Editing Beaverdam, Ohio (section)

==History==
Beaverdam was [[plat|laid out]] in 1853.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Allen County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA535|year=1885|publisher=Warner, Beers & Company|page=535}}</ref> The village was so named on account of there being [[beaver dam]]s near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rusler|first=William|title=A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development|url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl/page/207 207]}}</ref> A post office called Beaver Dam was established in 1850, the name was changed to Beaverdam in 1895, and the post office closed in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Allen | title=Allen County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref> The village was incorporated in 1878.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Allen County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA536|year=1885|publisher=Warner, Beers & Company|page=536}}</ref>