Not completely a ghost town, Eden might show up on selective maps, but NOT on Google Maps. It’s hard for anyone to find if they don’t know where to look.
Eden is located between Mason & Leslie, just east of the Barnes Road exit. It lies in Vevay Township, the signs of which most of us have seen. The township was surveyed in 1824, 1825 and 1826, thus beginning the history of Eden.
Why was this village called “Eden”? Because the area was considered to be beautiful, almost like their own “Garden of Eden.”
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Business did well in Eden; they had their own blacksmith shop, church, general store, post office, railroad station, school and shoe store…..plus two grain elevators were built to accommodate the huge demand for buying and shipping…