1900

• Population of 1,476

1904

• Knight of Pythias Hall constructed

1906

• Somerville is considered “quite a business center” (Centennial History of Butler County)

1907

• A cyclone strikes Darrtown

1910

• Milford becomes a “dry” township, no longer allowed to sell alcohol

​1938

• Darrtown High School closes

1941 

• Darrtown Telephone Company sold to the Oxford Standard Telephone Company 

1954 

• Ohio Department of Education created the Talawanda School District

1955 

• Walter Alston managed the Brooklyn Dodgers to their first World Series Championship

1956

• Darrtown community dedicated the Veterans' Memorial in the village square

1959

• Ed Schneider and his wife, Helen (Grebner) Schneider, opened the Golden Key in 1959

1973

• Butler County Commissioners named the intersection of Rt. 177 & Rt. 73 as "Davis Corner"

1976

• Walter Alston retired as Manager of the Los Angles Dodgers, after 23 seasons, which included seven National League pennants and four World Series championships

1977

• Joe and Janet Pater created Jaco Waterproofing. Other ventures followed, including Jaco Communications, Jaco Coatings, and Kellin, Inc.

2000

• Darrtown community dedicated the Walter "Smokey" Alston Memorial in village square 

2010

• Darrtown community honored veterans with a ceremony at the Darrtown Cemetery
• ​Don Beckett inducted into Butler County Softball Hall of Honor

2012

• Darrtown Bicentennial Steering Committee organized

2014

• Darrtown Veterans Memorial officially dedicated

2016

• Residents gather for 100-year celebration of Somerville School
• Somerville votes to dissolve into Milford Township

2021

• Collinsville Grange donates US flag to Milford Township Memorial Park

2024

• ​Collinsville Grange Brings Home Two State Awards: “Granger of the Year" and "Spotlight on Service"

The Hitching Post, 1957.

1930 Plat Map, Milford Township

Somervile Fire Dept., 1964.

2014 article of the tank being placed at Darrtown Veterans Memorial.