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Walnut Creek (AKA New Carlisle)

Situated in eastern Holmes County, Walnut Creek was surveyed and laid out in 1827. Early businesses included a hotel, blacksmith and carpenter shops, a tin shop and a warehouse. There was also a tannery and leather shop, a wagon shop, a cooper shop, and a place for making coffins. Walnut Creek also had saloons, the scenes of many fights. It is important to note that the first building in Holmes County, specifically designed and built for school purposes in the county, was erected in the Walnut Creek area in 1815.

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