Place names in Wayne County, Ohio

Baughman Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Burton City	Fairview, Baughman P.O.	14 Dec 1850
Fox Lake
Marshallville (laid out by James Marshall)	Bristol	7 Feb 1817 (pt Baughman, pt Chippewa)
Orrville		9 Sep 1864; (pt Baughman, pt Green)
Pine Ridge

Canaan Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Blocher's Corners
Burbank	Bridgeport	3 Dec 1868
Canaan	Canaan Center, Windsor
Creston	Pike Station (North of Railroad Tracks), Seville/Saville Station (South of Railroad Tracks)	30 Jun 1881
Golden Corners
Hermanville
Jackson	Old Hickory, Mathews Tavern
Mathew's Tavern
North Canaan
Peppertown		Area in Creston. Go west on Erie St. to T-Rd. Right on it (Pine St.). At one time, Peppards lived there but the people called them "Peppers." The area name stuck.
West Canaan
Young Peoples' Corner

Chester Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Cedar Valley
Chestnut Knolls
Lattasburg (named after Ephraim Latta)	West Union	Lattasburg platted 27 Feb 1851; name changed in 1855
New Pittsburgh		6 May 1829
Overton	Cedar Valley Station, Cedarville, Galleyport	Sec. 13 PSW
Robinson's Hill		SW corner

Chippewa Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Doylestown		9 Dec 1827
Easton	Chippewa(y), Slankerville	Easton platted May 1816; Slankerville platted 24 Feb 1843
Frase Settlement
Hametown
Marshallville	Bristol
Rogue's Hollow

Clinton Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Big Prairie	Canansville, Prairie Station
Centerville	Special	5 Mar 1851
Craigton	Washington Station
Custaloga
Forest Grove
Goslin Hill		Citation in WCD 5 Sep 1900 p. 4
Horace
Millbrook		10 Aug 1829 (pt in Plain Twp)
Millville
Newkirk	Perriopolis
Pilot Knob (near Snoddy Rd)
Shreve	Clinton	1853
Stewart's Tavern
Stringtown	Gusslems Knob	North out of Shreve on 226 to Willow Run. Turn right into Swamp, go past RR tracks to 1 lane bridge. There used to be a mill and a string of houses.
Willswood

Congress Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Addel's Corners
Armstrong
Aukerman	Aukerman's Station
Burbank
Centennial Hall
Cherry Corners
Clark's Grove
Congress	Noodle Docey, then Waynesburgh	Waynesburgh platted 6 Mar 1827 (vol. 6 p. 24); citation WWR 25 Jan 1899)
Garden Isle
Johnstown
Pleasant Home	Pleasant Grove
West Salem	Salem	13 Jun 1834

East Union Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Apple Creek	Apple Creek Station, Edinburgh, Old Town	Apple Creek 11 Apr 1854; Edinburg 16 Aug 1822
Carr's Tavern
Cross Keys
East Union	Cross Keys, Jensey's Tavern
Honeytown	Pleasant Valley	(pt Wooster Twp, pt East Union Twp)
Kansas
King's Tavern
Riceland
Stumptown
Walmer's Corners

Franklin Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Guerne
Kauke Station
Moreland	Moorefield	17 Jan 1829
Morgan Settlement
South Franklin

Green Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Butterdom
Chautauqua
Five Points
Georgetown
Hail City		W1/2
Idle Wild
Orrville		9 Sep 1864; (pt Green, pt Baughman)
Paradise
Point Breeze
Smithville		1831
Weilersville	Smithville P.O., Smithfield P.O., Summit

Killbuck Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Wooster		7 Sep 1816

Milton Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Chestnut Ridge
Douglas
Frenchtown
Johnson's Corners (named for Abner Johnson)	Amwell
Lancetown (named after the large Lance family)
Milton Center
New Holland		Citation in OCC 1904; area near Apolstolic Nursing Home
Rittman	Arkona, Center Swamp, Ellio, Milton Station, New Prospect, Shinersburg, Trenton Settlement
Sterling	Russell Station, Amwell (named by Adney Bessey)	21 Jan 1880

Paint Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Jericho
Mt. Eaton	Paintville	Paintville platted 1813; name changed to Mt. Eaton in 1829
West Lebanon		1833

Plain Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Blachleyville	(named for Wm B. and Wm. Blachley)	16 Dec 1833
Funk	Austin, Brownsville, Hamlet	7 Dec 1894
Jefferson	Plain P.O.	30 Jun 1829
Killbuck College
Millbrook
Mount Wisdom
Reedsburg		laid out Dec 1835 by Wm Reed; platted 1869
Springville	Buffalo, Heath's Corners	16 Dec 1844

Salt Creek Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Fredericksburg	Searightsburgh	27 Nov 1824 (platted by Jacob Frederick)
Maysville	Koch
Mount Hope
Willow Grove

Sugar Creek Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Angelville	(located where old Rt 30 crosses Wayne–Stark Co line
Dalton	Dover, Middletown, Sharon	Dover surveyed 16 Oct 1817, Sharon surveyed 29 Mar 1828
Kidron
Kidron Station	Sonnenberg Station
Moscow	McQuaid, No. 1 P.O.	1815; vacated 1878
Riceland		(pt Sugar Creek, pt East Union)
Silver Hill
Snake Hollow
Snively
Sonnenberg

Wayne Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Bloomington		3 Jul 1907; incorporated 30 Jan 1911
Clear Creek
Devil Town	Tannertown, Ville
Glory Hole		NE of Wooster
Jollytown		N on Friendsville between Jentes and Fox Lake. Closer to Fox Lake.
Little Cincinnati
Madisonburg	Layman's Toll Gate	1873
Madisonburg Sub-Station
McCoy's Corners		around Madisonburg
Mechanicsburg
Milltown
Providence		1/2 mile north of Arlington
Tollgate		North of Madisonburg
Wayne
Wayne County Home	Old Peoples' Corner
Wooster

Wooster Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Place Dates
Blue Knob
Honeytown	Pleasant Valley
B&O Railroad Trestle that sat high above the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks below down in the area of the old Timken Company and Prairie Lane Rd.	Kauke Crossing
Madison		first county seat vacated 1814
Shay's Crossing
Stibb's Mill
West Wooster	Branstetter

Unknown Township

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plate Dates
Campbell's Creek
Kobb's Corner
Possom Run
Schumacher Corner
Tschantzville