Edgerton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Edgerton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area around Edgerton was organized as St. Joseph Township on December 2, 1832. Edgerton was platted in 1854 by Charles Pratt. The village was named after Alfred Peck Edgerton, a land agent and U.S. congressman. A post office was established in 1854. The village was incorporated on December 4, 1865.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Edgerton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgerton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewVan Camp Packing Co., Bryan, Ohio, 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Edgerton
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Edgerton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Edgerton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edgerton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Butler Community Mausoleum in Stafford, 5.3 miles away.
Edgerton and the nearest listed places
Closest to Edgerton
Butler Community MausoleumStafford · Building5.3mi
Downtown Butler Historic DistrictButler · 19th and 20th Century American Movements6.6mi
Williams County CourthouseBryan · Romanesque Revival · Built 18919.9miFountain City Historic DistrictBryan · District10.2miBryan Downtown Historic DistrictBryan · District10.4miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Van Camp Packing Co., Bryan, Ohio (1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.