The Trumbull County volumes are organized by year, then by range (which is a "column" of townships from north to south within the county--see box below), then by township or other geographic area. The property owners are listed alphabetically within each category. As I paged through the volumes I noted the image numbers for the beginning and end of the townships, cities, villages, and towns. I hope this information may be useful to others searching for Trumbull County ancestors. Please note that while the years and volumes change, the townships in each range remain the same through the years.
Below are Trumbull County, Ohio, ranges and image numbers (not page numbers) as found in the 1931 volumes for Trumbull County Tax Records at FamilySearch.
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| Note that the ranges are columns of townships, with ranges numbered from east to west. |
- Hubbard Twp 3-102
- Hubbard Village 103-149
- Brookfield Twp 4-139
- Hartford Twp 142-154
- Orangeville USD 156-158 (United School District?)
- Orangeville Village 160-165
- Vernon Twp 167-175
- Kinsman Twp 180-202
- Liberty Twp 3-122
- Vienna Twp 123-146
- Fowler Twp 148-160
- Johnston Twp 162-176
- Gustavus Twp 178-190
- Girard City 3-118
- Girard JDW 123
- Girard CSD 124-134 (City School District?)
- Weathersfield Twp 3-33
- Weathersfield - Girard CSD 34-49
- McDonald VSD 50-136 (Village School District?)
- Niles CSD 137-228
- Niles City 3-155
- McDonald Village 156-189
- Howland Twp 3-123
- Howland CSD 126-127
- Howland JSD Bazetta 129-141
- Bazetta Twp 143-160
- Bazetta JSD Champion 161
- Cortland VSD 162-173
- Cortland Village 175-187
- Warren City (Howland Twp) 3-195
- Warren City-Warren Twp 3-200
- Warren Twp 3-159
- Warren JSD Bazetta 160-183
- Warren CSD 184-270
- Lordstown Twp 3-49
- Champion Twp 52-116
- Bristol Twp 118-134
- Bloomfield Twp 136-150
- Newton Twp 3-209
- Newton SSD 210-212
- Newton Falls Village 214-274
- Braceville Twp 3-57
- Southington Twp 59-71
- Farmington Twp 73-85
- West Farmington Village 86-93
- Mesopotamia Twp 95-110
One interesting thing about these records is that there was no introduction in any of volumes explaining abbreviations. I'm left wondering what JDW and SSD stand for and assuming that CSD is City School District; VSD may be Village School District; and JSD may be Joint School District. Or maybe not.
Since working on this research I've tried to learn more about ranges, townships, and counties and found a helpful general resource at USGS's The National Map Small Scale website which explains the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) and it's origin, history, and organization.
I think Wikipedia's article, Public Land Survey System, gives an even more in-depth history and explanation. It also has notes about the states with arrangements different than the 36, six-miles-on-each-side townships. I learned that northern Ohio counties have 25 townships (arranged five by five) per county because
Ohio's Virginia Military District was surveyed using the metes and bounds system. Areas in northern Ohio (the Connecticut Western Reserve and United States Military District) were surveyed with another standard, sometimes referred to as Congressional Survey townships, which are just five miles (8 km) on each side instead of six. Hence, there are 25 sections per township there, rather than 36.
Trumbull County was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Knowing about ranges in counties should make research easier the next time I look for property information for my ancestors.
–Nancy.
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Thanks for taking the time to post the links!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Ellie. I hope the lists help someone!
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