Waterville, Ohio: History and Highlights

October 27, 20261 min readBy PinGallery
Waterville, Ohio
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Waterville is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. It is a suburb of Toledo. Its population at the 2020 census was 6,003.

At a Glance

History of Waterville

Waterville was platted in 1830 by settler John Pray on the west bank of the upper Maumee River opposite what was then known as Pray’s Falls, a rapids on that stream. A post office called Waterville has been in operation since 1828.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Waterville, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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