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Ohio County
Henry County, Ohio
Napoleon's Maumee River corridor and northwest Ohio's agricultural heartland - from Napoleon's position on the Maumee River (a significant waterway in Ohio's early history, carrying traders, soldiers, and settlers along the route from Fort Wayne to Lake Erie) to the former Great Black Swamp's extraordinarily productive drained farmland, Campbell Soup Company's Napoleon plant (one of the largest tomato processing facilities in the world, processing millions of pounds of tomatoes from surrounding farms annually) and a flat northwest Ohio county where food processing and agriculture create a distinctive industrial-agricultural economy.
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Office: Henry County Emergency Management Agency – 1847 Oakwood Avenue, Henry County Office Complex, Napoleon, OH 43545 | (419) 592-4876 | Fax: (419) 592-4016 | Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30 AM-3 PM (on-call 24/7); also oversees the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), which coordinates Chemical Emergency and Response Preparedness Planning (CERPP) with businesses storing hazardous chemicals. Residents can sign up for Henry County Alerts (CivicReady) via phone, text, or email, or by texting their zip code to 38276.
Sheriff: Henry County Sheriff’s Office – Napoleon, OH | (419) 592-8010 | Sheriff Michael D. Bodenbender | Hours: 8 AM-4:30 PM (911 for emergencies).
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-6/24 and SR-108/281 serve Napoleon, the county seat, in northwest Ohio on the Maumee River, roughly 44 miles southwest of Toledo
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Napoleon was platted October 15, 1834 and became the county seat in 1837. The Miami and Erie Canal, once linking the Ohio River and Lake Erie through the area, spurred early growth after the region’s notorious “Great Black Swamp” (25 miles wide, 100 miles long) was drained beginning in the 1850s.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Henry County Building/Permits – confirm current contact via henrycountyohio.gov.
Notes: Napoleon, Ohio was genuinely named after French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1832, settled largely by German immigrants who worked on the Miami and Erie Canal. The city is home to a real, distinctive local landmark: a giant Campbell’s Soup can honoring the Campbell Soup Supply Company’s major manufacturing facility, which employed roughly 449 people as of 2023 producing canned soups and beverages – one of Napoleon’s largest private employers. A Stellantis (Jeep) plant also operates in Napoleon. The Henry County Courthouse and the adjacent Henry County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail (built 1882, architect D.W. Gibbs, Second Empire/Gothic Revival) were both added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973/1981, replacing an earlier courthouse destroyed by fire in 1879.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Henry County Veterans Service Office – confirm current address/phone via henrycountyohio.gov.
State: Ohio Department of Veterans Services – dvs.ohio.gov
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Napoleon Public Library – library service began April 17, 1906 in two parlors of a private home; the current system includes a Carnegie building and connected main library, plus the McClure Community Library (opened 2003-04); automated in 1997; celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006; a 0.5-mill operating levy passed in 2023 to fund a phased renovation project.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The giant Campbell’s Soup can landmark, the Henry County Historical Society’s two museum sites (the Historic Complex at the county fairgrounds and the 1894 Dr. John Bloomfield Home & Carriage House Museum), Ritter Park along the Maumee River, and Harrison Lake State Park are the county’s signature attractions.
Notes: The genuine giant Campbell’s Soup can and the Napoleon Bonaparte naming heritage are distinctive, checkable local facts.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Henry County Auditor – confirm current phone via henrycountyohio.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Facility: Henry County Dog Shelter – P-772 SR 65, McClure, OH 43534 | (419) 748-7298 | [email protected]; Chief Dog Warden Matt Bressler.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Henry County Solid Waste – confirm current contact via henrycountyohio.gov.
NOTES: Henry County is the seventh and final county in this batch (Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry) of the Ohio v2 redo. The genuine giant Campbell’s Soup can landmark and the Napoleon Bonaparte naming heritage are distinctive local facts. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Henry County
Henry County is northwest Ohio’s food processing and agricultural county – a flat Maumee River community where tomato growing and the Campbell Soup Company plant define an industrial-agricultural economy unique in Ohio.
Napoleon (the county seat, population ~8,500) hosts one of the largest tomato processing facilities in the United States – the Campbell Soup Company plant processes an enormous volume of tomatoes grown on the surrounding farms’ flat, rich former swampland. The tomato processing season in late summer is the county’s most economically significant period.
The Maumee River flowing through Napoleon was the primary transportation corridor in the early 19th century – the river route connected Fort Wayne (Indiana) to Lake Erie, carrying the commerce and military activity that shaped the Northwest Territory.
Henry County’s former Great Black Swamp agricultural land – tile-drained in the 19th century – produces exceptional yields of corn, soybeans, tomatoes, and wheat on some of Ohio’s deepest and most productive soils.
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Henry County Auditor at 660 N. Perry Street, Suite 204, Napoleon, OH 43545, phone 419-592-4876. Appeal to County Board of Revision by April 1.
Courts & Legal
Henry County Probate Court at 660 N. Perry Street, Napoleon, OH 43545, phone 419-592-5806, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
PROBATE COURT
660 North Perry St, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-1766
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Henry County Probate Court, Napoleon (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Henry County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Henry County Probate Court 660 North Perry Street, Suite 301, Napoleon, OH 43545 (419) 592-4876 Henry County is in northwestern Ohio, seated in Napoleon.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Ohio has not adopted the Uniform Probate Code, but has incorporated some streamlined concepts into its own system under Title 21 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC Chapters 2101-2131).
Summary Release from Administration (ORC § 2113.03) – available for very small estates valued at $5,000 or less. Lets the court release assets quickly, often to cover funeral expenses and support the surviving family, without a fiduciary being appointed.
Release from Administration (ORC § 2113.03) – Ohio’s broader small-estate shortcut. Available when the gross probate estate is $35,000 or less, OR up to $100,000 if the entire estate passes to a surviving spouse (by will or by Ohio’s intestacy law). No executor/administrator is appointed; the court releases the estate directly to the person(s) entitled to it.
Full Estate Administration – required when the estate exceeds these thresholds or the situation is otherwise contested or complex. The court appoints a fiduciary (Ohio’s term for executor/administrator), issues a Certificate of Appointment once any will is admitted, and the fiduciary inventories assets, publishes notice to creditors, pays debts, and distributes what remains under ongoing court supervision.
Step 2: filing for administration
File the will (if any) and an application with the Probate Court in the county where the decedent resided.
If pursuing Release from Administration or Summary Release, complete the applicable court forms (Form 5.0 for standard Release, Form 5.10 for Summary Release) along with a complete asset inventory and supporting documents.
For full administration, the court issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration to the appointed fiduciary.
The fiduciary publishes notice to creditors; claims generally must be presented within 6 months of the date of death.
The fiduciary inventories and manages estate assets, pays valid debts and expenses, and distributes what remains according to the will or Ohio’s intestacy law, reporting to the court along the way.
The estate is closed once a final account is filed and approved by the court.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county – check with Henry County directly for current fees.
No state estate tax, no state inheritance tax (repealed effective January 1, 2013). Only the federal estate tax could apply, and only to very large estates ($15,000,000 per individual as of 2026).
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
PROBATE COURT
660 North Perry St, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-1766
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
116 East Clinton St, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-4013
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
850 West Maple Loop, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-8283
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
1839 Oakwood Ave, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-8016
Job and Family Services
106 East Clinton St, Napoleon, OH 43545
(419) 592-5871
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Henry County Health Department – (419) 599-5545 (Mon-Fri 8:30 AM-4:30 PM); after-hours public health emergencies route to the Henry County Sheriff, (419) 592-8010, or 911.
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