The next Monthly Program Meeting of the Jay County Historical Society will be held on Tuesday, May 28, at 7 PM at the Historical Society's museum at the end of East Main Street in Portland.  Sixty years of Portland Rockets baseball will be the topic of the meeting.  Join Portland Rockets head coach Randy Miller and former members of the Portland Rocket as we ...

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Jay County was organized in 1836 and was named in honor of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United Stated Supreme Court.  Our county is the only Jay County in the United States.

The committee planning the 17th Annual Heritage Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29, has chosen to honor our country as the ...

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Show your pride for Jay County throughout the summer and at our Heritage Festival in September.  Get your "Only Jay in the USA" shirt now!

Jay County was named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  To publicize that we are the only Jay County in the USA, the JCHS is selling t-shirts.  The shirts are ...

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Co-presidents Phil Rager and Rob Weaver have appointed the following committees for this year.

Building and Grounds:  Claudia Jones & Eldon Morrical, co-ch.; Carter Leonard (recycling); Harold Blankenbaker; Jeff Bowen; Richard Jones.

Finance:  Judy Zearbaugh, Karen Resler, Pam ...

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Through the generosity of a grant from the Portland Foundation, The Jay County Historical Society website

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Are you a Facebook user?  Like our page, “Jay County Historical Society,” and you will continue to see our posts.  We try to keep you posted about Open House events, Program Meetings, etc.  There are also several photos of the ...

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Items in a display about the “End of an Era” for March Supermarkets have been changed.  Wilmer Marsh began in the grocery business when he opened a store in Salem, a Jay County community just north of the Randolph County line, in 1925.  The store was in the former Morehouse Brothers General Merchandise building.

Spring has sprung in our clothing ...

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