Hardin County Histories

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Hardin County Ada Alger Dola Dunkirk Forest Kenton McGuffey Mt. Victory Ridgeway	Hardin County Courthouse, 1854-1914

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Other Hardin County Communities - Past and Present

Armorsville - was platted in 1836 in Liberty Township.


Blanchard - established in 1892, was named for an early French settler.


Blocktown - was located south of Dola and named for Charles Block who owned nearly the whole town.


Foraker - originally established as Oakland, later changed to honor Ohio Governor Joseph Benson Foraker.


Geneva - was originally planned about one-half mile south of Dunkirk.


Grant - established during U.S. Grant's presidential term.


Grassy Point - located in Hale Township, was said to be the site of Chief Logan's Indian Village.


Hepburn - was laid out as a summer resort.


Holden - was located northwest of Roundhead on the Auglaize County line.


Hudsonville - became a station stop on the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad in 1846, later became Silver Creek.


Huntersville - was named for Jabez Hunter, first settler in Marion Township.


Jumbo - was named for P. T. Barnum's elephant that died in 1885.


Jump - gained its name for being a jumping-off place on the underground railroad, situated in Scioto Marsh.


McGoldrick's Town - exact location unknown, most likely in Cessna Township, platted in 1833.


McVitty - was established by the Big 4 Railroad as a shipping station for the Herzog Stone Quarry.


Maysville - located on the Allen County line, was for a time the home of Jacob Parrott, the first Medal of Honor winner.


Patterson - known as Petersburg and Sylvia, was named for Robert Patterson, secretary-treasurer of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad.


Peru - was platted in 1836 in Cessna Township.


Pfeiffer Station - was named for former postmaster John Pfeiffer.


St. Michael's - was platted in 1836 in Goshen Township.


Yelverton - was named in 1858 to honor John Yelverton, a large stockholder in the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad.

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