Editing Englewood, Ohio (section)

==History==
Although Englewood was not actually founded until 1841, many early settlers began to come to the area known as Randolph Township around 1800. Earliest settlers were the families of David Hoover, David Mast, Daniel Hoover, Robert Ewing, John and Abraham McClintock, John Rench, Martin Sheets, [[Jacob H. Smith|Jacob Smith]], Daniel and Peter Fetters. Also among the early settlers were the families of the Ellers, Fouts, Frantzs, Wertzs and the Brumbaughs.<ref name=Heck>{{cite book |last= Heck |first= Earl |year= 1969 |others= Foreword by John W. Waymire |title= The History of Englewood and Randolph Township Montgomery County, Ohio |url= https://www.englewood.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/311/History-of-Englewood---Long-Version-PDF |access-date= 2023-04-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160115224621/http://www.englewood.oh.us/brochures/EnglewoodHistoryByEarlHeck.pdf |archive-date= 2016-01-15 |url-status= live}}</ref>

The early settlers made their living basically from [[agriculture]]. They shipped grain and bacon down the Stillwater River on flat bottom boats to [[Dayton]] and as far south as [[New Orleans]]. There was also a considerable amount of industry, including [[saw mill]]s, [[gunsmith|gun smithing]], wine distilling and [[pottery]] manufacturing.<ref name=Heck />

There were many [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] in the area in the early days that traded with the settlers. There was also an abundance of wildlife which afforded good hunting for the settlers’ food requirements.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Following primarily the path traced through this area by the [[Stillwater River (Ohio)|Stillwater River]], a group of settlers founded what is now the City of Englewood on May 6, 1841. These pioneers included Mathias Gish, Daniel Rasor and Samuel Herr. Some of these settlers came from the area around [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], and thus named the community Harrisburg. Other residents came from [[Randolph County, North Carolina]], and named this township accordingly.<ref name=Heck />

Harrisburg's first post office was opened on February 8, 1870, and discontinued on February 6, 1871. The post office was re-established on May 8, 1874, and the first postmaster was Harvey Iams. The town was then renamed Iamton. However, at that time the capital letters I and J were the same in the alphabet and the town became known as Jamton.<ref name=Heck />

In 1898, the local businessmen conducted a contest to choose a new name for the town. The name Englewood was chosen as the winner of that contest and the town of Jamton was renamed Englewood. The [[Village (Ohio)|Village]] of Englewood was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] on May 15, 1914, and Jacob Hoover was the first mayor. The population had risen to 415 by 1930 and over 600 by 1940.<ref name=Heck /> Englewood became a city in 1971.

[[Natural gas]] was made available to the area in 1934, the first [[water supply|water works]] was built in 1936 and the original [[Sewerage|sewer system]] was completed in 1940.