1806
Part of Olmsted Township in the western reserve.

1807
Original survey taken by a man named Lacey who was employed by the Connecticut Land Company. Renamed Plum Creek Township.

1815
Renamed Kingston Township - David Johnson Stearns, the first permanent settler in the northern portion of Olmsted arrived.

1820
Old Native American wigwams still standing in area (Seneca and Wyandot).

1821
Isaac Scales buried in Butternut Ridge Cemetery (first person).

1823
Renamed Lenox Township (became a civil township at that time) initial settlement of Coe Ridge.

1827
First political officers were established.

1829
Elias Frost opened a postal station in his home which he called Frostville (because there was already a post office by the name of Lenox in Ohio).

Charles Hyde Olmsted donated 500 books to the town, in return the town adopted the name Olmsted (named after his father, Aaron Olmsted of Hartford, Connecticut, the original business investor).

1830
First election held under the name of Olmsted Township.

1831
Construction began on N.O. Congregational Church on Lorain Road on the land donated by Alvah Stearns.

1835
Butternut Ridge Cemetery established.

1843
Land donated by Coe's for the first Coe School.

Native Americans and settlers signed a treaty in Sandusky that stated that the Native Americans would move to land across from the Mississippi River.

1846
First newspaper published in the area - Olmsted Falls titled the "True Democrat".

1847
Universalist Church built at Porter/Lorain/Butternut Ridge Road intersection. It is the oldest church in North Olmsted and was moved to Porter Road in 1963. It was also used as a station in the Underground Railroad.