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This county is available for adoption.
Please contact the State Coordinator
Many thanks to long time former County Coordinator Danice Ryan and all of those that went before, Jan Cortez, Stephanie Ebel & Terri Menzel, for creating and maintaining this Jefferson County OHGenWeb Site 1996-2024.
Please remember that most coordinators aren't able to research for you as they don't live in the county. If you live in or around Jefferson County, please consider voluntering to help researchers as they would greatly appreciate it!
If you would be interested in hosting an Ohio County, be sure to contact the State Coordinator.
Jefferson County flag with the county seal
image by: Phil Nelson
During the first half of the nineteenth century, Steubenville was primarily a port town. However, in 1856, Frazier, Kilgore and Company erected a rolling mill (the forerunner of the area's steel mills) and the Steubenville Coal and Mining Company sank a coal shaft resulting in a new industrial base for the city and county. Around 1800, a group of Quakers founded the town of Mount Pleasant, which became a center for abolitionist activity. Besides being a primary stop on the Underground Railroad, Mount Pleasant in 1817 saw the publication of one of the first abolitionist newspapers in the United States - the "Philanthropist". In 1837, Ohio's first abolitionist convention was held in Mount Pleasant. Jefferson County was the birthplace of President Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton, who was born in Steubenville on December 19, 1814.
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Jefferson County is bordered on the North by Columbiana County, OH. on the South by Belmont County, OH. on the West by and on the West by Harrison County, OH. |
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