily TelegramToledo1800–1899
Toledo Evening NewsToledo1800–1899
Toledo Weekly BladeToledo1800–1924
The Toledo GazetteToledo, Toledo1834–1838
Toledo BladeToledo1835–1899
Manhattan AdvertiserManhattan1836–1841
Maumee Express DigitizedMaumee City, Maumee1837–1838
Maumee Express DigitizedMaumee City, Maumee1837–?
Maumee City Express DigitizedMaumee City, Maumee1838–1849
Maumee City Express DigitizedMaumee City, Maumee1838–?
Maumee River TimesMaumee, Perrysburg1840–1855
Toledo RegisterToledo1841–1843
Manhattan TelegraphManhattan1842–1899
Toledo HeraldToledo1843–1899
Toledo BladeToledo1846–1881
Toledo BladeToledo1848–1849
Toledo Weekly RepublicanToledo1848–1858
Daily Toledo BladeToledo1849–1862
Toledo Commercial RepublicanToledo1849–1858
The Forest City VisitorMaumee1850–1899
Toledo Tri-Weekly CommercialToledo1850–1878
Toledo Weekly CommercialToledo1850–1897
North-Western Democrat. And Lucas County LandmarkMaumee1852–1899
Northwestern DemocratPerrysburg1852–1854
Ohio Staat-ZeitungToledo1854–1899
Die Toledo ExpressToledo, Buffalo, Omaha1856–1943
The Toledo Daily TimesToledo1857–1899
The Toledo Daily Herald and TimesToledo1859–1899
The Toledo CommercialToledo1862–1866
Toledo Daily BladeToledo1862–1886
Toledo Democratic RecordToledo1864–1867
Toledo Daily CommercialToledo1866–1871
Wöchentliche ExpressToledo1867–1888
Der GrütlianerMilwaukee, New York, Louisville1868–1911
The AdvertiserToledo1870–1899
The Toledo DemocratToledo1870–1899
The Toledo East SideToledo1870–1879
Toledo CommercialToledo1870–1899
Toledo Tri-Weekly CommercialToledo1870–1878
The Toledo SunNew York, Toledo1871–1879
Toledo Morning CommercialToledo1871–1880
Toledo Sunday JournalToledo1871–1900
Corn City's ComplimentsToledo1872–1899
The CriticToledo1873–1999
Toledo Daily DemocratToledo1874–1874
Toledo Democrat and HeraldToledo1874–1899
The Northern Ohio DemocratToledo1875–1886
The Sunday DemocratToledo1875–1886
Northern Ohio DemocratToledo1876–1876
The Ballot BoxToledo1876–1878
The Toledo Evening BeeToledo1876–1899
Toledo NationalToledo1877–1999
Toledo Weekly BeeToledo1877–1903
Farmer's Reporter and Our National Union MagnetToledo1880–1899
Toledo Morning TelegramToledo1881–1883
Commercial Morning TelegramToledo1883–1999
The Industrial NewsToledo1885–1888
Toledo Daily CommercialToledo1885–1892
EchoToledo, Buffalo1886–1903
Toledo BladeToledo1886–1960
Toledo Freie PresseToledo1887–1999
GwiazdaToledo1888–1889
Natural GasMaumee1888–1899
Toledo Daily NewsToledo1888–1903
Ameryka DigitizedToledo1889–1891
Ameryka DigitizedToledo1889–?
Ameryka W Toledo DigitizedToledo1891–1892
Ameryka W Toledo DigitizedToledo1891–?
Kurjer ClevelandskiCleveland, Toledo1891–1892
Ameryka W Toledo I Kuryer Clevelandski DigitizedToledo1892–1892
Ameryka W Toledo I Kuryer Clevelandski DigitizedToledo1892–?
The Toledo CommercialToledo1892–1900
The Toledo Evening BeeToledo1892–1899
Ameryka DigitizedToledo1893–1902
Ameryka DigitizedToledo1893–?
Ohio LaborToledo1894–1999
The Maumee AdvanceMaumee1896–1899
The Valley EchoMaumee1896–1899
The Sylvania SunSylvania1899–1999
The Toledo BeeToledo1899–1903
Toledo Non-Partisan and Saturday NightToledo1899–1900
Toledo Saturday NightToledo1899–1899
Toledo TribuneToledo1899–1999
EchoToledo1900–1999
Gwiazda Zjednoczenia = Star of the UnionCleveland, Toledo1900–1999
Journal HeraldToledo1900–?
Kuryer Katolicki = Catholic CourierToledo1900–1924
Labor Congress NewsToledo1900–1999
Labor UnionToledo1900–?
NiedzielaToledo1900–1999
Point Place HeraldPoint Place1900–1999
Point Place NewsPoint Place1900–1999
South Side NewsToledo1900–1999
The Cen-Roe NewsToledo1900–1999
The Saturday WorldToledo1900–1999
The SocialistSeattle, Caldwell, Toledo1900–1910
The StandardWhitehouse, , Waterville1900–1999
The Toledo BulletinToledo1900–1999
The Toledo IsraeliteToledo1900–1999
The Toledo NewsToledo1900–1999
The Toledo OddfellowToledo1900–1999
The Toledo PressToledo1900–1999
The Toledo TimesToledo1900–1926
West ToledoheraldToledo1900–?
Ameryka Echo DigitizedToledo, Chicago1902–1971
Ameryka Echo DigitizedToledo, Chicago1902–?
The East Side ReviewToledo1902–1999
The Maumee Advance-EraMaumee1902–1945
Toledo News-BeeToledo1903–1938
Toledo HeroldToledo1906–1999
The Toledo Union LeaderToledo1907–1934
Toledo VolksblattToledo1907–1999
Ameryka-EchoToledo1910–1999
Central Avenue BoosterToledo1910–1999
The Sylvania SentinelSylvania1910–1951
Echo PolskieToledo1912–1914
Ameryka-EchoToledo1914–1956
Ameryka-EchoToledo1914–1931
Ameryka-EchoToledo1914–1933
Ameryka-EchoToledo1914–1931
Ameryka-EchoToledo1915–1928
The Eastside SunToledo1920–1999
The American Legion CouncillorToledo1921–1924
Toledo SocialistToledo1922–1999
American Legion Councillor of Northwestern OhioToledo1924–1924
American Legion Councillor of OhioToledo1925–1929
Kuryer Toledoski = Toledo CourierToledo1925–1926
Maumee Valley NewsMaumee1925–1978
The SunToledo1925–1984
The Toledo Daily TimesToledo1926–1930
The Trilby NewsTrilby1928–1999
Labor Union NewspaperToledo1929–1971
American Legion CouncillorToledo1930–1945
Toledo Hungarian-American Weekly DigitizedToledo1930–?
Toledo Morning TimesToledo1930–1938
Toledo DigitizedToledo1931–?
Toledo TribuneToledo1932–1999
The Front PageToledo1933–1999
Catholic ChronicleToledo1934–?
The Union LeaderToledo1934–1939
Toledo Jewish TimesToledo1935–1999
The Toledo TimesToledo1938–1975
Toledo LedgerToledo1939–1999
Toledo Union Leader : Official Organ of Toledo Central Labor UnionToledo1939–1954
Toledo Union Journal DigitizedToledo1942–?
The Toledo ScriptToledo1943–1949
Toledo Municipal NewsToledo1946–1999
Bronze RavenToledo1948–1953
The Toledo Sepia City PressToledo1948–1950
West Toledo HeraldToledo1949–?
The Sentinel-HeraldToledo1951–1963
The Toledo Jewish NewsToledo1951–?
Toledo Bronze RavenToledo1953–1976
Reynold Park NewsToledo1954–1999
Toledo PointerToledo1954–1999
South Toledo Ad-NewsToledo1956–1999
Ameryka-EchoToledo1959–1999
Anthony Wayne StandardWaterville1959–1978
Oregon NewsOregon1959–1981
The BladeToledo1960–?
The Blade DigitizedToledo1960–?
Polka StarToledo1963–1999
The Sylvania SentinelSylvania1963–1964
Toledo MonitorToledo1963–1999
Sylvania Suburban SentinelSylvania1964–1965
Toledo TribuneToledo1964–1964
The SentinelSylvania1965–1966
Sylvania SentinelSylvania1966–1978
The Toledo RecordToledo1966–1967
The Toledo ExaminerToledo1967–1999
Toledo CourierToledo1967–1999
Toledo Countryside CourierToledo1970–1974
The Northwestern Ohio Labor Union Newspaper, IncToledo1971–1999
The ObserverToledo1971–1999
The Glass City DowntownerToledo1972–1999
The Real Estate AstonisherPerrysburg1974–1999
The Toledo CountrysideToledo1974–1999
Southwest ExpressToledo1975–1976
North South West ExpressMaumee1976–1999
The Daybreak DispatchToledo1977–1978
Anthony Wayne HeraldWaterville1978–?
ConnectionsToledo1978–1983
Maumee Valley HeraldMaumee1978–?
Sylvania HeraldSylvania1978–?
The PointPoint Place1978–1979
The Point and ShorelandPoint Place1979–1980
The Community MirrorMaumee1980–1988
The EnquirerOregon1980–?
The MirrorMaumee1980–1981
The Point and Shoreland JournalPoint Place, Shoreland, Toledo1980–?
The Township TimesPerrysburg1987–?
The MirrorMaumee1988–?
The ScribeToledo2024–?
The ScribeToledo2024–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Lucas. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Courtesy 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.

On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for Lucas were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

70 of 104 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

104 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashland Avenue Baptist ChurchToledoBuilding1980
B'nai Israel SynagogueToledoBuilding2005
Berdan BuildingToledoBuilding1975
Birckhead Place Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1983
Birmingham Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1996
Brand, R., and CompanyToledoBuilding1975
Brandville SchoolOregonBuilding1994
Bronson PlaceToledoDistrict1984
Burt's TheaterToledoBuilding1977
Bush Street Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1982
Central YMCAToledoBuilding1982
Columbian HouseWatervilleBuilding1969
Commodore Perry HotelToledoBuilding1997
Craft Master BuildingToledoBuilding2022
DeVilbiss Manufacturing BuildingToledoBuilding2023
East Side Commercial BlockToledoBuilding1976
East Toledo Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1996
East Toledo Main Street Historic DistrictToledoDistrict2025
Eckenrode And Breisach HousesMaumeeBuilding1978
Englewood Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1998
Fallen Timbers Battlefield NHLMaumeeSite1966
First Church of Christ, ScientistToledoBuilding1978
First Presbyterian Church Of Maumee ChapelMaumeeBuilding1973
Forsythe-Puhl HouseMaumeeBuilding1989
Fort Industry SquareToledoDistrict1973
Fort Miamis SiteMaumeeSite1975
Gendron, Peter, HouseToledoBuilding1983
Gillett-Shoemaker-Welsh HouseWatervilleBuilding1975
Governor's InnMaumeeBuilding1974
Griswold, Peck, HouseMaumeeBuilding1978
Hanson HouseMaumeeBuilding1978
Haskins, Liberty Whitcomb, HouseWatervilleBuilding1975
Hillcrest HotelToledoBuilding1998
House Of Four PillarsMaumeeBuilding1973
Hull, Isaac, StoreMaumeeBuilding1978
Hull-Wolcott HouseMaumeeBuilding1970
Huron-Superior Streets Warehouse-Produce Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1993
Interurban BridgeWatervilleStructure1972
Inverness ClubToledoDistrict1993
Ira ApartmentsToledoBuilding1996
Isham, John, FarmsteadWatervilleDistrict1992
Isham, John, HouseWatervilleBuilding1982
Landers Brothers Company BuildingToledoBuilding2019
Lasalle, Koch and Company Department StoreToledoBuilding1995
Libbey, Edward D., House NHLToledoBuilding1983
Libbey, Edward Drummond, High SchoolToledoBuilding2011
Lucas County Courthouse and JailToledoBuilding1973
Lucas County Hospital and Nurse's HomeToledoBuilding1997
Ludwig, Isaac R., Historical MillProvidenceDistrict1974
Madison Avenue Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1998
Madison Avenue Historic District Superior Street (Boundary Increase)ToledoDistrict2021
Maumee Historic DistrictMaumeeDistrict1974
Maumee SidecutMaumeeStructure1973
Maumee TheaterMaumeeBuilding1998
Maumee Uptown Historic DistrictMaumeeDistrict1984
Meister Apartments, TheToledoBuilding2022
Monroe Street Commercial BuildingsToledoDistrict1976
Morehouse-Downes HouseWatervilleBuilding1975
Neukom, Albert, HouseToledoBuilding1971
Ohio TheatreToledoBuilding2006
Old Central Post OfficeToledoBuilding1972
Old West End DistrictToledoDistrict1973
Old West End Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)ToledoDistrict1984
Ontario BuildingToledoBuilding2018
Overmyer Building, TheToledoBuilding2019
Pray-Starkweather HouseWatervilleBuilding1975
Providence Historic DistrictProvidenceDistrict1975
Pythian CastleToledoBuilding1972
Reed, Henry, Jr., HouseMaumeeBuilding1978
RiverviewToledoBuilding2012
Riverview ApartmentsToledoBuilding1983
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Historic District-Oliver's Second additionToledoDistrict1987
Secor HotelToledoBuilding1976
Secor, Joseph K., HouseToledoBuilding1979
Spicer Manufacturing BuildingToledoBuilding2024
Spitzer BuildingToledoBuilding1983
Spring Grove Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1996
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church ComplexToledoBuilding1983
St. Clair Street Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1975
St. Clair Street Historic District (Boundary Increase-Decrease)ToledoDistrict2014
St. Patrick's Catholic ChurchToledoBuilding1972
Standart-Simmons Hardware CompanyToledoBuilding1975
Succesful SalesToledoBuilding1971
Sumner Street BridgeToledoStructure2024
The Broer-Freeman BuildingToledoBuilding2020
Toledo Central Business Historic DistrictToledoDistrict2022
Toledo City MarketToledoBuilding2022
Toledo ClubToledoBuilding1978
Toledo Harbor LightToledoStructure1983
Toledo Olde Towne Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1989
Toledo Traction Company Power StationToledoBuilding2003
Toledo Yacht ClubToledoBuilding1976
Trinity Episcopal ChurchToledoBuilding1983
United States Courthouse and Custom HouseToledoBuilding2013
Uptown Toledo Historic DistrictToledoDistrict2023
Valentine Theater BuildingToledoBuilding1987
Vistula Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1978
Waterville Commercial DistrictWatervilleDistrict1976
Webster SchoolToledoBuilding2025
West Sister Island LightToledoStructure1983
Westmoreland Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1986
Woodlawn CemeteryToledoDistrict1998
Wright, Dr. John A., HouseToledoBuilding1978
Yondota Historic DistrictToledoDistrict1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lucas was formed in 1835 (1835-06-20) from Henry, Wood.

LUCAS created from HENRY and WOOD; LUCAS overlapped part of the area disputed with Michigan Territory since 1805, which was actually under Michigan control.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lucas County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

484k247k9,3821840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,38225,83167,377153,559275,721344,333395,551456,931471,741455,054431,279

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
RIRAPark unit26.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

42 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed
NameLatLon
Berkey Cemetery41.71504-83.83271
Beth Shalom Cemetery41.66072-83.47142
Bird Family Cemetery41.54981-83.85347
Calvary Cemetery41.65619-83.59759
Collingwood Cemetery41.69007-83.56111
East Swanton Cemetery41.58505-83.86216
Forest Cemetery41.6713-83.52356
Franklin Cemetery41.52952-83.85486
Haughton Cemetery41.67783-83.62172
Highland Memory Gardens41.48811-83.74105
Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery41.65282-83.81744
Joy Cemetery41.66549-83.65356
Memorial Park Cemetery41.68028-83.64029
Mennonite Cemetery41.52393-83.7816
Mount Carmel Cemetery41.68648-83.54554
Mount Pleasant Cemetery41.4595-83.878
North Oregon Cemetery41.6622-83.47048
Oak Hill Cemetery41.45894-83.87966
Oak Wood Cemetery41.62417-83.34211
Porta Coeli Cemetery41.71069-83.71104
Ravine Cemetery41.70952-83.69801
Resurrection Cemetery41.63662-83.68016
Riverside Cemetery41.54877-83.68051
Roth Cemetery41.55616-83.7541
Rupp Cemetery41.5323-83.78571
Saint Elizabeths Catholic Cemetery41.68699-83.82438
Saint Ignatius Catholic Cemetery41.65615-83.40765
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery41.65246-83.48968
Saint Josephs Cemetery41.55781-83.66967
Saint Patrick Cemetery41.427-83.84688
Sharples Cemetery41.62866-83.83411
Springfield Cemetery41.61115-83.72299
Sunshine Cemetery41.61894-83.59716
Swan Creek Cemetery41.57416-83.70872
Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery41.7197-83.69592
Toledo State Hospital Cemetery41.62399-83.60206
Wakeman Cemetery41.49783-83.72633
Whitehouse Cemetery41.52047-83.78376
Willow Cemetery41.62949-83.49993
Winslow Cemetery41.53449-83.80077
Wolfinger Cemetery41.66671-83.78521
Woodlawn Cemetery41.68136-83.57936
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Bowen41.71588-83.79716
Midway41.55644-83.82494
Neowash41.47394-83.76716
New Jerusalem41.63894-83.30271
Presque Isle41.53672-83.71216
Richards41.66338-83.65299
Tondagamies Village41.46616-83.7666

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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