About the City

As part of the newly formed Moraine Development Company owned by Adam Schantz, Colonel Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering, the

Construction began in 1835 and was completed in 1845 beginning in Toledo and ending in Cincinnati creating a water route

The Ohio Electric Railway Company was an interurban system formed in 1907 and ran from Toledo to Cincinnati until 1927

In 1848, early settler Jacob Hammel purchased a canal boat, trafficked on the Miami & Erie Canal for three months

In the 1820’s during a hike from Urbana to Cincinnati, John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman planted a grove of apple trees

The Pinnacles, formerly located just west of here, consisted of a gorge with unique large boulders created during the ice

The area now known as the City of Moraine was so named because of the vast amounts of sand and

Historical Markers The City of Moraine has a rich history from Johnny Appleseed to the Wright Brothers. Moraine Historical Markers