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Wood County, Ohio

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100newspaper titles
9digitized titles
33historic places
1800earliest paper
1820formed
132,248pop. 2020
53cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 100 newspaper titles published in Wood County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 9 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Perrysburg, Bowling Green, Grand Rapids.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Wood

Library of Congress
100 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
People's PressPerrysburg1800–1899
The Daily TribuneBowling Green1800–1999
The Evening TribuneBowling Green1800–1999
The LeaderPemberville1800–1899
The Weston ReporterWeston1800–1899
The Wood County GazetteBowling Green1800–1899
Weston AvalancheWeston1800–1899
Wood County HeraldWeston1800–1949
The Toledo GazetteToledo, Toledo1834–1838
The Ohio Whig and Perrysburg Commercial AdvertiserPerrysburg1838–1839
Wood County PacketPerrysburg1838–1839
The Ohio WhigPerrysburg1839–1840
Fort Meigs ReveillePerrysburg1840–1851
Maumee River TimesMaumee, Perrysburg1840–1855
Perrysburg NewsPerrysburg1842–1899
Perrysburg StarPerrysburg1851–1899
The Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg1853–1861
The Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg1853–?
Maumee Valley DemocratPerrysburg1854–1899
The DemocratPerrysburg1857–1899
Fostoria NewsFostoria, Fostoria, Fostoria1860–1869
Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg1860–1965
The Fostoria Weekly NewsFostoria, Fostoria, Fostoria1860–1870
The Weekly Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg1861–1999
The Weekly Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg1861–?
The Wood County IndependentPerrysburg1861–1899
Bowling Green AdvocateBowling Green1866–1866
Bowling Green SentinelBowling Green1867–1868
The SentinelBowling Green1867–1867
Wood County SentinelBowling Green1868–1889
The Buckeye GrangerPerrysburg1874–1899
New Baltimore EnterpriseNorth Baltimore, New Baltimore1875–1899
Pemberville IndependentPemberville1877–1899
Bowling Green DemocratBowling Green1878–1881
The Daily GazetteBowling Green1880–1999
The Wood County DemocratBowling Green1881–1929
North Baltimore BeaconNorth Baltimore1884–1886
Pemberville ReporterPemberville1885–1888
Weekly BeaconNorth Baltimore1886–1941
Bowling Green Daily NewsBowling Green1887–1899
The Bloomdale DerrickBloomdale1888–1948
Wood County IndexPemberville1888–1889
Daily BeaconNorth Baltimore1889–1890
Pemberville LeaderPemberville1889–1961
Wood County Sentinel and GazetteBowling Green1889–1892
Wood County TribuneBowling Green1889–1906
The Daily DemocratBowling Green1890–1999
The Daily SentinelBowling Green1890–1906
Wood County SentinelBowling Green1892–1906
Bradner AdvocateBradner1894–1954
Prarie Depot ObserverWayne1894–1927
Gospell BannerPemberville1895–1899
The Pemberville PressPemberville1896–1899
The County Fair NewsPemberville1897–1899
Tri-County Bulletin DigitizedGrand Rapids1897–?
The Custar NewsCustar1898–1925
Die PostBowling Green1899–1903
Cygnet ReviewCygnet1900–1999
Northwood Record WalbridgePerrysburg1900–1999
Pemberville FairettePemberville1900–1999
The ObsidianBowling Green1900–1999
The Weston AdvocateWeston1900–?
The Wood County Free PressBowling Green1900–1910
Wood County DigestBowling Green1900–1999
The Daily Sentinel-TribuneBowling Green1906–1987
The Unique WeeklyRisingsun1907–1999
Tontogany TimesTontogany1908–1919
WelfareScotch Ridge1912–1999
The Tri-County News DigitizedGrand Rapids1915–?
Wood County RepublicanBowling Green1918–1946
Luckey HeraldLuckey1923–1999
Risingsun Unique WeeklyRisingsun1927–1948
Wayne ObserverWayne1927–1954
Wood County NewsBowling Green1930–1934
The North Baltimore NewsNorth Baltimore1933–?
The Walbridge News1936–1999
The Rossford RecordRossford, Perrysburg1939–1972
The BeaconNorth Baltimore1941–1942
The Unique-DerrickRisingsun1948–1999
Tri-County Herald News DigitizedWeston1949–?
The Weekly JournalWeston1950–1999
Observer-AdvocateWayne1954–1964
The Weekly HeraldBettsville, Wayne1956–1999
The Star Route NewsRisingsun1960–1999
LeaderPemberville1961–1981
Country and TownRossford1963–1966
Voice of WestonWeston1964–1999
Perrysburg Messenger-JournalPerrysburg1965–?
The Crystal City NewsBowling Green1971–?
The RecordRossford, Perrysburg1972–1981
The Suburban PressGenoa, Millbury1972–?
Illustrated GazetteGrand Rapids1975–1999
The Wood County Free PressWeston1976–1978
Rossford Record JournalRossford, Perrysburg1981–?
Metro PressGenoa, Millbury1984–?
The Rapid RecordsGrand Rapids1986–?
Sentinel TribuneBowling Green1987–?
Primetime PressMillbury1988–?
Maumee Bay Press1989–?
Perrysburg Journal DigitizedPerrysburg?–

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 Wood. 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 — November 5

Front pages

Front pages from Wood papers published on November 5 in past years. Refreshed when the site data is rebuilt (weekly now; could be daily).

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.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Boom Town Historic DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1987
Dodge SiteBowling GreenSite1978
Eagle Point Colony Historic DistrictRossfordDistrict1983
East River Road Historic District IRossfordDistrict1976
East River Road Historic District IIPerrysburg andDistrict1976
Empire HouseStony RidgeBuilding1978
Floral HallBowling GreenBuilding1982
Ford, Edward, Plate Glass Company Employee Relations BuildingRossfordBuilding2016
Fort Meigs NHLPerrysburgSite1969
Fort Meigs Aboriginal-33WO08-33WO445PerrysburgSite1998
Graham, William, HouseWayneBuilding1984
Heeter-Russo HouseGrand RapidsBuilding1975
Hood-Simmons HousePerrysburgBuilding1974
Housley, R. A., HouseGrand RapidsBuilding1996
Indian Hills SiteRossfordSite1979
Kerr, Benjamin F., HouseGrand RapidsBuilding1979
MacNichol SitePerrysburgSite1978
Main Street Historic DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1980
North Baltimore Town HallNorth BaltimoreBuilding1981
Old Wood County JailPerrysburgBuilding1969
Perrysburg Historic DistrictPerrysburgDistrict1975
Perrysburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)PerrysburgDistrict1990
Perrysburg Water Maintenance BuildingPerrysburgBuilding1990
Risingsun Town Hall and Opera HouseRisingsunBuilding2021
Schaller Memorial BuildingPerrysburgBuilding1990
Simmons, Edwin H., HousePerrysburgBuilding1991
Spafford HousePerrysburgBuilding1974
Thurston BuildingGrand RapidsBuilding1975
Town HallGrand RapidsBuilding1975
U.S. Post OfficeBowling GreenBuilding1979
Wood County Courthouse And JailBowling GreenDistrict1974
Wood County Home and InfirmaryBowling GreenBuilding1979
Yeager, John J., HousePerrysburgBuilding1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

WOOD created from Non-County Area 9 attached to LOGAN; WOOD 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.

Population by decade

Census

Wood County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

132k66k7331820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7335,35717,88634,02251,55544,89251,79659,60572,596107,372121,065132,248

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

53 cemeteries and 11 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 53 of 53 listed
NameLatLon
Beaver Creek Cemetery41.38839-83.84633
Belleville Ridge Cemetery41.47754-83.58965
Bethel Cemetery41.30032-83.66854
Bradner Cemetery41.32588-83.41798
Brandeberry Cemetery41.38391-83.50157
Chapel Cemetery41.18754-83.58882
Cygnet Cemetery41.24039-83.63212
Dunlap Cemetery41.48366-83.73105
Eagle Point Cemetery41.60364-83.57429
Eisenhour Cemetery41.38683-83.43499
Fayler Cemetery41.23338-83.71465
Fish Cemetery41.37004-83.50381
Fort Meigs Union Cemetery41.55109-83.6414
Graham Cemetery41.2887-83.46479
Hough Cemetery41.19033-83.68109
Howard Cemetery41.41289-83.86381
Hufford Cemetery41.56504-83.58965
Jackson Township Cemetery41.18256-83.86603
Jerry City Cemetery41.2581-83.60493
Lake Cemetery41.58921-83.4677
Lyons Cemetery41.5206-83.70354
Maple Cemetery41.172-83.67327
Maplewood Cemetery41.17116-83.68882
Maplewood Cemetery41.172-83.67299
Mennonite Cemetery41.2531-83.52798
Milton Township Cemetery41.29239-83.84151
Miltonville Cemetery41.48533-83.71716
Mount Zion Cemetery41.26671-83.54465
Myers Cemetery41.36217-83.50342
New Belleville Ridge Cemetery41.47956-83.59157
New Weston Cemetery41.35783-83.79077
Oak Grove Cemetery41.37921-83.63798
Old Oak Grove Cemetery (historical)41.37866-83.64743
Old Weston Cemetery41.35589-83.79299
Otsego Cemetery41.4445-83.78272
Pemberville Cemetery41.39588-83.49131
Perry Center Cemetery41.21342-83.4722
Plain Cemetery41.38616-83.71049
Portage Cemetery41.32921-83.63715
Pottertown Cemetery41.35008-83.86963
Roselawn Memorial Park41.51338-83.46604
Saint Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery41.32504-83.41798
Saint Louis Cemetery41.28408-83.83328
Saint Rose Cemetery41.56312-83.61471
Salem Cemetery41.44393-83.43409
Sargeant Cemetery41.33391-83.6642
Scotch Ridge Cemetery41.40705-83.53134
Tontogany Cemetery41.4295-83.74271
Union Hill Cemetery41.42394-83.66327
Washington Cemetery41.42283-83.76744
Weaver Cemetery41.18393-83.60937
West Millgrove Cemetery41.24088-83.49492
Wingston Cemetery41.27477-83.72549
Historical populated places — 11 of 11
NameLatLon
Bassett41.212-83.67354
Cummings41.55838-83.49299
Farnham41.232-83.88216
Fenton41.45422-83.55827
Haney41.25561-83.76605
Miltonville41.49255-83.71105
Oil Center41.21116-83.64493
Prentice41.61588-83.52271
Riverdale41.49227-83.68327
Rockwell41.61672-83.50299
Webb41.51477-83.42298

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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