The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Huntertown was originally referred to as "The Opening" due to it being a natural forest clearing. Huntertown was first settled circa 1837 and was founded by William T. Hunter. The village was located along the Lima Plank Road connecting Lima (now Howe) and Fort Wayne. The Perry Centre Seminary was founded in Huntertown in 1856, only to close five years later when the entire faculty and adult students enlisted in the Union Army. The town was platted in 1869, but not incorporated until 1966.
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Start Huntertown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntertown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Huntertown, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Huntertown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Huntertown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fisher West Farm in Perry, 2.4 miles away.
Huntertown and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.