Editing Antwerp, Ohio (section)

==History==
Antwerp is located in the former wetland region known until the 19th century as the [[Great Black Swamp]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Henry|last=Howe |author-link=Henry Howe |title=[[Historical Collections of Ohio]] |page=30|volume=III |publisher=Henry Howe and Son |location=Columbus, Ohio|year=1891}}</ref> Antwerp was founded in 1841 on the Wabash and Erie canal and the center of town moved to its present location when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="villageHistory">
{{cite web|url=https://villageofantwerp.com/history/|title=History of Village Of Antwerp|website=Village of Antwerp| access-date=December 6, 2024}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oWwxAAAAIBAJ&pg=3093%2C2087995 | title=Paulding Communities Cut Out Of Great Forests | work=Toledo Blade | date=April 5, 1953 | access-date=April 30, 2015 | author=Miller, Ray | pages=3}}</ref> The village was named after [[Antwerp]], in Belgium.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=21|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=5}}</ref>

In the late 19th century, Antwerp was the largest village in Paulding County; its economy was driven by lucrative local [[logging and tile mill]] industries.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}  Accordingly, when the [[Wabash Railroad|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway]] decided to erect a [[train station]] in the village, it was built larger than stations in most other communities in the region.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} After the train station closed in 1976, it was purchased by the local historical society; today, it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Antwerp Norfolk and Western Depot]].<ref>Owen, Lorrie K., ed.  ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''.  Vol. 2.  [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan|St. Clair Shores]]: Somerset, 1999, 1133.</ref>