City of Sidney
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| 1820 | Chosen as County Seat for Shelby County |
| 1830 | * * POPULATION: 240 |
| 1834 | Incorporated as Village. |
| 1834. | * * POPULATION: 500 - 600 |
| 1837 | Canal opened through City. |
| 1856 | Railroads introduced. |
| 1865 | First Fire Department established. (Essentially a "bucket brigade")
After Water Works was built, improvements were made. |
| 1870 | * * POPULATION: 2,808 |
| 1873 | First waterworks in operation (mostly for fire protection). |
| 1877 | First sidewalks installed (some areas around town square). |
| 1887 | Natural gas introduced. |
| 1890 | Electric lights (usually 1 or 2 lights in businesses only) Residential lighting came later |
| 1892 | First telephones installed. |
| 1896 | First graded streets. |
| 1897 | Incorporated as a city. |
| 1900 | * * POPULATION: 5,688 |
| 1903 | Main, Ohio, Court, & Poplar streets paved. |
| 1903 | First sewers installed. |
| 1903 | Western Ohio Interurban Lines opened. (Closed in 1930's) |
| 1940 | New Municipal Building built. Previously City offices were housed in Monumental Building. |
| 1950 | All city streets have by now been paved. |
| 1956 | Charter government established. |
| 1957 | Income Tax approved. |
| 1990 | * * POPULATION: 18,710 |
| 2000 | * * POPULATION: 20,211 |