A History of Northwest Ohio (Nevin O. Winter)

A broad narrative history of northwest Ohio’s development, covering the region from the first European exploration of the Maumee River forward. Paulding County sits within this larger regional story — the Great Black Swamp, canal-era commerce, and settlement patterns described elsewhere in this archive all connect to the wider Maumee Valley context this book covers. Volumes II and III of the original set are mostly biographical matter on regional figures.

Long since public domain and freely readable at the Internet Archive. Useful as regional background reading rather than a Paulding-specific source; cite it for context, not county-specific claims, unless you’ve confirmed what it says about the county directly.