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The village was named Seville Station when Isaac Wells platted farm land in 1860. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, later known as the Erie, laid track in 1863. The station located at the intersection of the track and Cleveland-Columbus pike road was called the "pike station.
 
The village was named Seville Station when Isaac Wells platted farm land in 1860. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, later known as the Erie, laid track in 1863. The station located at the intersection of the track and Cleveland-Columbus pike road was called the "pike station.
 
In 1865 a post office was established in Pike Station, Ohio by Postmaster Ebenezer A. Benjamin, consequently changing the village's name to Pike Station.
 
In 1865 a post office was established in Pike Station, Ohio by Postmaster Ebenezer A. Benjamin, consequently changing the village's name to Pike Station.
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==Villages & Towns with a Creston 44217 Zip Code==
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*[[New Pittsburgh, Ohio]]
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* [[Creston, Ohio|Creston]]
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On pages 284-287 ''In the History of Wayne County, Ohio from the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time'' author Ben Douglass lists many firsts in Wooster.
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* First grist mill was opened in 1809 by Joseph Stibbs, a resident of [[Canton, Ohio]] at the time.
 
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* First white man who died in Wooster was Alexander Crawford in 1808.
 
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* First physician was Thomas Townsend in 1813.
 
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* First school teacher was Carlos Mather.  He was a young lawyer from [[New Haven, Connecticut]] and taught in 1814.
 
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* First Postmaster was 'Priest' Jones.
 
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* First [[Residents in Wooster, Ohio|election]] held on Monday April 2, 1810.
 
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* Laid out in the fall of 1808
 
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* In 1832, the population was approximately 1,200 residents <ref>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100692139 Baird, R. (1832). ''View of the valley of the Mississippi: or, the emigrant's and traveller's guide to the West ; containing a general description of that entire country ; and also, notices of the soil, productions, rivers, and other channels of intercourse and trade ; and likewise of the cities and towns, progress of education, &c. of each state and territory''. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner.]</ref>
 
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* 1870 [[County statistics|population]] approximately 5,400 individuals
 
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File:Creston street view.png|Creston street view circa 1905
 
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File:Creston_Parade.jpg|Creston Memorial Day Parade, 1912
 
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File:Creston, Canaan Township.jpg|Creston
 
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File:Creston_MainStreet.jpg|Creston Main Street
 
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==Surveyor==
 
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*  County Surveyor John C. Brinkerhoff has just completed a plat of the village of Creston and placed it in the Recorder's office. It is a fine piece of workmanship and gives evidence of great care and labor in its execution. All streets and lots are laid off and the plat will be of incalculable benefit to the county officials and the citizens of Creston. Mr. Brinkerhoff deserves credit for the handsome manner in which he has been able to turn out the work. <ref>Jacksonian, Wooster, Ohio. 1882 June 29, p. 3.</ref>
 
*  County Surveyor John C. Brinkerhoff has just completed a plat of the village of Creston and placed it in the Recorder's office. It is a fine piece of workmanship and gives evidence of great care and labor in its execution. All streets and lots are laid off and the plat will be of incalculable benefit to the county officials and the citizens of Creston. Mr. Brinkerhoff deserves credit for the handsome manner in which he has been able to turn out the work. <ref>Jacksonian, Wooster, Ohio. 1882 June 29, p. 3.</ref>
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    • 100 North Main St., Creston, 44217, Ohio

The village was named Seville Station when Isaac Wells platted farm land in 1860. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, later known as the Erie, laid track in 1863. The station located at the intersection of the track and Cleveland-Columbus pike road was called the "pike station. In 1865 a post office was established in Pike Station, Ohio by Postmaster Ebenezer A. Benjamin, consequently changing the village's name to Pike Station. The name was changed to Creston on July 5, 1881. It was incorporated on June 2, 1899.[1]

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  • County Surveyor John C. Brinkerhoff has just completed a plat of the village of Creston and placed it in the Recorder's office. It is a fine piece of workmanship and gives evidence of great care and labor in its execution. All streets and lots are laid off and the plat will be of incalculable benefit to the county officials and the citizens of Creston. Mr. Brinkerhoff deserves credit for the handsome manner in which he has been able to turn out the work. [2]

Growth of a Town

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  1. ↑ Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County, Ohio. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. pg. 30.
  2. ↑ Jacksonian, Wooster, Ohio. 1882 June 29, p. 3.
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