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Hilliard

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Geographically, the Hilliard area is between Big Darby Creek on the west and the Scioto River on the east. Originally called Hilliard's Station, the town grew around the railroad route of the Piqua and Indiana Railroad station, which bisected the former Hilliard farmland.  The original train station has been restored and remains in Hilliard's historical Weaver Park. The construction of three large residential subdivisions in the 1950s brought explosive growth to Hilliard. The connection to the Columbus regional sewer and water systems in the 1960's opened up the area to development. The Village of Hilliard gained city status officially from the Secretary of State of Ohio, by attaining a population of 5,633 on December 12, 1960. With the completion of the I-270 outerbelt in the 1980s, a second wave of explosive growth came to the area.

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Metropolitan Library Hilliard Branch, 4772 Cemetery Rd. Source: Library file photos.
Solomon Jackson Woolley came to Hilliard in 1858. Woolley was a daguerreotype portrait artist and successful farmer who developed the first modern field drainage tile factory, Appledale Tile Works.
R. Zenas Seeds was a physician in 1870 when he moved permanently to Hilliard.
John Reed Hilliard, an engineer, platted Hilliard, Ohio September 1, 1853 out of Norwich Township. He built the Hilliard warehouse in 1853 and founded the town's first post office May 20, 1854. J. R...
Franklin County Fairgrounds. Source: Courtesy of ODOT.
Appledale Tile works and farm in 1880.
Appledale Tile Works in 1880 was located on the family farm of Solomon Woolley, Brown Township, Franklin County.
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Patch's General Store in Amlin (Hilliard) near what is now Rings Rd.
Patch General Store. Amlin (Hilliard) near what is now Rings Road. Photo courtesy of the Northwest Franklin County Historical Society