History of Sherwood
Sherwood village was first platted on land belonging ot E. F. Hazen and called Hazenville
for a time. The occasion for the founding of the village was the establishment of a station
on the Air Line Railroad which began to operate trains in 1870. It was incorporated as a
village in 1887. A post office was established in 1871 with Jerome J. Studley as the first
postmaster.
Quoted from the Greater Coldwater Centennial souvenir historical program, 1961, page
99-with thanks to Judith Weeks Ancell.
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