Frequently Asked Questions

On December 9, 1800, the government of the Northwest Territory authorized the creation of Fairfield County.

Fairfield County measures 505.7 square miles.

The 2010 U.S. Census reported the population of Fairfield County to be 146,156 residents .

Latitude: 39 degrees 44 minutes north

Longitude: 82 degrees 38 minutes west

Elevation is 860 feet

According to the Weather Channel, quarterly average temperatures and precipitation at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds are:

January average high temperature is 35 degrees Fahrenheit
January average low temperature is 18 degrees Fahrenheit
January average precipitation is 2.3 inches

April average high temperature is 62 degrees Fahrenheit
April average low temperature is 38 Fahrenheit
April average precipitation is 3 inches

July average high temperature is 84 degrees Fahrenheit
July average low temperature is 62 degrees Fahrenheit
July average precipitation is 4.2 inches

October average high temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit
October average low temperature is 40 degrees Fahrenheit
October average precipitation is 2.3 inches

Our library's Reference Department has created a help sheet on this topic and is available at the Lower Level desk.

Also available on the Lower Level are copies of the volumes on the Heritage of Architecture and Arts, and Fairfield County, Ohio.

In the Historical Collection on the first floor are past city and county directories, some of which go back as far as the late 1800s.

At the Fairfield County Recorders Office
210 E. Main Street
Lancaster, OH 43130
Telephone (740) 687-7020
you can search the deeds to your house back through time.

For births occurring from the year 1867 until 1909 contact:

Probate Court
Hall of Justice 224 E. Main Street
Room 303
Lancaster, OH 43130
(740) 687-7090

They will search up to 5 years.  Out of towners need to send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with their request.

For births occurring from December 1908 to the present contact:

Department of Vital Statistics
1587 Granville Pike
Lancaster, OH 43130
(740) 653-4489 ext. 152

Our library has a reference set of child custody and child visitation forms (courtesy of the Southeastern Ohio Legal Services) from which you can make photocopies.

The forms are available on the Lower Level desk and at all our branches.

The forms are available for downloading and printing here.

Copies are 20 cents a page.

NOTE: The library staff are not qualified to tell patrons what forms they need for their particular needs.

The Fairfield County Sheriff's Department provides a list on their web site:

http://www.sheriff.fairfield.oh.us/sexoffenders.aspx

Fairfield County's representative in Columbus is Gerald L. Stebelton.

State Representative Gerald L. Stebelton
Ohio House of Representatives
77 S. High Street, 13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111

Telephone: (614) 466-8100

district05@ohr.state.oh.us

Fairfield County's senator in Columbus is Tim Schaffer.

State Senator Tim Schaffer
Ohio Senate Building
One S. Third Street
Room 142, First Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Telephone: (614) 466-5838

SD31@mailr.sen.state.oh.us

Fairfield County's representative is Washington is Steve Austria.

U.S. Representative Steve Austria
7th Congressional District
1641 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Telephone: (202) 225-4324

Email: Send e-mail using the form located here.

OR, Representative Steve Austria's local office:

212 S. Broad Street
Room 55
Lancaster, OH 43130

Telephone: (740) 654-5149