Booktown, Sandusky County, Ohio

 Lying at the junction of Muskellunge Creek and the Sandusky River, about four miles below Fremont, Ohio in Sandusky Township on State Route 53, is Booktown. It began as a shipping port where lumber and barrel staves were shipped to cities and towns along the Lake Erie shoreline and across Lake Erie to New York ports.  Legend has it that the name derived from the German name Buck (pronounced "Book" in German) who were among the  earliest settlers in the area.  They established a store and a post office.  A thriving sawmill also existed.  Several ships, including the Tindall were built at Booktown. 

As the region's supply  of lumber began to die out, shipping down the Muskellunge to the Sandusky River declined. In 1896, a tornado destroyed property in the area, including the store of Adam Engler.  By the 1930s, Herman Buck, the Englers, and the Logsdon, Huffman, and Fishers were the only remaining families in  the Booktown area.   Businesses consisted of a single garage, a convenience store and gas station owned by Bob and Orlena Fisher. The Disappearance of Booktown, Ohio: An Historical, Personal, and Environmental Perspective by Harold "Corky" Logsdon provides an excellent in-depth study of this once thriving village along the Sandusky River.