View of "New Osborn" Neighborhood in Fairborn, Ohio

Founded in 1851, Osborn was a railroad village situated along the Mad River in northern Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio. Unfortunately, its position left it vulnerable to flooding. After the devastating flood of spring 1913, state officials created the Miami Conservancy District to oversee a host of river improvement projects in the Great Miami watershed, including the construction of new dams. The MCD decided that Osborn had to go, but not before allowing local officials and residents to hatch a grand scheme: moving the town.

Unlike most town "moves" spurred by flood control projects (*cough* Shawneetown, Illinois *cough*), the moving of Osborn actually involved the moving of Osborn. Buildings from the old village site were brought to the nearby town of Fairfield and plopped down within a new street grid laid out on the eastern side of the community. The new Osborn reincorporated as a village separate from Fairfield—an arrangement that lasted until 1950, when the two governments decided to merge, and the resulting city was christened Fairborn.

Taken in: United States / Ohio / Bath Township / Fairborn (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1924

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