Area Information
History: The area’s first settlers were mainly Scot-Irish with a few German and Swiss, who settled into the area in the 1730s. During the colonial era, the Greencastle-Antrim area was a part of the still-young frontier. Settlers, most of whom were looking for religious freedom, were attracted to this area because of its fertile soil.
Antrim Township was created in 1741. At that time, the township included most of what is present day Franklin County.
Following the Revolutionary War, John Allison, a colonel in the Cumberland County militia and veteran of the war, founded Greencastle in 1782.

Old Home Week is the longest running reunion in the United States and dates back to 1901 when Philip Baer wrote a letter to the newspapers in town asking for their help to get people interested in organizing an Old Boys’ Reunion in August of 1902. In April of 1902 the program was announced for the first Old Boys’ Reunion that would be held August 10 to 20, 1902.
Resources: Greenvillde Chamber of Commerce

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