Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries

Local Government Records : Miami County, Ohio

Records are arranged alphabetically by office of origin. County records are listed first, followed by municipalities, school districts and townships. Click here for information about access to these records.

Miami County | Piqua | Tipp City | Troy | Concord Twshp | Newton Twshp
Staunton Twshp | Union Twshp | Bethel School Recs | Brown Twshp Schools
Lostcreek Twshp Schools | Miami East School Recs | Miami Central School District
Staunton Twshp Schools | Newton School Recs | Piqua School Recs
Troy School Recs | Federal

Miami County

    Record Title Date Span Format
  Auditor
    Bank Returns
1894-1906 13 folders
    Blind Relief Record 1905-1927 volume & 6 folders
    Board of Agriculture
1868 1 folder
    Board of Education
1910 1 folder
    Board of School Examiners
1901-1911 2 folders
    Docket of Infirmary Bills
1904-1932 volume
    Experimental Farm 1911 1 folder
    Incorporated Company Tax Returns
1862-1910 RC box
    Insurance Company Tax Returns
1877-1902 hollinger box
    Liquor Tax Returns
1903-1904 7 folders
    New Entries for Taxation
1823 1 folder
    New Entries Tax List
1835 1 folder
    Railroad Appraisement Record
1891-1904 2 volumes
    Railroad Tax Returns
1894-1910 17 folders
    Relief Lists 1865-1873 1 folder
    School Enumerations
1851-1911 3 folders
    School Fund Settlement Record
1915-1921 volume
    School Records
1841-1862 1 folder
    Soldiers' Burial Record
1900-1906 volume
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Reports
1910-1916 6 folders
    Soldiers' Relief Fund Record (scattered)
1887-1933 3 volumes
    Tax List Abstracts 1835-1868
1 folder
    Tax List Washington Township
1820 1 folder
    Teachers' Institute Fund
1911 1 folder
  Children's Home
   
    Cash Book (scattered)
1879-1927, 1958 4 volumes
    Cash Book Index
1879-1903 volume
    Child Welfare Board Minutes 1946-1968
2 volumes
    Daily Count of Children
1939-1944, 1946 7 volumes
    Daily Movement of Population
1904-1918 11 volumes
    Death Records
1880-1938 volume
    Incidental Accounts Record
1909-1938 volume
    Indenture Records
1880-1904 MFM
    Invoices/Stock Book
1880-1889 volume
    Journal
1879-1896 volume
    Miscellaneous Records
1903-1926 1 folder
    Motion Picture Film
1930-1940 reel
    Payroll Record (scattered)
1886-1970 10 volumes
    Products of the Farm
1879-1890 volume
    Receipts & Expenditures (scattered)
1907-1937 2 volumes
    Record of Inmates (scattered) 1879-1970 2 volumes & MFM
    Special Farm Miscellaneous Entries
1923-1935 volume
    Trustees' Journal
1879-1933 volume
    Trustees' Minutes 1933-1945
volume
    Visitors' Register (scattered) 1879-1958 2 volumes
    Western Ohio Youth Center
Unprocessed RC box
  Clerk of Courts
   
    Chancery Records
1840-1858 2 MFM
    Circuit Court Appearance Docket
1885-1912 3 volumes
    Circuit Court Docket
1885-1912 3 volumes
    Circuit Court Journal
1885-1912 2 volumes
    Common Pleas Appearance Docket (scattered)
1811-1858 2 MFM
    Common Pleas Civil Minutes
1807-1853 3 MFM
    Common Pleas Execution Docket 1836-1842 MFM
    Common Pleas General Index
1807-1853 MFM
    Commutation Receipt Duplicates
1864 MFM
    District Court Appearance Docket
1877-1885 volume
    District Court Index
1873-1884 volume
    District Court Journal
1859-1885 volume
    District Court Record
1858-1884 2 volumes
    Election Record
1817-1902 MFM
    Enumerations
1827-1866 5 folders
    Enumerations of School Youth (scattered)
1851-1911 MFM
    Justice of Peace Commissions (scattered) 1845-1957 5 volumes
    Manumission Records of Black Persons
1834-1847 MFM
    Mayors' Certificates of Election
1887-1944 volume
    Militia Lists
1857-1865 3 folders
    Militia Rolls (scattered)
1857-1865 2 MFM
    Notaries' Commissions
1865-1869 volume
    Police Commission Records
1915-1935 volume
    Poll Books & Tally Sheets (scattered) 1817-1902 7 folders
    Quadrennial Enumerations
1827, 1835 MFM
    Register of Blacks and Mulattos
1833-1847 volume & 1 folder
    Stray Animal Record
1839-1921 volume
    Supreme & District Court Minutes
1832-1858 volume
    Supreme Court Docket
1811-1838 MFM
    Supreme Court Minutes
1807-1838 MFM
    Supreme Court Record
1808-1857 2 MFM
  Commissioners    
    Commissioners Road Plats
1808-1874 1 folder
    Stillwater Bridge Contract & Specifications
1876 1 folder
  County Home
   
    Minutes of Directors
1890-1910 MFM
    Miscellaneous Records
1903-1926 1 folder
    Receipts & Expenditures
1931-1944 volume
    Record of Inmates
1842-1927 MFM
    Register of Inmates
1927-1956 volume
  Probate Court
   
    Criminal Appearance Docket 1896-1929 3 volumes
    Criminal Record
1853-1886 2 volumes
    Habeas Corpus Record
1847-1874 volume
    Inspection of the Treasury (scattered)
1887-1915 2 volumes
    Naturalization Papers
1856, 1936 1 folder
    Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers 1860-1906 2 MFM
    Patent Record
1868-1873 volume
  Recorder
   
    Deed Record Transcript
1807-1813 volume
    Liens on Mares
1886-1904 volume
    Soldiers' Discharge Record
1861-1918 MFM
    Traders' Record
1884-1886 volume
    Veterans' Grave Register 1783-1967
3 volumes
  Sheriff    
    Jail Register
1882-1920 MFM
    Jail Register
1920-1932 2 volumes

Piqua

   
  Utilities Department
   
    Water Works Formal Opening Program 1876 1 folder

Tipp City

   
  Clerk of Council
   
    Amortization Table on Bonds
1951 volume
    Births
1892-1904 volume
    Board of Health Minutes
1892-1919 2 volumes
    Board of Public Affairs Minutes 1897-1968

6 volume

    Board of Public Affairs Reports
1952-1962 volume
    Council Minutes
1851-1978 3 MFM
    Death Records
1892-1904 volume
    Improvement Commission Minutes
1891-1894 volume
    Ordinances
1858-1978 4 MFM
    Patients
1892-1904 volume
    Planning Commission Minutes
1954-1977 MFM
    Protest Record
1901-1905 volume
    Resolutions for Payment of Bills
1869-1904 volume
  Finance Department
   
    Soldiers' Relief Record
1888-1915 volume
    Fire Department
   
    Fire Company Minutes
1874-1952 MFM
  Municipal Court
   
    Mayor's Court Civil Docket
1854-1909 3 volumes
    Mayor's Court Criminal Docket (scattered)
1857-1908 3 volumes
  Police Department
   
    Complaint Log (scattered)
1929-1952 6 volumes
    Record of Indigents Lodged
1932-1936 3 volumes

Troy

   
  Auditor
   
    Assessment Record
1906-1909 7 volumes
    Electric Light Works Contracts (scattered)
1904-1920 volume
    Electric Light Works Trustees' Minutes
1899-1903 volume
    Electric Light Works Trustees' Minutes
1899-1903 volume
    Light Works Consumers' Ledgers
1909-1931 16 volumes
  Clerk of Council
   
    Board of Control Minutes
1910-1955 3 volumes
    Mayor's Reports
1939-1948 31 folder
    Park Commission Minutes
1921-1925, 1929-1947 2 volumes
  Fire Department
   
    Fire Run Record
1907-1953 volume
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1853-1866 4 volumes
    Mayor's Court
   
    Civil and Criminal Docket
1839-1854 2 volumes
    Civil Docket
1851-1873 volume
    Criminal Docket
1848-1955 46 volume
  Police Department
   
    Annual Reports
1939-1964 hollinger box & 10 folders
    Arrest Register (scattered)
1909-1957 9 volumes
    Complaint Log
1924-1968 60 volumes
    Police Record
1936-1966 volume
  Riverside Cemetery
   
    Trustees' Minutes
1893-1903 volume
  Rose Hill Cemetery
   
    Trustees' Minutes
1849-1915 volume
  Service Director
   
    Board of Public Service Minutes
1903-1911 3 volumes
    Firemen's Pension Fund Trustees' Minutes
1939-1966 volume
    Municipal Light and Power Record
1969 1 folder
    Sanitary Sewerage System Specifications
1902-1903 1 folder
    Service Director's Minutes
1911-1963 6 volumes
    Sewer Commission Minutes
1902-1903 volume
    Water Works Construction Accounts
1884-1887 volume
    Water Works Consumer Ledger (scattered)
1886-1931 15 volumes
    Water Works Hydrant Branch Applications
1886-1903 volume
    Water Works Trustees' Minutes
1882-1903 2 volumes

Concord Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1836 volume
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1836-1850, 1938-1955 9 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1854-1870, 1937-1955 8 volumes

Newton Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Indenture Records
1847-1855, 1858 volume
    Indenture Records
1875-1884 volume
    Minutes
1869-1885 volume
    Proceedings of Trustees
1859-1870 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1855-1883 2 volumes
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1880-1915 5 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1866-1885 volume

Staunton Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1826-1832 volume

Union Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1835-1837 volume
    Criminal Docket
1833-1834 volume

Bethel - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1838-1919 volume

Brown Township Schools

   
    Bonds Issued
1921-1946 volume
    Clerk's Account Book
1953-1956 volume
    Treasurer's Account Book
1903-1915 2 volumes
  Casstown Special District
   
    Class Register with Grades (scattered)
1904-1918 2 volumes
    Clerk's Account Book (scattered)
1871-1917 2 volumes
    Treasurer's Account Book
1871-1903 volume
  Elizabeth Twp - Schools
   
    Clerk's Account Book
1926-1941 9 folders
    Clerk's Account Book (scattered)
1915-1971 4 volumes
    Employees' Retirement
1947-1952 1 folder
    High School Class Register & Grades
1921-1939 2 volumes
    Teachers' Retirement
1947-1951 1 folder
  Fletcher Special District
   
    Clerk's Account Book
1903-1914 2 volumes
    Treasurer's Account Book
1903-1915 3 volumes
  Lena Conover Rural
   
    Clerk's Account Book
1908-1948 3 volumes

Lostcreek Township Schools

   
    Class List with Grades & Exam Questions
1890-1899 volume
    Class Record Books w/Grades (scattered) 1930-1952
hollinger box
    Clerk's Account Books (scattered)
1866-1952 3 volumes

Miami East - School Records

   
    Contract Book
1893-1914 volume
    Treasurer's Account Book (scattered)
1866-1915 2 volumes

Miami Central School District

   
    Clerk's Account Book
1952-1961 2 volumes

Staunton Twshp Schools

   
    Clerk's Account Book
1931-1952 RC box
    Treasurer's Appropriation Ledger
1967-1970 2 volumes
    Treasurer's Cash Journals (scattered)
1956-1974 14 volumes
    Treasurer's Payroll Record
1943-1958 hollinger box
    Treasurer's Payroll Record 1943-1958 1/2 hollinger box
    Treasurer's Payroll Record (scattered)
1950-1975 5 volumes
    Treasurer's Purchase Order List
1966 volume

Newton - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1868-1910 2 volumes

Piqua - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Annual Report
1912 1 folder

Troy - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Treasurer's Account of School Money
1898-1904 volume

Federal

   
    U.S. Census for Ohio - Miami County
1820-1930 12 MFM