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County Information
Founded April 1, 1820 from Darke County
Named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War

Mercer County Ohio courthouse
The county seat is Celina

Cities - Villages
Celina
Burkettsville * Chickasaw * Coldwater * Fort Recovery * Mendon * Montezuma * Rockford * St. Henry

Unincorporated Areas:
Bursville * Carthagena * Cassella * Chattanooga * Cranberry Prairie * Durbin * Erastus
Hinton * Macedon * Maria Stein * Mercer * Monterey * Neptune * Padua * Philothea
Scudder * Sebastian * Sharpsburg * Shively * Skeels Crossroads * St. Joseph * St. Peter
St. Rose * Tama * Wabash * Wendelin

Townships
Black Creek * Butler * Center * Dublin * Franklin * Gibson * Granville *
Hopewell * Jefferson * Liberty * Marion * Recovery * Union * Washington
Wayne (defunct, now part of Celina)

Main Street in Celina, Ohio
Main Street, looking north
Celina Ohio


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Website Updates:
Feb 2020: obits for ASHBAUGH, BORCHERS MOSIER, CLENDENNING, LARAMORE, MERCER
Birth notice for MAUSER
Court news: Divore for FINKBONE
Sicklist news for ALBERS
Marriage News: ROSS - ROOPE, SNYDER - HONE, WORLEY - DONOVAN

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