In 1851, due to there already being another town in Ohio named Pleasant Valley, the town changed its name to Plain City. From 1832 to 1851, there were six additions to the town limits. In 1823, the previous survey was resurveyed, additional territory was incorporated, and the town's name was changed from Westminster to Pleasant Valley. In 1820, when Union County was formed, the county line was moved to the middle of Westminster. At the time, Westminster lay wholly within Darby Township in Madison County. He hired a surveyor named David Chapman, and laid out the town of Westminster on June 11, 1818. He returned in 1817, and settled in the Pleasant Valley area in 1818. In 1814, Isaac Bigelow travelled to the area from Centre County, Pennsylvania, to pay for land purchased from his uncle, then returned to Pennsylvania to study medicine with his father. This name remained in use into the 20th century, appearing in the Ohio Guide of the late Depression era. After 1795, as white settlers began moving into the region, the area around present-day Plain City was referred to as Pleasant Valley.
Until about 1800, the Ohio Country was inhabited by Mingo and Wyandot Indians, and there was an Indian village just north of present-day Plain City. History Downtown Plain City, 1906 Dedication of flag pole, 1917 The population was 4,065 at the 2020 census. Plain City is a village in Madison and Union counties in the U.S.
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