Settlers arrived in the area as early as 1817. The location was at the crossroads of a north-south road (from Columbus, OhioColumbus to Sandusky, OhioPortland) and the east-west route that later became (part of) the Lincoln Highway. The name Galion was suggested in 1824 by a postmaster as a unique name when the city first obtained a U.S. Postal Servicepost office, because the name that was originally proposed would have duplicated the names of other requested Ohio post offices. It is not known for certain whether the name was intended to have any particular meaning otherwise, although several possible etymologies have been posited. A date often given for the founding of the city is 1831. Galion was also home to Bishop William Montgomery Brown, a Catholic Bishop who was tried by the church and convicted of heresy. Brown was, according to his obituary, "the first Bishop of his communion to be tried for heresy since the Reformation, and the first of any creed in America to be disposed for heretical teachings." His house, the Brownella Cottage, is the central location of the Galion Historical Society. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galion%2C_Ohio