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The village of Risdon was founded in 1832 on land owned by John Gorsuch, who settled there with his family in a clearing along the Portage River in 1831. He had the area platted by Seneca County surveyor David Risdon, for whom the town was named, and the plat was officially recorded on September 13, 1832. Risdon had the first church and post office and contains the oldest house in Fostoria.
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Fostoria, Ohio · United States
