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Early FoundationsThe County of Van Wert is named after a Revolutionary War hero, Isaac Van Wart. A mistake by those preparing the act of legislation to name the County made the spelling appear erroneously as Van Wert, and the new spelling has endured. Van Wert County was first settled in 1821 by former sea captain James Riley. Riley moved his family to a plot of land he purchased along the St.
