In Dibbleville, a Methodist minister, Rev. Washington Jackson, preached the first sermon on this site in 1837, when a log cabin stood here. By 1868, the business district included Wilmont Groceries and Drugs, James Bussey Hardware, Trump and Wilmont Bank, and Ben Grace Grocery; later businesses included Butcher's Meat Market in 1871 and John W. Davis Drugs and Groceries in 1890.