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Woodville
The village of Woodville was originally mapped out in 1836. It was named after New York
native Amos Wood, a U.S. Representative who moved to Sandusky County in 1833.
Woodville was the halfway point on the Western Reserve and Maumee Turnpike.
Back then, the turnpike was commonly called “Old Mud Pike” due to the
profuse mud often encountered on the road. This was the first
established permanent route across the Black Swamp,
which is what this area was know as. Present
day Route 20, formerly the old toll road, stretched from
Lower Sandusky (now known as Fremont) to Perrysburg.
A mile marker for this route from the 1800’s still remains on Main
Street in front of the local pharmacy in downtown Woodville.
On the south side of the highway lies Trailmarker Park. Because this stretch of the
Portage River was a shallow point, the Native Americans routinely crossed the river at
this section. In fact, the Native Americans marked the crossing by bending the branch
of a tree that stretched over the west bank of the river. The tree trunk remained on the
banks of the river until recently.
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