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Sylvania Recreation company history timeline

1833

Judge William Wilson and General David White founded Sylvania in 1833, just 30 years after Ohio became a state.

1834

Since the first school was built in 1834, Sylvania has provided the community with an excellent school system including St Francis Education Center, St Joseph Elementary School, Hebrew Academy of Toledo and the First Apostolic Christian Academy.

1835

On February 23, 1835, the Ohio Legislature passed an Act to create the Township of Sylvania, still part of Wood County at this time.

On April 6, 1835, the first meeting to establish Sylvania Township.

1836

Sylvania was founded in July 1836 and has a current population of approximately 19,100 people.

1916

The Franciscan Center is a nonprofit presenting organization which extends the social and educational ministries of the Sisters of St Francis who first came to Sylvania o n December 8, 1916 from Minnesota.

1928

That there was an H.W. Comstock Fertilizer Company? It was the largest fertilizer distributor in Lucas County in 1928.

1930

About a year after the Sisters arrived they moved to an 89-acre farm in Sylvania, which progressed into the founding of the Sylvania Franciscans in 1930.

1962

One of the Park District Commissioners, Milton Olander, died in 1962 before completion of the park.

1963

In 1963, Olander Park (olanderpark.com) opened and was named in his memory.

2010

The museum opens on show nights at 5 p.m., as of April 2010.

2020

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