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The Ohio Legislature directed that a county seat for Allen County be established and this was done April 20, 1831. The town was named after Lima, Peru, the source of the "quinine bark" used for the treatment of "swamp fever" or malaria in pioneer days. [ Source: http://www.cityhall.lima.oh.us/admin/history.htm ]
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