Formed March 24, 1803 from Hamilton County · county seat Hamilton. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Butler County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTubeHistoric Butler County Courthouse, 101 High Street, 2nd Floor, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 887-3294
probatecourt@bcohio.gov · probatecourt.bcohio.gov
Wills, estates, adoptions, guardianships, marriage records, and name changes.
130 High Street, 2nd Floor, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 887-3192
Deeds, plats, historical land records, and veteran discharge (DD214) records.
315 High Street, 5th Floor, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 887-3278
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
130 High Street, 3rd Floor, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 887-3154
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
300 North Third Street, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 894-7156
lanepl.org/local-history-genealogy
Local history books, directories, yearbooks, maps, historic newspapers, and photo collections across two rooms (Hamilton branch and the Oxford branch's Smith Library).
327 N. Second Street, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 896-9930
info@bchistoricalsociety.com · bchistoricalsociety.com
Artifacts, county historical archives, and monument/veterans records.
P.O. Box 243, Hamilton, OH 45012 · Meets 3rd Wednesday monthly at the Historical Society Auditorium
A separate organization from the Historical Society. Maintains a 12-volume master cemetery index covering most county graveyards.
Butler County General Health District: 301 South Third Street, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 863-1770 · vitals@bcohio.gov
City of Hamilton Health Dept: (513) 785-7080 (death) / 785-7094 (birth) · City of Middletown Health Dept: (513) 425-7851
The county Health District covers births/deaths 1909–present countywide, except deaths within Hamilton or Middletown city limits, which route to those cities' own health departments.
Find A Grave — Butler County and Interment.net — Butler County.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Butler County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Butler County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Butler County was formed in 1803 from Hamilton County. For records made before then, search the parent county:
Part of Butler County lies in the Symmes Purchase, land bought by John Cleves Symmes between the Great and Little Miami Rivers and resold to settlers. Early sales are traced through the Hamilton County deed books.
Other parts of the county were federal Congress Lands or smaller special tracts. Where land was sold by the federal government, the first purchase appears as a federal patent.
Titles that covered Butler County, historic and current, with where to search each one. Not every historic title has been digitized — several survive only on microfilm.
| Title | Years | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| The Butler County Press (Hamilton) | 1900–1946 | Chronicling America — 1,743 issues digitized |
| Hamilton Telegraph | 1847–1857 | Microfilm only — check Lane Libraries (Cummins Room) or Butler County Historical Society |
| Butler County Democrat | c. 1870–1909 | Microfilm only — Lane Libraries local history collection |
| Hamilton Journal-News | 1971–current (predecessor titles to 1879) | Newspapers.com; microfilm 1987–2013 at Lane Libraries; current at journal-news.com |
| The Miami Student (Oxford, Miami University) | 1867–current | Current at miamistudent.net; historic run at Miami University's King Library |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Butler County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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