Editing Reynoldsburg, Ohio (section)

==History==
Reynoldsburg was originally called '''Frenchtown''', and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1831 by John French, and named for him.<ref name="Overman 117">{{cite book | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=133 | title=Ohio Town Names | publisher=Atlantic Press | last=Overman | first=William Daniel | year=1958 | location=Akron, OH | page=117}}</ref> The present name is for John C. Reynolds, a local merchant.<ref name="Overman 117" /> A post office called Reynoldsburgh was established in 1833, and the name was changed to Reynoldsburg in 1893.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>

Reynoldsburg is known as "The Birthplace of the Tomato", claiming the first commercial variety of tomato was bred there in the 19th century,<ref>[http://www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us/about-reynoldsburg.aspx About Reynoldsburg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111123746/http://www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us/about-reynoldsburg.aspx|date=2011-01-11}}, City of Reynoldsburg. Retrieved 2012-04-18.</ref> and the Tomato Festival has been held every year since 1965. Every year there is a Tomato Festival Queen. The Tomato Festival takes place in August.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lundy |first1=Ronni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPZ54nTxZOIC&dq=Reynoldsburg,+Ohio+tomato+festival&pg=PA160 |title=In Praise of Tomatoes: Tasty Recipes, Garden Secrets, Legends & Lore |last2=Stehling |first2=John |date=2006 |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |isbn=978-1-57990-958-1 |language=en}}</ref>