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Marshallville is a village in Wayne County, Ohio. The population was 789 at the time of the 2020 census. Marshallville was originally called Bristol, and under the latter name was laid out in 1817.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 756 to 789 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Marshallville in 1878
Passages that mention Marshallville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Wayne county, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and the first settlers to the present time1878 · page 706Read the page →
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Marshallville was laid out by James Marshall, surveyed February 7, 1817, plat and certificate recorded February 27, 1817, record to be found on page 184, vol. i, and is, we believe, the first town laid out in the county after Wooster. Mr. Marshall is represented as being an excellent citizen, and a member of the old Seceder church of Dalton. The town was surveyed by and for Mr. Marshall, and named Marshallville (not Bristol). In 1834, when Martin Weimer came to the village, there were but ten houses
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history of wayne county, ohio, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time1878 · page 709Read the page →
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Evangelical Association.—The first church of this denomination was built about 1848, and was dedicated by Bishop Seibert, with a membership of 40. In. 1839, when Daniel Gensener came to Marshallville, there were but three families members of this church, to wit: Simon Smith, wife and family, Michael Strayer, wife and family, and John Stroh, wife and family. Revs. Samuel Baumgardner and Long were preachers. The new church was built in 1874.
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History of Wayne county, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and the first settlers to the present time1878 · page 707Read the page →
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A. A. Mclntyre, a native of Edinburg, Scotland, and who immigrated to Canada in 1826, and to the United States in 1829, was the first ticket agent at Marshallville for the C, Mt. & C. R. R., then known as the C, Z. & C. R. R. He came to Marshallville in 1854, when he was appointed to the road, then completed as far as Millersburg. His son, G. D. Mclntyre, is ticket agent at present, and is a popular and enterprising young man.
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Timeline
Marshallville, 1842 to 1911
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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