Editing Bluffton, Ohio (section)

==History==
The village was founded in 1831 by Swiss Mennonites, German Reformists and Irish Catholics. It was originally named 'Crogan's Corners' after the postmaster. When the citizens chose to incorporate as a village, the Irish suggested the name 'Shannon' because of the green fields around the area. As there was already a village named Shannon in the state, the town was renamed Bluffton for the hilly terrain of the town site.<ref>{{cite book |last=Overman |first=William Daniel |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=32 |title=Ohio Town Names |publisher=Atlantic Press |year=1958 |location=Akron, OH |page=16}}</ref>

Bank robber [[John Dillinger]] robbed the Bluffton Bank (now known as Citizens National Bank of Bluffton) of $6,000 on August 14, 1933.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiley Wolf |first1=Jeannie |title='Bluffton has Public Enemy No. 1' |url=https://thecourier.com/news/376624/bluffton-has-public-enemy-no-1/#:~:text=Take%20Aug.%2C%2014%2C%201933%2C%20for%20instance.%20That's,Bank%20on%20South%20Main%20Street%20in%20Bluffton%2C |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=The Courier |publisher=The Courier |date=23 March 2022}}</ref>

In 2011, Bluffton celebrated its 150th birthday with a series of town-wide events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bluffton celebrating 150th anniversary |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2011/06/28/Bluffton-celebrating-150th-anniversary/stories/20110628009 |access-date=9 December 2024 |publisher=The Toledo Blade |date=28 June 2011}}</ref>