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1 Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio
2 Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
3 Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
4 Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio
5 Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
6 Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
7 East Union Township
8 Franklin Township
9 Green Township
10 Killbuck Township
11 Milton Township
12 Paint Township
13 Plain Township
14 Salt Creek Township
15 Sugar Creek Township
16 Wayne Township
17 Wooster Township
18 Unknown 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 , Ohio|West Salem]]
Salem
13 Jun 1834
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
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plat Date
Guerne
Kauke Station
Moreland
Moorefield
17 Jan 1829
Morgan Settlement
South Franklin
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
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plat Date
Wooster
7 Sep 1816
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
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plat Date
Jericho
Mt. Eaton
Paintville
Paintville platted 1813; name changed to Mt. Eaton in 1829
West Lebanon
1833
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
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plat Date
Fredericksburg
Searightsburgh
27 Nov 1824 (platted by Jacob Frederick)
Maysville
Koch
Mount Hope
Willow Grove
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
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
[[Madisonb[ue]rg, Ohio|Madisonb[ue]rg]]
Layman's Toll Gate
1873
[[Madisonb[ue]rg, Ohio|Madisonb[ue]rg]]
Sub-Station
McCoy's Corners
around [[Madisonb[ue]rg, Ohio|Madisonb[ue]rg]]
Mechanicsburg
Milltown
Providence
1/2 mile north of Arlington
Tollgate
North of [[Madisonb[ue]rg, Ohio|Madisonb[ue]rg]]
Wayne
Wayne County Home
Old Peoples' Corner
Wooster
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plate Dates
Blue Knob
Honeytown
Pleasant Valley
Madison
first county seat vacated 1814
Shay's Crossing
Stibb's Mill
West Wooster
Branstetter
Present Name
Former Name(s)
Plate Dates
Campbell's Creek
Kobb's Corner
Possom Run
Schumacher Corner
Tschantzville