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From Wikipedia’s history of South Webster.
South Webster was platted by John Bennett in 1853. The village was named after Daniel Webster.
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History · South Webster
South Webster dates to 1854, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Tripp-Bauer Building. Below: old-book passages.
1854founded
1on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How South Webster began
When was South Webster founded?
1854
South Webster dates its founding to 1854 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1833.
2020 census: 670172 years
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What they wrote about South Webster in 1903
Passages that mention South Webster, cut from the printed page as they were published.
history of scioto county, ohio, together with a pioneer record of southern ohio1903 · page 1056Read the page →
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Edward attended the village schools of South Webster until he was seventeen years of age and was a newsboy continuously from 1887 to 1892. He secured a teaeher’s certificate when he was seventeen and began teaching. His first school was taught in sub-district No. 6, Harrison township, where he taught two years. The patrons desired his services again, but the Board of Education of his home town, South Webster, employed him. He is now principal of the South Webster schools and has been in charge of them for five years. He has attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio and ex-
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teen months, then he went into the Quartermaster service of the United States and remained in that until 1866, in which year he went to Richland Furnace, Vinton county, where he was an engineer. He remained there three years. In June, 1870, he went to South Webster to superintend the South Webster fire
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Timeline
South Webster, 1833 to 1888
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1833Post officeThe Iron Furnace post office opens
- 1854FoundingSouth Webster is established
- 1883
Born hereChet Spencer is born here - 1888Post officeThe Iron Furnace post office closes
- 1888Post officeThe South Webster post office opens
By decade
South Webster, decade by decade
2007
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2004On the National Register
1 historic place in South Webster
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Tripp-Bauer Building
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Commercial Vernacular1
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices
South Webster’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Iron Furnace, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Iron Furnace
South Webster
18301930today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about South Webster’s history
What year was South Webster founded?
In 1854, according to Wikidata. South Webster’s post office opened in 1833.
What is on the National Register in South Webster?
One place: the Tripp-Bauer Building (listed 1988).
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Where this page comes from
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 →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.