History of West Jefferson, Ohio

West Jefferson, once a bustling town in Ohio, rose from failure to prosperity with its grist mill and pork packing industry.

West Jefferson rose out of the dust of a failed town and once was the most important business in Madison County, Ohio. Samuel Jones and Samuel Sexton moved to the area from New Jersey and platted New Hampton on July 5, 1822, along Little Darby Creek and Ludlow Road, the first state road in Ohio. The town was laid out with ninety—three lots on eight streets on the south...