Rarden is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 146 at the 2020 census. The village was originally named "Moccasin" by early Pennsylvania settlers, and it originated in 1846. Orvil Grant, brother of Ulysses S. Grant, was an early settler of the town and named it Galena after the Grants' family home in Galena, Illinois. The village w…Rarden is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 146 at the 2020 census. The village was originally named "Moccasin" by early Pennsylvania settlers, and it originated in 1846. Orvil Grant, brother of Ulysses S. Grant, was an early settler of the town and named it Galena after the Grants' family home in Galena, Illinois. The village was incorporated in 1886 and renamed in honor of an early settler, Thomas Ephrim Rarden. Five years later on January 10, 1891, Rarden Township became a separate entity from Brush Creek Township.
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