Haunted Places Nearby

A cemetery in Darbydale off SR 665 is believed to be haunted.  The cemetery was first known as the Willy Butcher Cemetery.  Butcher killed his family then committee suicide.   Later, the site was known as the Little Pennsylvania Cemetery; Darbydale was once known as...

Election Notice by Mayor

On May 25, 1868, the Village of Grove City approved an ordinance to make sure notification of elections were made.  The burden of notifying residents of an election fell on the shoulders of the mayor and should the mayor fail to give such notice the mayor was subject...

Religious Worship Disturbance

You wouldn’t want to disturb or annoy any congregation or assembly gathered for a religious worship in Grove City in the late 1800s.  The Village Council passed an ordinance stating that a noise, rude or indecent behavior or profane discourse within a place of worship...

Four Other Town Ordinances

Another 1868 ordinance stated that any person who discharged a gun, pistol or revolver upon any street or alley was subject to a fine not less than $1 or more than $5.  At the discretion of the mayor, a fine could be imposed along with a jail sentence of six hours....

Dinner Bell at Century Village

The bell at the Jones Barn at Century Village has an Ohio connection.  The bell was made by the C. S. Bell Company sometime between 1882 and 1894.  Charles Singleton Bell founded the company in 1875 at Hillsboro, Ohio.  His bells were sold and shipped around the world...