Editing Crestline, Ohio (section)

===Early history===
The [[Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad]], or the "Bee Line" as it was known then, predated Crestline. Since there was no town between [[Shelby, Ohio|Shelby]] and [[Galion]], it was decided that a station should be placed halfway for passenger convenience. The station was constructed where the line crossed the [[Leesville, Ohio|Leesville]] road.{{citation needed|date= June 2023}}

Crestline was [[plat]]ted in 1852.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=51|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=35}}</ref>  It was once thought to be the highest point in Ohio and was named from its high elevation.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-MyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA493 | title=History of Crawford County and Ohio | publisher=Baskin & Battey | year=1881 | pages=493}}</ref>

This station soon developed into a town, with a general store, post office, and a few homes. Early settlers in the village believed that the town was the [[continental divide|watershed]] of the state, where streams to the north emptied into Lake Erie and those to the south emptied into the Ohio River, thus the name Crest Line. The town was not directly on the watershed line (but rather just north of the divide), but the name stuck and eventually became one word.