
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.
This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.
So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher? Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.
What can you find in these records? How about:
- Full names, including middle names
- Spouse name
- Occupation
- Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
- Maps
- Businesses (and index to advertisers).
- Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, and newspapers.
- Whether a woman is a widow (including the name of her husband).
- List of marriages and deaths of the previous year.
- Death date.
- etc.
Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
- FamilySearch – United States Directories
- How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research
- What’s In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)
And here are various places where you can find other city directories online:
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
(Updated October 2022)
Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:
Statewide
- Great Lakes Marine Directory, Polk, 1884
- Ohio State Business Directory for 1853-4
- Ohio State Business Directory, Hawes, 1860-1
- Ohio State Business Directory, unknown, 1853
- Williams’ Ohio State Directory, 1875-1876
Akron
- Akron City Directory 1859
- Akron City Directory 1868
- Akron City Directory 1871
- Akron City Directory 1873-1874
- Akron City Directory 1875
- Akron City Directory 1877-1878
- Akron City Directory 1879 -1880
- Akron City Directory 1881-1882
- Akron City Directory 1882-1883
- Akron City Directory 1883-1884
- Akron City Directory 1885
- Akron City Directory 1885-1886
- Akron City Directory 1886-1887
- Akron City Directory 1887-1888
- Akron City Directory 1888-1889
- Akron City Directory 1890-1891
- Akron City Directory 1891-1892
- Akron City Directory 1892-1893
- Akron City Directory 1893-1894
- Akron City Directory 1894
- Akron City Directory 1895
- Akron City Directory 1896
- Akron City Directory 1897
- Akron City Directory 1898
- Akron City Directory 1899
- Akron City Directory 1900
- Akron City Directory 1901
- Akron City Directory 1902
- Akron City Directory 1903
- Akron City Directory 1904
- Akron City Directory 1905
- Akron City Directory 1906
- Akron City Directory 1907
- Akron City Directory 1908
- Akron City Directory 1909
- Akron City Directory 1910
- Akron City Directory 1911
- Akron City Directory 1912
- Akron City Directory 1913
- Akron City Directory 1914
- Akron City Directory 1915
- Akron City Directory 1916
- Akron City Directory 1917
- Akron City Directory 1918
- Akron City Directory 1919
- Akron City Directory 1920
- Akron City Directory 1922
- Akron City Directory 1924
- Akron City Directory 1925
- Akron City Directory 1926-1927
- Akron City Directory 1928
- Akron City Directory 1930
- Akron City Directory 1931
- Akron City Directory 1933
- Akron City Directory 1934-1935
- Akron City Directory 1937
- Akron City Directory 1938-1939
- Akron City Directory 1939-1940
- Akron City Directory 1941
- Akron City Directory 1943
- Akron City Directory 1946
- Akron City Directory 1948-1949
- Akron City Directory 1950-1951
- Akron City Directory 1952-1953
- Akron City Directory 1954-1955
- Akron City Directory 1956-1957
- Akron City Directory 1958-1959
- Akron City Directory 1960-1961
- Akron City Directory 1962-1963
- Akron City Directory 1964-1965
- Akron City Directory 1966-1967
- Akron City Directory 1968-1969
- Akron, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory, 1915
- Williams’ Akron & Wooster Directory 1859
Allen County
Alliance
Ashland County
- Ashland County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1915
- The Farm Journal Directory of Ashland County, Ohio – 1915
- The Farm Journal Directory of Ashland County, Ohio, 1915
Auglaize County
Belmont County
Bucyrus
- Bucyrus, Galion, and Crestline cities and Crawford County Directory : 1900
- Bucyrus, Galion, and Crestline Directory, 1875-1876
- Directory of the City of Bucyrus, Ohio – 1914
Butler County
- Rural Directory, Butler County, 1939-40
- William’s Middletown (Butler County, Ohio) City Directory – 1960
- William’s Middletown (Butler County, Ohio) City Directory – 1960 part 2
Canal Winchester
Canton
- Canton City Directory, 1859
- Canton City Directory, 1876
- Canton City Directory, 1878
- Canton City Directory, 1881
- Canton City Directory, 1883
- Canton City Directory, 1884
- Canton City Directory, 1886
- Canton City Directory, 1888
- Canton City Directory, 1889
- Canton City Directory, 1891
- Canton City Directory, 1893
- Canton City Directory, 1895
- Canton City Directory, 1896
- Canton City Directory, 1898
- Canton City Directory, 1899
- Canton City Directory, 1901
- Canton City Directory, 1902
- Canton City Directory, 1903
- Canton City Directory, 1904
- Canton City Directory, 1905
- Canton City Directory, 1906
- Canton City Directory, 1907
- Canton City Directory, 1908
- Canton City Directory, 1909
- Canton City Directory, 1910
- Canton City Directory, 1912
- Canton City Directory, 1913
- Canton City Directory, 1914
- Canton City Directory, 1915
- Canton City Directory, 1916
- Canton City Directory, 1917
- Canton City Directory, 1918
- Canton City Directory, 1919
- Canton City Directory, 1921
- Canton City Directory, 1922
- Canton City Directory, 1923
- Canton City Directory, 1924
- Canton City Directory, 1925
- Canton City Directory, 1927
- Canton City Directory, 1929
- Canton City Directory, 1930
Cincinnati
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory – 1917
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1819
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1825
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1829
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1831
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1834
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1836-1837
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1839-1840
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1842-1843
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1846
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1849-1852
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1853
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1855
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1855-1856
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1857
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1859
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1859-1861
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1861
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1862-1864
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1865-1866
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1866
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1867-1868
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1868
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1869-1870
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1869-1872
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1871-1872
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1873
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1873-1874
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1875
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1876
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1877
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1878
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1879
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1879-1880
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1880
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1881
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1882
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1882-1883
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1883
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1884
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1884-1885
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1885
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1886
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1886-1887
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1887
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1888
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1889
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1889-1890
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1890
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1891
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1892
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1893
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1893
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1894
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1894-1895
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1895
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1896
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1896
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1897
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1898
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1899
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1900
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1901
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1902
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1903
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1904
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1905
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1906
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1907
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1908
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1909
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1910
- Cincinnati Bell Telephone Directory [1889]
- Cincinnati Bell Telephone Directory [1904]
- Cincinnati Bell Telephone Directory [1905]
- Cincinnati Bell Telephone Directory [1910]
- Cincinnati Bell Telephone Directory [1919]
- Cincinnati Business Directory, Spencer & Craig, 1885
- Cincinnati Business Directory, Spencer & Craig, 1887-8
- Cincinnati Business Directory, Spencer & Craig, 1888-9
- Cincinnati Business Directory, Spencer & Craig, 1892
- Cincinnati Business Directory, Spencer & Craig, 1894
- Cincinnati City Directory 1819
- Cincinnati City Directory 1825
- Cincinnati City Directory 1829
- Cincinnati City Directory 1831
- Cincinnati City Directory 1836
- Cincinnati City Directory 1842
- Cincinnati City Directory, Cist, 1842
- Cincinnati City Directory, Cist, 1843
- Cincinnati City Directory, Deming, 1834
- Cincinnati City Directory, Farnsworth, 1819
- Cincinnati City Directory, Hall, 1825
- Cincinnati City Directory, Robinson & Fairbank, 1829
- Cincinnati City Directory, Robinson & Fairbank, 1831
- Cincinnati City Directory, Robinson & Jones, 1846
- Cincinnati City Directory, Shaffer, 1839-40
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1849-50
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1850-1
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1851-2
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1853
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1855
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1856
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1857
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1858
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1859
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1860
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1861
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1862
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1863
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1864
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1865
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1866
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1868
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1869
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1872
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1875
- Cincinnati City Directory, Williams, 1883
- Cincinnati Illustrated Business Directory, 1882
- Cincinnati Illustrated Business Directory, 1883
- Cincinnati Society Blue Book and Family Directory – 1879
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1884
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1885
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1886
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1887-8
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1888-9
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1889
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1890
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1891
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1892
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1893
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1894
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1895
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1896
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1897
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1898
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1899
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1900
- Illustrated Business Directory and Picturesque Cincinnati 1902
- Robinson & Jones’ Cincinnati Directory for 1846
- Shaffer’s advertising Directory for 1839-40 [Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport]
- The Cincinnati Directory [1819]
- The Cincinnati Directory advertiser for the years 1836-7
- The Cincinnati Directory for 1825
- The Cincinnati Directory for the year 1829
- The Cincinnati Directory for the year 1831
- The Cincinnati Directory for the year 1834
- The Cincinnati Directory for the year 1842
- The Cincinnati Directory for the year 1843
- The Cincinnati Directory, 1836-37
- Western Address Business Directory, Robinson, 1837
- Western Address Business Directory, Robinson, 1837
- Western Address Business Directory, Robinson, 1837
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1856
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1858
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1859
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1859
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1860
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1864/65
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1865/66
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1868
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1874/75
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1875/76
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1877
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1880/81
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1881
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1905/06
- Williams’ Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) City Directory, 1921/1922
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1849-1850]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1850-1851]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1851-1852]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1853]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1855]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1856]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1857]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1858]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1859]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1860]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1861]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1862]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1863]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1864, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1865, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1866, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1867, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1868, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1869, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1870, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1871, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1872, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1873, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1874, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1875, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1876, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1877, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1878, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1879, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1880, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1881, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1882, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1883, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1884, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1885, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1886, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1887, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1888, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1889, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1890, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1891, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1892, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1893, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1894, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1895, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1896, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1897, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1898, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1899]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1900]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1901, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1902, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1903, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1904, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1905, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1906, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1907, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1908, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1909, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1910, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1911, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1912]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1913, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1914, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1915, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1916, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1917, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1918, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1919, June]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1920]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1921]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1922]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1923]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1924]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1925]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1926-27]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1927-28]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1928-29]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1929-30]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1930-31]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1931-32]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1932-33]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1933-34]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1935]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1936-37]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1938]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1939]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1940]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1941]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1942]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1943]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1944]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1945]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1947]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1948]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory [1949]
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, 1856
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, 1861
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, 1862
- Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, 1862
Circleville and Lancaster
Clermont County
Cleveland
- A Directory of the cities of Cleveland & Ohio City, 1837-38
- A Directory of the cities of Cleveland & Ohio, for the years 1837- 38
- A Directory of the cities of Cleveland & Ohio, for the years 1837-38
- Baker’s Cleveland Directory, 1864-1865
- Boyd’s Cleveland City Directory 1857
- Boyd’s Cleveland Directory, and Cuyahoga Co. Business Directory 1863-1864
- Bucyrus, Ohio City Directory, 1914
- Cleveland (Cuyahoga County,Ohio) City Directory – 1861
- Cleveland (Cuyahoga County,Ohio) City Directory – 1864-65
- Cleveland (Cuyahoga County,Ohio) City Directory – 1869-70
- Cleveland (Cuyahoga County,Ohio) City Directory – 1872-73
- Cleveland (Cuyahoga County,Ohio) City Directory – 1878
- Cleveland and Ohio City City Directory, MacCabe, 1837
- Cleveland and Ohio City Directory 1845-1846
- Cleveland Blue Book 1885-86 [The Cleveland Social Directory]
- Cleveland Blue Book 1888
- Cleveland Blue Book 1891
- Cleveland Blue Book 1895
- Cleveland Blue Book 1900
- Cleveland Blue Book 1904
- Cleveland Blue Book 1907
- Cleveland Blue Book 1911
- Cleveland Blue Book 1915
- Cleveland Blue Book 1922
- Cleveland Blue Book 1924
- Cleveland Blue Book 1929
- Cleveland City Directory 1837
- Cleveland City Directory 1845
- Cleveland City Directory 1846
- Cleveland City Directory 1848
- Cleveland City Directory 1850
- Cleveland City Directory 1879-1880
- Cleveland City Directory 1880-1881
- Cleveland City Directory 1881-1882
- Cleveland City Directory 1882-1883
- Cleveland City Directory 1883-1884
- Cleveland City Directory 1884-1885
- Cleveland City Directory 1886-1887
- Cleveland City Directory 1887-1888
- Cleveland City Directory 1889-1890
- Cleveland City Directory 1889-1890
- Cleveland City Directory 1890-1891
- Cleveland City Directory 1894-1895
- Cleveland City Directory 1911-1912
- Cleveland City Directory 1914-1915
- Cleveland City Directory 1917-1918
- Cleveland City Directory 1921 (Part 1 of 2)
- Cleveland City Directory 1921 (Part 2 of 2)
- Cleveland City Directory 1929
- Cleveland City Directory 1930
- Cleveland City Directory 1931
- Cleveland City Directory 1932
- Cleveland City Directory 1936
- Cleveland City Directory 1938
- Cleveland City Directory 1940
- Cleveland City Directory 1942
- Cleveland City Directory 1943-1944
- Cleveland City Directory 1951
- Cleveland City Directory 1954
- Cleveland City Directory 1955
- Cleveland City Directory 1974
- Cleveland City Directory for the Year Ending June, 1879
- Cleveland City Directory of 1955
- Cleveland City Directory through 1850
- Cleveland Leader Annual City Directory 1867-68
- Cleveland Leader Annual City Directory 1869-70
- Cleveland Leader City Directory for 1865-66
- Cleveland Leader City Directory for 1866-67
- Cleveland Leader City Directory for 1868-69
- Cleveland West Suburban Directory 1970
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1871-72
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1872-73
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1873-74
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1876
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1877
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1879
- Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, 1879
- J. H. Williston & Co.’s Directory of the City of Cleveland, 1860
- J.H. Williston & Co.’s Directory of the City of Cleveland 1859-1860
- Knight & Parsons’ Business Directory of the City of Cleveland 1853
- Knight & Parsons’ Business Directory, of the City of Cleveland 1852-1853
- Loomis & Talbott’s Cleveland City Directory 1861
- Peet’s General Business Directory of the Cities of Cleveland and Ohio 1846-47
- Peet’s General Business Directory of the City of Cleveland, for the years 1846-7
- Robison, Savage & Co.’s Cleveland Directory for the Year Ending June, 1876
- Robison, Savage & Co.’s Cleveland Directory for the Year Ending June, 1877
- Robison, Savage & Co.’s Cleveland Directory for the Year Ending June, 1878
- Smead & Cowles’ General Business Directory for the City of Cleveland, 1848-49
- Smead & Cowles’ General Business Directory for the City of Cleveland, 1850-51
- Smead & Cowles’ General Business Directory of the City of Cleveland for 1848-9
- Smead & Cowles’ General Business Directory, for the City of Cleveland, for 1848-49
- Spear, Denison, & Co.’s Cleveland City Directory 1856
- Streets Dedicated to the City of Cleveland, April 30, 1912
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1888
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1892
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1907
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1911
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1915
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1922
- The Blue Book of Cleveland and Vicinity, 1931
- The Cleveland Blue Book: a Social Directory, 1931
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1885
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1888
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1891
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1894
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1895
- The Cleveland Directory Co.’s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory, 1905
- W. S. Robison & Co.’s Cleveland City Directory 1871-1872
- W. S. Robison & Co.’s Cleveland City Directory 1872-1873
- W. S. Robison & Co.’s Cleveland City Directory 1873-1874
- W. S. Robison & Co.’s Cleveland City Directory 1874-1875
- Wiggins & Weavers Directory of the City of Cleveland and Adjoining Towns for 1870-1871
Clinton County
Collinwood
Columbus
- 1843-1844 Columbus Business Directory
- 1845-1846 Kinney’s Columbus City Directory
- 1848 Columbus City Directory
- 1852 Columbus City Directory
- 1855 Columbus Business Directory
- 1856-1857 Williams Columbus Directory City Guide and Business Mirror
- 1858-1859 Williams Columbus City Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror
- 1860-1862 Lathrop’s Columbus Directory
- 1889-1890 Columbus City Directory
- 1900 Columbus Citizens’ Telephone Company Directory
- 1904 Columbus Central Union Telephone Company Directory
- 1905 Columbus Citizens Telephone Directory
- 1906 Columbus Central Union Telephone Company Directory
- 1907 Columbus Phone Book
- 1908 Columbus Phone Book
- 1910 Columbus Citizens Telephone Directory
- 1926 Columbus Phone Book
- 1927 Columbus Phone Book
- 1928 Columbus Phone Book
- 1931 Columbus Phone Book
- 1933 Columbus Phone Book
- 1935 Columbus Telephone Directory
- 1937 Columbus Phone Book
- 1938 Columbus Classified Business Directory
- 1944 Columbus Telephone Directory
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) city directory – 1862
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) city directory – 1883-1884
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) city directory – 1884-1885
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) city directory – 1885-1886
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) City Directory – 1889-1890
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) City Directory, 1858-59
- Columbus (Franklin County, Ohio) City Directory, 1874
- Columbus City Directory 1843
- Columbus City Directory 1845
- Columbus City Directory 1848
- Columbus City Directory 1850
- Columbus City Directory, 1879-1879
- Columbus City Directory, 1880-1880
- Columbus City Directory, 1881-1881
- Columbus City Directory, 1883-1884
- Columbus City Directory, 1884-1885
- Columbus City Directory, 1885-1886
- Columbus City Directory, 1888-1889
- Columbus City Directory, 1890-1891
- Columbus City Directory, 1891-1892
- Columbus City Directory, 1895-1896
- Columbus City Directory, 1896-1897
- Columbus City Directory, 1897-1898
- Columbus City Directory, 1898-1899
- Columbus City Directory, 1899-1900
- Columbus City Directory, 1901-02
- Columbus City Directory, 1902-03
- Columbus City Directory, 1909-1910
- Columbus City Directory, 1910-1911
- Columbus City Directory, 1913 1913
- Columbus City Directory, 1914
- Columbus City Directory, 1915
- Columbus City Directory, 1918
- Columbus City Directory, 1923
- Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1843
- Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1855
- Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1870-71
- Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1879
- Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1913
- Directory of the City of Columbus for the years 1850-’51
- R.C. Hellrigle & Co.’s Fifth Annual Columbus Directory, 1874
Conneaut
Crawford County
- Bucyrus, Galion and Crestline cities and Crawford County, Ohio, Directory – 1900
- Bucyrus, Galion and Crestline Cities and Crawford County, Ohio, Directory, 1900
- Crawford County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Crawford County, Ohio, 1917
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Crawford County, Ohio, 1917
Darke County
- Darke County, County Directory, Minch, 1910
- Darke County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Darke County, 1916
Dayton
- Dayton City Directory, 1850
- Dayton City Directory, 1850
- Dayton City Directory, 1856/1857-1862/63
- Dayton City Directory, 1864
- Dayton City Directory, 1866-1867
- Dayton City Directory, 1868-1869
- Dayton City Directory, 1870-1871
- Dayton City Directory, 1871-1872
- Dayton City Directory, 1873
- Dayton City Directory, 1874
- Dayton City Directory, 1875
- Dayton City Directory, 1876-1877
- Dayton City Directory, 1877-1880
- Dayton City Directory, 1880-1881
- Dayton City Directory, 1881-1882
- Dayton City Directory, 1882-1883
- Dayton City Directory, 1883-1884
- Dayton City Directory, 1884-1885
- Dayton City Directory, 1885-1886
- Dayton City Directory, 1886-1887
- Dayton City Directory, 1887-1888
- Dayton City Directory, 1888-1889
- Dayton City Directory, 1889-1890
- Dayton City Directory, 1890-1891
- Dayton City Directory, 1892-1893
- Dayton City Directory, 1893-1894
- Dayton City Directory, 1894-1895
- Dayton City Directory, 1895-1896
- Dayton City Directory, 1896-1897
- Dayton City Directory, 1897-1898
- Dayton City Directory, 1898-1899
- Dayton City Directory, 1899-1900
- Dayton City Directory, 1900-1901
- Dayton City Directory, 1902-1903
- Dayton City Directory, 1903-1904
- Dayton City Directory, 1904-1905
- Dayton City Directory, 1905-1906
- Dayton City Directory, 1906-1907
- Dayton City Directory, 1907-1908
- Dayton City Directory, 1908-1909
- Dayton City Directory, 1909-1910
- Dayton City Directory, 1910-1911
- Dayton City Directory, 1911-1912
- Dayton City Directory, 1912-1913
- Dayton City Directory, 1913-1914
- Dayton City Directory, 1914-1915
- Dayton City Directory, 1916-1917
- Dayton City Directory, 1917-1918
- Dayton City Directory, 1918-1919
- Dayton City Directory, 1919-1920
- Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, City Directory – 1970
- Neder’s Dayton City Directory for 1876
- Proudfoot & Urquhart’s Directory of Dayton and Montgomery County for 1880-81
- Williams’ Dayton Directory, City guide, and Business mirror. V.01, 1856-’57
- Williams’ Dayton Directory, City guide, and Business mirror. V.03, 1860-61
Delaware
- Delaware City Directory, 1859-1860
- Delaware City Directory, 1880-1881
- Delaware City Directory, 1890-1892
- Delaware City Directory, 1893-1894
- Delaware City Directory, 1897
- Delaware City Directory, 1899
- Delaware City Directory, 1901
- Delaware City Directory, 1905-1906
- Delaware City Directory, 1908-1909
- Delaware City Directory, 1922
- Delaware County Directory, 1915-1920
East Liverpool
Elyria
Euclid
- Euclid City Directory, 1928
- Euclid City Directory, 1942
- Euclid City Directory, 1947
- Euclid City Directory, 1950
- Euclid City Directory, 1952
- Euclid City Directory, 1954
- Euclid City Directory, 1956
- Euclid City Directory, 1957
- Euclid City Directory, 1958
- Euclid City Directory, 1959
- Euclid City Directory, 1960
- Euclid City Directory, 1961
- Euclid City Directory, 1962
- Euclid City Directory, 1963
- Euclid City Directory, American Legion Post 343, 1942
- Official Illustrated history and Directory of Euclid, 1928
- Official Illustrated History and Directory of Euclid, Ohio, 1928
Fayette County
Franklin County
- 1914 Franklin Phone Book
- 1926 Franklin County Phone Book
- 1932 Franklin Co Phone Book
- 1935 Franklin Co Phone Book
- 1936 Franklin County Phone Book
Fremont
Fulton County
Greene County
Hamilton
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1858-1859]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1861-1862]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1871]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1875-1876]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1883-1884]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1892-1893]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1894-1895]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1898-1899]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1900-1901]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1902-1903]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1904]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1906]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1908]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1910]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1912]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1913]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1915]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1917]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1919-1920]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1921-1922]
- Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1923-1924]
Hamilton County
- Williams’ Hamilton County (Ohio) Directory 1939
- Williams’ Hamilton County (Ohio) Directory 1940
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1887
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1889
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1891
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1893
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1897
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1899
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1901
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1905
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1907-08
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1909-10
- Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1911-12
Hancock County
- Hancock County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Hancock County, 1916
Huron County
- Huron County Directory [1908]
- Huron County Directory, 1908
- Huron County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1900
- The Huron County Directory, 1908
Kent
Kenton
Knox County
- F. M. French’s Knox County Farmer’s Directory, 1903
- Ohio Knox County Farm and Business Directory, 1950
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Knox County, 1915-1920
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Knox County Ohio (1915)
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Knox County, Ohio, 1915
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Knox County, 1915
Logan
Logan County
- Logan County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- The Farm Journal Directory of Logan County, 1916
- Wiggins & McKillop’s Directory of Logan County, 1878
Lorain County
Mansfield
Marion County
- Marion County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1918
- The farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Marion County, 1918-1923
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Marion County, Ohio – 1918- 1923
Marysville
Massillon
- Massillon (Burch) City Directory 1876-1877
- Massillon (Burch) City Directory 1884-1886
- Massillon (Burch) City Directory 1887-1888
- Massillon (Burch) City Directory 1895-1896
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1903-1904
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1904-1905
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1925-26
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1927-1928
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1929-30
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1931-1932
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1933-1934
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1936-1937
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1938
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1940
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1942
- Massillon (Burch) Official City Directory 1945
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1922
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1925-1926
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1928
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1930-1931
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1940-1945
- Massillon (Ohio Bell) City Directory 1946-1947
- Massillon (Spidle) City Directory 1900-1901
- Massillon (Williams) City Directory 1859-1860
Medina County
- Medina County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- Williams’ Medina, Elyria & Oberlin city directory, city guide and business mirror
- Mercer County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, 1916
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, Ohio – 1916
Mercer County
- Mercer County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, 1916
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, Ohio – 1916
Miami County
- A combined atlas – Directory of Miami County, Ohio, 1883
- Combined Atlas-Directory of Miami County, Ohio, 1883
Middletown
Montpelier
Mount Vernon
- 1975 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, Including Knox County Rural Route Directory
- 1976 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory
- 1977 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory
- 1980 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory
- 1982 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, Including Knox County Rural Route Directory
- 1982 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, Including Knox County Rural Route Directory
- 1984 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory
- 1985 Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, Including Knox County Rural Route Directory
- 1988 Mount Vernon Ohio City Directory
- 1990 Mount Vernon Ohio City Directory
- 1991 Mount Vernon Ohio City Directory
- 1992 Mount Vernon Ohio City Directory
- F. M. French’s Mt. Vernon City and Knox County Directory (1906-1907)
- F. M. French’s Mt. Vernon City and Knox County Directory (1909-1910)
- F. M. French’s Mt. Vernon City and Knox County Farmer’s Directory (1903)
- Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio Directory, 1917
- Mt. Vernon and Knox County Directory (1912-1913)
- Mt. Vernon City Directory, 1898
- Mt. Vernon, Ohio Directory (1914)
- Polk’s Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, 1957
- Polk’s Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, 1971
- Polk’s Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, 1973
- Polk’s Mount Vernon (Knox County, Ohio) City Directory, 1974
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1952
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1954
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1958
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1960
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1961
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1962
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1963
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1964
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1965
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1966
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1968
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1969
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1970
- Polk’s Mount Vernon City Directory, 1972
- The Mount Vernon City Directory 1884-5
- Walsh’s 1922 – 1923 Mt. Vernon Fredericktown and Centerburg Directory
- Walsh’s 1924 – 1925 Mt. Vernon Fredericktown and Centerburg Directory
- Walsh’s 1927 Mt. Vernon Directory
- Walsh’s 1928 Mt. Vernon Directory
- Walsh’s 1929 Mt. Vernon Directory
- Walsh’s 1931 Mt. Vernon Directory
- Walsh’s 1933 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Directory
- Walsh’s 1935 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Directory
- Walsh’s 1937 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Directory
- Walsh’s 1938 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Directory
- Walsh’s 1940 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Directory
- Walsh’s 1942 Mt. Vernon, Ohio Directory
- Walsh’s 1945 Mount Vernon, Ohio Directory
- Walsh’s 1947 Mt. Vernon, Ohio Directory
- Walsh’s 1949 Mt. Vernon, Ohio Directory
- Walsh’s 1950 Mt. Vernon, Ohio Directory
- White’s Mount Vernon Directory, and City Guide (1876-1877)
- White’s Mount Vernon Directory, and City Guide, v. 1, 1876-77
- Williams’ Mt. Vernon Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror (1858-1859)
Newark
- Newark City Directory 1913-1914
- Newark City Directory for 1883-1884
- Newark City Directory for 1893-1894
- Newark City Directory for 1907-1908
- Newark City Directory for 1909-1910
Norwalk
- Norwalk, Ohio Directory – 1907-8
- Norwalk, Ohio Directory – 1930
- Norwalk, Ohio, City Directory, 1892-93
- Norwalk, Ohio, City Directory, 1903
- Norwalk, Ohio, City Directory, 1907
Norwood
- Complete Directory of Norwood, Ohio [1896]
- Complete Directory of Norwood, Ohio [1902]
- Norwood City Directory, Bettinger, 1896
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1909-10
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1911-2
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1915-6
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1917-8
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1928-9
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1930-1
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1932-3
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1934-5
- Norwood City Directory, Williams, 1937-8
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1909-10
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1911-12
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1913-14
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1915-16
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1917-18
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1919-1920
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1922-1923
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1924-1925
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1926-1927
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1928-29
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1930-1931
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1934-1935
- Williams’ Norwood Directory for 1937-1938
- Williams’ Norwood Directory, 1932-1933
Oberlin
Piqua
Pomeroy and Middleport
Portage County
- Portage County Farmers Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1915
- The Farm Journal farmers Directory of Portage County, Ohio – 1915
Portsmouth
- 1856 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1864-1865 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1868-1869 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1868-69 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1872-1873 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1873-1874 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1876-1877 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1878 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1881 – 1882 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1881-1882 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1886-1887 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1887-88 Portsmouth City Directory and Scioto County
- 1892 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1892 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1894-1895 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1897 Portsmouth City Directory and Scioto County
- 1899 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1901 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1904 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1906 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1908-1909 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1910-1911 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1912-1913 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1914-1915 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1916 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1918 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1920 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1922 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1924 Portsmouth City Directory A – L
- 1924 Portsmouth City Directory M – Z
- 1926 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1928 Portsmouth City Directory A-M
- 1928 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z
- 1929 Portsmouth City Directory A-M
- 1929 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z
- 1930 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1932 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1935 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1937 Portsmouth City Directory A-Z.pdf
- 1939 Portsmouth City Directory A-Z.pdf
- 1941 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1944 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1947 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1949 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1949 Portsmouth City Directory A-Z
- 1952 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1954 Portsmouth City Directory
- 1956 Portsmouth City Directory – Householders & Business, Ads, Telephone Directory, Classified Business Directory
- 1956 Portsmouth City Directory – Residential Pages
- 1957 Portsmouth City Directory A-M
- 1957 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z
- 1959 Portsmouth City Directory A-M
- 1959 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z
- 1960 Portsmouth City Directory A-M.pdf
- 1960 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z.pdf
- 1961 Portsmouth City Directory A-M.pdf
- 1961 Portsmouth City Directory N-Z.pdf
Preble County
- Clevenger’s Directory of farmers and breeders, Preble County, Ohio, 1919-1920
- Directory of Preble County, 1875
- Directory of Preble County, Ohio, 1875
- Preble County Farm Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- Preble County Farmers and Breeders Directory, Clevenger, 1919-20
- Robinson’s Preble County, Ohio, and Eaton City Directory – 1971
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Preble County, 1916
Richland County
Sandusky
- Saumenig Directory Company’s Upper Sandusky Ohio City Directory and Wyandot County Gazetteer
- Seneca and Sandusky Counties, Ohio Directory, 1877
Scioto County
Sidney
Springfield
- Directory of the City of Springfield, 1852
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1859-1860
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1863-64
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1868-69
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1871-74
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1876-1880
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1883-84
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1884-1887
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1888-89
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1889-1890
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1890-1891
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1892-94
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1894-1895
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1896
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1898
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1899-1900
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1901
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1902
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1903
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1904-05
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1906
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1907-08
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1909
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1910-11
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1912
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1913
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1914
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1916
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1917
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1918-1919
- Williams’ Springfield City Directory, 1920-1921
Stark County
Steubenville
Tiffin
- Broekhoven’s Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory 1900-1901
- Broekhoven’s Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory 1902-1903
- Broekhoven’s Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory 1903-1904
- Directory of the City of Tiffin 1914
- Directory of the City of Tiffin Vol. II 1915
- R L Polk and Co Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory for 1906-1907
- R L Polk Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory 1911-1912
- R L Polk Tiffin City and Seneca County Directory 1913-1914
- R. L. Polk & Co.’s Tiffin Directory 1890-91
- R.L. Polk & Co.’s Tiffin Directory 1892-93
- Rural Directory Seneca County 1931-1934
- Seneca County Business Directory 1896
- Tiffin and Fostoria Directory 1881-82
- Tiffin Business Directory, ca. 1873-1877
- Tiffin City Directory 1859-60
- Tiffin City Directory 1873-74
- Tiffin City Directory 1878-79
- Tiffin City Schools Staff Directory – 1966-1967
- Tiffin Directory 1884-85
- Tiffin Fremont and Fostoria City Directory 1874-5
- Tiffin, Ohio City Directory 1920-1921
- Wiggins’ Directory of Tiffin and Seneca County For 1887-8
- Wiggins’ Tiffin and Seneca County Directory for 1899
- Wiggins’ Tiffin Directory For 1897-8
- Wiggins’s Tiffin and Seneca County Directory 1895-6
Toledo
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1888
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1890
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1892
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1895/1896
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1897/1898
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1899/1900
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1901/1902
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1903/1904
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1906
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1908
- Hubbell’s Toledo Blue Book: a Family and Social Directory of Toledo and Vicinity 1910
- Polk’s Toledo City Directory 1858
- Polk’s Toledo City Directory 1860
- Polk’s Toledo City Directory, 1913
- Polk’s Toledo City Directory, 1913
- Scott’s annual Toledo City Directory, 1868
- Scott’s annual Toledo City Directory, 1871-72
- Toledo and Vicinity Telephone Directory, August 1950.
- Toledo City Directory, Polk, 1889-90
Uhrichsville
Van Wert and Delphos
- Van Wert and Delphos, Ohio, City Directory – v. 3 (1915-1916)
- Van Wert and Delphos, Ohio, City Directory, 1915-16
Van Wert County
Warren County
Washington Court House
- Washington Court House and Fayette County Directory, 1913
- Washington Court House, (Ohio), Directory, 1930
Williams County
- Williams County Farm and Business Directory, Rural Directories Inc., 1951-3
- Williams County, Ohio Directory – 1961
Wilmington
Wood County
- Ohio Wood County Farm and business Directory – 1947-1949
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Wood County, 1916
- The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Wood County, Ohio – 1916
- Wood County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1915
Wooster
- A.B. Lee & Co.’s Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1900
- A.B. Lee & Co.’s Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1900
- Robinson’s Wooster, Ohio City Directory – 1959
- University of Wooster Directory, Brister & Purmort, 1873-4
- Wooster (Ohio) City Directories – 1954
- Wooster City and Wayne County Directory, Lee, 1900
- Wooster City and Wayne County Directory, Lee, 1900
- Wooster, Ohio Directory – 1930
Wyandot County
Youngstown
- Youngstown Directory, 1880-1881
- Youngstown official City Directory
- Youngstown Official City Directory, 1886-87
- Youngstown, Ohio City Directory, 1886-87
Zanesville
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3 replies on “Free Online Ohio City Directories”
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that the directories with the dates in brackets listed under “Hamilton County” are actually “City of Hamilton” (Butler County) directories. They originated from Lane Public Library, our repository, and were digitized by PLCH.
Thanks,
Brad
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I’m confused with this. It is labelled as “Hamilton County” in the title created by the Cincinnati Library, and even some of the actual directories state “Hamilton County” Could you help me understand the mislabeling and proper labeling?
I think that what Brad was referring to is the fact that in your list you have combined the listings from Hamilton County with the ones from the City of Hamilton. The division point should be between the following two entries:
Williams’ Hamilton County Directory for 1911-12
Williams’ Hamilton Directory [1858-1859]
The ones listed as Williams’ Hamilton Directory (from this dividing point to the end of the list) should be referenced as Hamilton (the city) which is in Butler County.