Village of Arlington Historical Marker

Ohio Historical Marker 10-32, 1984. First a farming community, later a railroad crossroads in southern Hancock County, Arlington was one the country's earliest settlements. Gen. William Hull opened a trail into the area during the War of 1812 as he crossed Buck Run at Eagle Creek. He led his army to the Blanchard River to establish Ft. Findlay. Robert Hurd owned extensive tracts of land in the area, and his sons were the first recorded settlers, building a log cabin near this site in 1834. The rich farmland and abundant water soon attracted other settlers to the vicinity of "Hurdtown." The name was changed to Arlington when the village was formally surveyed in November, 1844.