HEMLOCK - In 1872, a pioneer settler named Benjamin Sanders and an engineer named James Taylor, established the small mining town of Hemlock, Ohio. James Taylor discovered many coal fields in Perry County. This discovery led to the establishment of many mines, which in turn brought about coal furnaces and the construction of railroads throughout the county.  Hemlock was named for a grove of Hemlock trees that were growing there when the town was first established.

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(Source: Southern Perry Network)