Cygnet’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Cygnet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cygnet was originally called Pleasant View, and under the latter name was platted in 1883. A post office called Cygnet has been in operation since 1883. The village was incorporated in 1889. Much of the village was damaged by a fire on January 30, 1891. A nitroglycerin explosion occurred in Cygnet on September 7, 1897, killing at least 6 and causing significant damage to the village.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cygnet’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cygnet’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCygnet-ohio-wood-county-oil-town, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cygnet
See all 1 →Cygnet, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Cygnet is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cygnet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is North Baltimore Town Hall in North Baltimore, 4.4 miles away.
Cygnet and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cygnet-ohio-wood-county-oil-town (1885) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.