Samuel A. Glasford, whom arrived in Peoria County in 1842 from Ohio and was one of the early settlers of Timber Township, had the foresight to off lots where cornfields once stood. When the railroad was built by his farm residence, Mr. Glasford had the hindsight to realize Lancaster, Illinois would seek the railroad and laid out the town December 9, 1868, which became incorporated as a village in 1889.Glasford Gazette. The Birth of Glasford; History of Eighty Years Glasco would become a center of trade and population along the new route of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad, bringing many new settlers and stores to Glasco in 1868.
Samuel A. Glasford, whom arrived in Peoria County in 1842 from Ohio and was one of the early settlers of Timber Township, had the foresight to off lots where cornfields once stood. When the railroad was built by his farm residence, Mr. Glasford had the hindsight to realize Lancaster, Illinois would seek the railroad and laid out the town December 9, 1868 which became incorporated as a village in 1889.Glasford Gazette. The Birth of Glasford; History of Eighty Years Glasco would become a center of trade and population along the new route of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad, bringing many new settlers and stores to Glasco in 1868.