An earlier settler by the name of Jones had arrived in 1836 with his wife, but did not remain in the area.

Halbert had arrived in 1841 and married one of Terrill's daughters and carried out some trade at the Corners.

[7] [8] Jacob Showerman had been to the area in 1836 looking for land and found only Jones in section 1.

Showerman entered a claim for 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land in section 22 and returned in 1839 with Eleazer Brown and their families.

The twenty people in the four families passed four weeks together until a path to Showerman's property could be cut.

Goddard followed in 1844 and worked a year and a half to repay Weld before settling on 80 acres (320,000 m2) in section 32.

[11] [12] A post office named "Sebewa" was established on January 24, 1851, with Benjamin Weld as the first postmaster.

15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.