The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to Underground Railroad historian Wilbur H. Siebert, "Leverett B. Hill, of Wakeman, Ohio, assisted 103 [freedom seekers] on their way to Canada during the year 1852."
Rev. Dr. Charles C. Creegan was born in Ohio and was ordained in 1874. He was pastor of a congregational church in Wakeman, Ohio for five years. He went on to do missionary work and served as president of Fargo College.
A type of sandstone identified as Wakeman Buff or spider web sandstone was once quarried in Wakeman. A quarry operated by the Cleveland Stone Company in northern Wakeman between 1877 and circa late 1910s or early 1920s was also known for quarrying Berea Sandstone.
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Start Wakeman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wakeman’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wakeman, decade by decade
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Nothing in Wakeman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wakeman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Union Church in Kipton, 4.3 miles away.
Wakeman 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 (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.