Crane Township celebrates bicentennial with large crowd
CRANE TOWNSHIP - The heat, humidity and insects couldn’t keep the crowd away from a celebration two hundred years in the making.
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Crane Township officials visit descendant of Township founder
On July 11, a small delegation from Crane Township traveled to Hillsdale, Michigan, to meet Louise Van Aken Worms, a great-great-great-granddaughter of Oliver Crane, the township’s namesake and one of its earliest settlers.
Oliver Crane historical sketch
Crane Township in Paulding County, Ohio, will celebrate its bicentennial in 2025. Local historians are aware the township was named for Oliver Crane in 1825, but until now very little was known about the man behind the name.