Editing Wyoming, Ohio (section)

==History==
Among the earliest European-American settlers in what is now Wyoming was the Pendery family, who arrived in 1805.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hB6AAAAMAAJ&q=cincinnati+the+queen+city+clarke&pg=PA530 | title=Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788–1912, Volume 2 | publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | date=1912 | access-date=2013-05-20 | author=Clarke, S. J. | pages=530}}</ref> Wyoming was named after [[Wyoming County, Pennsylvania]], where some settlers had come from.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mangus|first1=Michael|last2=Herman|first2=Jennifer L.|title=Ohio Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bndxn4Qlt4EC&pg=PA584|year=2008|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-1-878592-68-2|page=584}}</ref> [[Robert Reily]] is considered the "Father of Wyoming" with men and women gathering at his home one week prior to the start of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] in 1861 choosing the name of the village - Wyoming, a Delaware Indian term meaning "large plains."<ref name=":0" />  In 1874, Wyoming officially became a Village with 600 residents; and in 1951, the Village incorporated as a city of over 5,000 persons, implementing the Council-Manager form of government.

Good transportation is an integral part of Wyoming's history and the leading reason for its prosperity.<ref name=":0" /> The city lies near the old pre-statehood road associated with [[Anthony Wayne]] that connected [[Cincinnati]] with locations farther north, such as [[Hamilton, Ohio|Fort Hamilton]] and [[Battle of Fallen Timbers|Fallen Timbers]]. Curves in the road were cut off in 1806 forming [[Ohio State Route 4|Springfield Pike]] through central Wyoming, later a toll road established by farmers Burns, Riddle, and Pendery of the Hamilton, Springfield, and Carthage Turnpike Company.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=McCauley |first=Jennifer |date=July 17, 1986 |title=The Historic Resources of Wyoming, Ohio |journal=National Register of Historic Places}}</ref> In 1828, another mode of transportation became significant in the [[Miami and Erie Canal]], built a short distance to the east. Railroads reached the city in 1851 with the construction of the [[Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)|Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad]] forming the border between Lockland and Wyoming.<ref name=":0" /> With wide adoption of automobiles in the early 20th century, the Wright Highway and Mill Creek Expressway eventually became [[Interstate 75 in Ohio|Interstate 75]] (I-75) by the mid-20th century to present, which primarily runs through the [[Ohio Department of Transportation]] [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]]; originally the Miami and Erie Canal and its [[Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal|locks]] east of Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hand |first=Greg |date=June 8, 2021 |title=17 Curious Facts About the Miami & Erie Canal |journal=Cincinnati Magazine}}</ref>

Because of Wyoming's proximity to the thriving 19th century industry in Lockland, its easy transportation to the booming city of Cincinnati during the [[Gilded Age]], and its pleasant scenery, many wealthy industrialists purchased local farms and built grand country houses.<ref name=":0" />

Over multiple generations, early farms subdivided and additional areas were annexed into the city forming a primarily residential, pedestrian-scale [[bedroom community]] with emphasis on its educational and community-oriented values, culture, and assets. Wyoming was the first community in the [[Ohio|State of Ohio]] to implement a systematic laying of concrete sidewalks.<ref name=":0" />

===Architecture & the 'Village Historic District'===
As Wyoming grew throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century, "The Village" and "Wyoming Hills" became distinctive areas of the community, unique in their architecture and topography.<ref name=":0" /> While brick is commonplace exterior for buildings in Southwestern Ohio, weatherboard siding and historic [[Victorian architecture]] is predominant in the [[Village Historic District]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Wyoming Historical Society |date=December 2018 |title=The Architecture of the Village Historic District |journal=Wyoming's Village Historic District Wyoming, Ohio}}</ref> The proximity of the lumber mills along the [[Miami and Erie Canal]] and influence of original settlers and neighboring communities created the distinct New England weatherboard character; with the most notable historic vista in the Village Historic District lying along Worthington Avenue just south of Wyoming Ave.<ref name=":0" />

In the early 1900s, proximity to the railroad lines added many [[Sears Modern Homes]] ("kit homes"), and other similar manufacturers, that shipped the building components via railroad [[boxcar]]s to be assembled on site, having been selected by owners through [[mail order]] catalog.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sidler |first=Scott |date=August 9, 2021 |title=The History of Sears Kit Homes |url=https://thecraftsmanblog.com/the-history-of-sears-kit-homes/}}</ref> These added homes generally were built on lots divided from the original and built between the Victorian houses.<ref name=":1" /> Other styles such as ranch homes, contemporary, mid-century modern, and others became prominent in the Wyoming Hills area as intensive suburban development occurred after World War II.<ref name=":1" />

The Wyoming Ohio Historical Society was formed in the early 1980s prior to establishment of the city's [[Village Historic District]] in 1986, listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It promotes historical research and preservation of Wyoming's heritage while operating the Wyoming History Museum. The district itself contains approximately three hundred 19th and early 20th century homes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wyoming Historical Society |date=2017 |title=A Walking Tour |journal=A Self-Guided Walk Through Wyoming's Historic Village District}}</ref>