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==History== Previously, the site of Millbury was known as Clay Junction.<ref name=Leeson299>{{cite book|last=Leeson|first=Michael A.|title=Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Early Settlement and Development |url=https://archive.org/details/commemorativehis00lees|year=1897|publisher=J.H. Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/commemorativehis00lees/page/n324 299]}}</ref> Millbury was [[plat]]ted in 1864, and named after [[Millbury, Massachusetts]].<ref name=Leeson299 /> A post office called Millbury has been in operation since 1857.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Wood | title=Wood County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> Millbury was incorporated in 1874.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.wood.oh.us/history/ctv.htm |title=Cities, Townships, & Villages |publisher=Wood County Government |accessdate=January 11, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606014831/http://www.co.wood.oh.us/history/ctv.htm |archivedate=June 6, 2015 }}</ref> ===2010 tornado=== {{Main|Tornado outbreak of June 5β6, 2010}} At approximately 11:15 PM on June 5, 2010, an EF4 tornado tore through the town,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/cle/wx_events/2010/June/june5-6/toledo.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611062617/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/cle/wx_events/2010/June/june5-6/toledo.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> destroying at least 50 homes and killing seven people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP4Ms7EkAI5UtMVI3-49mTCPaKmQD9G6L5T80 |title=The Associated Press: Ohio police chief revises tornado death toll to 5 |access-date=November 11, 2016 |archive-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610084329/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP4Ms7EkAI5UtMVI3-49mTCPaKmQD9G6L5T80 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This tornado also destroyed the [[Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio|Lake Township]] Administration Building and Police Department, and [[Lake High School (Millbury, Ohio)|Lake High School]]. Governor [[Ted Strickland]] declared a state of emergency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12602130 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=June 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609084420/http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12602130 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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