HISTORICAL  FACTS

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February 2010

The Lenzburg fire department purchased their first truck in March 1890.  It was a hook & ladder truck.  Street lights were installed in 1894.  George Nelson was given fifty cents a night to take carae of them.

The village park was created in 1894.  and rural Free Mail Delivery began in 1899 with George Teter as the first carrier. 

January 2010

The first railroad through Lenzburg was built in 1870 by the Cairo Short Line.  The first doctor was Dr. Miles Hughes in 1876. Lenzburg was not incorporated until Jan. 1884 and a constitution & by-laws was adopted after three readings.   The first mayor was Herman Heinecke in 1884. The original town had a hotel-store-tavern owned by Adam Metzler, a blacksmith shop operated by Christian Steinheimer, a saw mill, brewery and soda works.  Later a dance hall and saloon by Louis Lehr, and Peter J. Dreher’s Store.

December 2009

The first railroad through Lenzburg was built in 1870 by the Cairo Short Line.  The first doctor was Dr. Miles Hughes in 1876. Lenzburg was not incorporated until Jan. 1884 and a constitution & by-laws was adopted after three readings.   The first mayor was Herman Heinecke in 1884. The original town had a hotel-store-tavern owned by Adam Metzler, a blacksmith shop operated by Christian Steinheimer, a saw mill, brewery and soda works.  Later a dance hall and saloon by Louis Lehr, and Peter J. Dreher’s Store.

November 2009

A Scotchman named Kirkwood was claimed to have been the first preacher who resided in Athens Precinct.  He was an Old School Presbyterian and preached in his house to his neighbors who came to hear him.  Prior to this there had only been occasional services by traveling preachers.

The current village of Lenzburg was at one time two villages about one half mile apart. The village Lenzburg was laid off on Nov 7, 1862 by T. A. Schneider in the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of section 7, T3S, R6W, and was named by Peter Baumann who had come from Lenzburg Switzerland. 

Lenzburg Station was laid off by P. J. Dreher on Oct. 4, 1876 and located in the SE ¼ of the  NE  ¼ of section 12, T3S, R7W, and contained 81 lots.   

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