Preble County OHGenWeb

Preble County OHGenWeb is a free genealogical and historical collection of information provided by volunteers. We hope you find helpful clues for your research of ancestors and relatives of Preble county.

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Preble Facts

Created: March 1, 1808
Parent Counties: Butler County and Montgomery County.

Named for: Commodor Edward Preble (August 15, 1761 - August 25, 1807), a hero of the American Revolution.
County Seat: Eaton, named for; Gen. William Eaton (23 February 1764 – 1 June 1811), who played an important diplomatic and military role in the war with Tripoli and the Battle of Derne.

"That the permanent seat of Justice shall be 'fixt' at the town of Eaton, provided that the money, lands, lots, stone and labour, subscribed by the inhabitants of said town, shall be duly secured for the use of said county towards erecting publick buildings."—Commissioners' Journal, Vol. 1, p. 13.

Square Miles: 424.12, of which approximately seventy-three percent is covered in farms.

Earliest Available Dates of Vital Records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Land	Probate	Court
1867	1808	1867	1805	1808	1808

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Preble County Queries

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Archived surnames, queries, and researchers 1996 - 2000

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Adjacent counties

• Darke County (north)
• Montgomery County (east)
• Butler County (south)
• Union County, Indiana (southwest)
• Wayne County, Indiana (northwest)

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The Preble County OHGenWeb website was founded in July 1996 by Wally Garchow.
We would like to thank him, for his long dedication to the Preble County OHGenWeb pages over the years.

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Page Updated June 2025