Beaver Dam
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Named for an unusually large dam made by beavers across a nearby stream. First settlers came in 1798 and founded the first Baptist Church here, in year Ohio County formed. Town incorporated, 1873. In early times, area was covered by canebrakes and inhabited by bear, deer and buffalo. Pioneers enroute to Ohio River followed buffalo trace from area as early as 1797.
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