The Town Plat

Lebanon was laid out in September of 1802 by four pioneer settlers. Cradled by the forks of Turtle Creek, 100 lots were carved out of the wild, primitive forest. At the time, there were only two cabins in the plat. The boundaries were what are now Silver, South, Water, and the alley between Cherry and East Streets.

Two Hollywood Movies were filmed here...Harper Valley PTA in 1977 and Milk Money in 1993.

Distinguished citizen Tom Corwin served as Ohio's Governor in 1840.  In addition he served as a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Treasury Secretary, and Minister to Mexico.

Ohio's oldest weekly newspaper "The Western Star" was first published in Lebanon in 1807.

The Harner Sisters are buried in Pioneer Cemetery.  The four sisters all died instantly when lightening struck their home in 1844.

This fountain is given to the people of Lebanon in loving memory of our parents Aulbin and Helen Louise Hedges by Jackson C. and Wanda K. Hedges.

The first and largest western Shaker village was settled in 1805, five miles west of town.

A living Christmas gift to the citizens of Lebanon from John and Kathi McComb.

Lebanon is home to the first school built in the Miami Valley. The school was built in 1797 by future Judge Francis Dunlavy.

Icabod Corwin was Lebanon's first settler in March 1796.  He built his cabin one half mile north on Turtle Creek.

City of Lebanon Christmas Tree Park.

The Town Square

Only Broadway and Main were named on the original 1802 map of Lebanon. Broadway was 1 1/2 times wider so stagecoaches could turn around. The four lots at the intersection were set aside as the town square. Today two of the lots are parks and the other two are Lebanon's city hall and public library.