History: 

In 1808, a treaty was signed granting the right-of-way for the Western Reserve and Maumee Turnpike. During the War of 1812, General William Henry Harrison cut a trail along the line from Perrysburg to Fremont. This trail later became knows as the "McPherson Highway" (U.S. Route 20) and is now a part of the Yellowstone route from Boston to Yellowstone National Park.

Woodville's first white settler was Thomas Miller, who made the first clearing and built a log cabin in 1826. The Village of Woodville was named after Amos E. Wood, who, with George H. Price, platted it in 1836. Mr. Wood was later elected to Congress but died before his arrival in Washington. The Township of Woodville was created in 1840. During the period between the 1830's and the 1870's, a large number of German immigrants moved into the area. With them came settlers from Pennsylvania and other eastern states. Part of an area known as the "Black Swamp" was transformed by the settlers into its present state prosperity.