Notable Residents
- Chris Allen - third line right-winger for the Dallas Stars
- Eldad Cicero Camp - coal tycoon
- Thom Collier - former Ohio state representative
- Fred Dailey - former State of Ohio Agriculture Director, Former US Congressional Candidate
- Hiram and Barney Davis - two dwarf brothers and side-show performers
- Columbus Delano - Whig and Republican politician and lawyer.
- Daniel Decatur Emmett - author of "Dixie"
- Lansford Hastings - noted California pioneer.
- Paul Lynde - comedian and actor
- Ralph W. Sockman - noted clergyman, author, and radio speaker.
- Jim Stillwagon - American football player
- Jesse B. Thomas - first senator of Illinois and the proposer of the Missouri Compromise
- Juan Manuel García Passalacqua - Puerto Rican politician and television personality
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