Place:Sunbury, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Jacob Beard and Daniel Gunckel, Sr., as proprietors laid out the town of Sunsbury, March 18, 1825. It was at the "cross roads" leading to Dayton, Cincinnati and Lebanon, and there were three gristmills, six sawmills, and a carding machine within a mile and a half of the town. Sunsbury is separated from Germantown by a space of about a half a mile, being situated on the Carlisle and Germantown pike. It contains only about forty dwellings and has little prospect of growth. Though not platted as early as Germantown, it was a neighborhood center from the earliest days of German township.

J.P. Hentz, in 1882, described Sunsbury this way: Sunsbury is but a small village of about forty dwellings; is separated from Germantown by a space of about a quarter of a mile, and is located directly south of the latter town, on the Carlisle & Germantown pike. It is a very old place, being the first point settled in German Township, and for a number of years was the only village or place of business in the Twin Valley. It was not, however, platted until March 18, 1825, according to the county records. Its people form, to some extent, a community by themselves, yet their interests are largely identified with those of the people of Germantown, and, though small in size and population, some of the most prominent men in the township have lived here, such as the Emericks, Catrows and Liggets. It has never given much prospect of growth, and to-day has no more houses than it had forty years ago, and is beginning to show its age by its external appearance.

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