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Van Wert County, Ohio

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36newspaper titles
0digitized titles
8historic places
1800earliest paper
1820formed
28,931pop. 2020
39cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 36 newspaper titles published in Van Wert County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Van Wert, Delphos, Convoy.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Van Wert

Library of Congress
36 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Ohio Weekly BulletinVan Wert1800–1865
The Twice-A-Week Van Wert BulletinVan Wert1800–1899
The Van Wert RepublicanVan Wert1800–1999
The Weekly ConstitutionVan Wert1800–1899
Van Wert BulletinVan Wert1800–1899
The Van Wert DemocratVan Wert1849–1899
Van Wert AmericanVan Wert1855–1857
The AmericanVan Wert1857–1899
The Van Wert Weekly BulletinVan Wert1865–1895
The Van Wert TimesVan Wert1866–1904
The Morning StarVan Wert1870–1999
Van Wert Daily BulletinVan Wert1873–1899
The Van Wert PressVan Wert1874–?
Van Wert Weekly PressVan Wert1874–1899
Convoy MirrorConvoy1876–1899
Delphos GrocerDelphos, Delphos1876–1899
The Van Wert Daily BulletinVan Wert1887–1936
Delphos KleeblattDelphos, Delphos1889–1905
Delphos Daily HeraldDelphos, Delphos1894–1957
The Twice-A-Week BulletinVan Wert1895–1933
The Van Wert DemocratVan Wert1897–1904
Ohio City NewsOhio City1900–1999
Ohio City ProgressOhio City1900–1999
The Convoy SignalConvoy1900–1918
The RadarConvoy1900–1999
Willshire HeraldWillshire1900–1999
The Daily TimesVan Wert1904–1915
The Times-DemocratVan Wert1904–1914
Van Wert Morning TimesVan Wert1915–1918
The Convoy Signal and NewsConvoy1918–1999
The Van Wert TimesVan Wert1919–1936
The Van Wert Times-BulletinVan Wert1936–1973
Delphos HeraldDelphos, Delphos1957–1987
Photo StarWillshire1960–?
The Times-BulletinVan Wert1973–?
The Daily HeraldDelphos, Delphos1987–2003

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bredeick-Lang HouseDelphosBuilding1982
Brumback LibraryVan WertBuilding1979
Convoy Opera House-City Hall-Firehouse BuildingConvoyBuilding2021
Downtown Van Wert Historic DistrictVan WertDistrict2021
Marsh, George H., Homestead and the Marsh Foundation SchoolVan WertBuilding1980
Round BarnVan WertBuilding1980
Van Wert BandstandVan WertStructure1982
Van Wert County CourthouseVan WertBuilding1974

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Van Wert was formed in 1820 (1820-04-01) from unknown / original county.

VAN WERT created from Non-County Area 6 attached to DARKE and Non-County Area 7 attached to SHELBY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Van Wert County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

30k15k4918301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
491,57710,23823,02830,39428,21026,75926,97128,84030,45829,65928,931

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

39 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 39 of 39 listed
NameLatLon
Balyeat Cemetery40.85505-84.68973
Dix Cemetery40.88533-84.64912
Duncard Cemetery40.94644-84.50051
Evangelical Protestant Cemetery40.82255-84.70496
Fissel Lauth Cemetery40.72172-84.39718
Fletcher Cemetery40.77894-84.76583
Glenn Cemetery40.85921-84.70746
Goodwin Cemetery40.74838-84.46134
Greenbriar Cemetery40.77171-84.69746
Hance Cemetery40.71422-84.41356
Horeb Cemetery40.8006-84.43412
IOOF Cemetery40.93103-84.70128
King Cemetery40.86644-84.43607
Kings Cemetery40.88392-84.78421
McClure Cemetery40.87441-84.77981
McNeal Cemetery40.97603-84.76196
Metzer Cemetery40.93116-84.76468
Mohr Cemetery40.95262-84.56235
Mount Pleasant Cemetery40.95172-84.49606
Oakland Cemetery40.98922-84.59495
Pleasant Grove Cemetery40.72838-84.74191
Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery40.8881-84.7219
Ridge Cemetery40.8781-84.46912
Ridge Cemetery40.74255-84.67579
Saint Johns Cemetery40.8881-84.71746
Saint Marys Cemetery40.79504-84.75116
Schumm Cemetery40.75088-84.72691
Smith Cemetery40.74227-84.72746
Sugar Ridge Cemetery40.9384-84.69813
Taylor Cemetery40.94227-84.57468
Venedocia Cemetery40.78644-84.4619
Wallick Cemetery40.78715-84.57134
Walnut Grove Cemetery40.75369-84.58545
Westside Cemetery40.84532-84.35078
Willshire Cemetery40.74394-84.78552
Woodland Cemetery40.86755-84.61551
Woodlawn Cemetery40.77449-84.62746
Wren Cemetery40.80116-84.77718
Wright Cemetery40.75449-84.43551
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Buena Vista40.77866-84.5519
MacAdam40.77144-84.5519
Shasta40.77144-84.57162

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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