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The Wyandot, Delaware, Hopewell, Adenas, and Shawnee Native Indians were the land’s first inhabitants that would later become Dublin. Lieutenant James Holt received 2,000 acres of land from the U.S. Government for his service in the
Revolutionary War. Eventually, John Sells purchased 400 acres of this land along the Scioto River. In 1810, this area was platted as the Village of Dublin.
John Sells had the land surveyed into 200 lots. The surveyor was John Shields from Dublin, Ireland. Rumor has it that Sells asked Shields to name the town.
- The first blacksmith in Dublin was Edward Eberly.
- Surveyor John Shields, also a Minister, organized the first Christian Church.
- In 1812, John Sells and George Ebey built a flour mill. Until then, the nearest mill was near Chillicothe. The mill operated until 1898. John Sells also had a home-based business that made hats and operated a distillery. His home was near the Scioto River Bridge.
- An acre of land could be purchased for .66 cents with credit terms of 3 years.
- The first Dublin Post Office was established in 1820. The Postmaster’s name was Daniel Wright.
- The 1820 census of Washington Township, Perry, Norwich, and part of Brown townships was 137.
- The Black Horse Tavern is the oldest stone house still standing in Dublin. It was built in 1824 at 83 Riverview Street. Dublin’s first physician started his practice in 1830.
- In 1840, Dublin built a covered bridge over the Scioto River.
- In 1843, the U.S. Government moved the last Wyandot Indians to Kansas and Oklahoma.
- Zenas Hutchinson was elected Mayor of Dublin when the Village was incorporated in 1855.
- In 1840 Dublin built a covered bridge over the Scioto River.
- In 1843 the US Government moved the last of the Wyandot Indians to Kansas and Oklahoma.
- Zenas Hutchinson elected Mayor of Dublin when the village incorporated in 1855.
- The fire of 1878 consumed several buildings, including the General Store.
- Jefferson Fulton was the first black man to settle in Dublin in 1881.
- The first jail was built in 1883. Dublin needed the jail to hold the overly intoxicated men coming from the 13 saloons.
- The covered bridge over the Scioto River was replaced with a steel bridge in 1885.
- The Dublin School District was formed in 1888.
- One thousand eight hundred ninety-nine, the first telephone lines were installed.
- In 1907, carbide lights replaced gas street lights. In 1920, electric streetlights were installed.
- Traffic lights began to appear in Dublin in 1927.
- 1935, the concrete and stone arch bridge was built over the Scioto River.
- The first High School football team was organized in 1947.
- In 1959, the first bank opened in Dublin.
- The population of Dublin in 1960 was 552.
- In 1966, Jack Nicklaus selected the site that is now Muirfield.
- Dublin had 681 residents in 1970.
- The Village grew in the 1970s when the I 270 outer belt was built.
- A 1% income tax was imposed in 1972.
- In 1972, 3,914 acres of Muirfield Village were annexed into the Village of Dublin. Construction began on the Muirfield Golf Club, which opened in 1974.
- By 1980, the population was 3,855.
- 1985 Dublin celebrates 175th anniversary.
- In August of 1987, the Village became a City.