Editing Swanton, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:BakerValveGearIDPlate.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Manufacturer's ID plate on Strasburg Rail Road Locomotive #475 in Ronks, Pennsylvania. The locomotive was built by Baldwin in Philadelphia.]]
A post office called Swanton has been in operation since 1827.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Fulton | title=Fulton County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref> The village takes its name from nearby Swan Creek.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reighard|first=Frank H.|title=A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1)|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2zl7;view=1up;seq=491|year=1920|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=459}}</ref>

In the heyday of steam power, Swanton was home to the A. D. Baker Company, a manufacturer of steam powered traction engines and road contractors' equipment. It was at the Baker Company that an improved valve gear for steam engines was developed. A Baker employee named Gifford is credited with the initial idea, which was subsequently developed into the [[Baker valve gear]] and patented in 1903. Baker valve gear was eventually manufactured by The Pilliod Company, another Swanton business. Baker valve gear from Pilliod saw widespread use on U.S. steam locomotives for railroads in the first half of the 20th century.

On February 15, 1992, [[Air Transport International Flight 805]] crashed in Swanton, killing all four people on board.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9205.pdf|title=AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL, INC., FLIGHT 805 DOUGLAS DC-8-63, N794AL LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH SWANTON, OHIO FEBRUARY 15, 1992|date=November 19, 1992|publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|id=NTSB/AAR-92/05|access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref>

On June 6, 2019, a vehicle left parked on the tracks next to the Main Street railroad crossing resulted in a derailment that knocked out power to the town and much of the surrounding area, and hampered traffic on one of the main rail lines linking the Midwest to the East Coast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/train-derailment-in-northwest-ohio-snarls-main-route-between-chicago-east-coast/95-5e4ca71d-5ddd-4633-8110-2f8603b11b60|title=Train derailment in Northwest Ohio snarls main route between Chicago, East Coast|date=June 7, 2019|website=wkyc.com}}</ref>