Sherwood

History

The community was originally called Hazenville when it was formed from the farmland of E. F. Hazen in 1832. When a post office began operating on March 8, 1833, it was named Durham. It was ultimately renamed to Sherwood on June 10, 1839. It was named after one of the first settlers, Alexander Tomlinson, who came from Sherwood Forest, England. The Sherwood post office closed on December 4, 1866. The nearby Newstead post office, which was established in early 1867, was transferred here and took over the Sherwood name on April 16, 1868. The Michigan Central Railroad built a line through the community in 1871. Sherwood incorporated as a village in 1887. On May 7 2024 a Tornado Emergency was issued for the area and a EF2 Tornado came through.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. The St. Joseph River flows just northwest of the village boundaries.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,191
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  948
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  921
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  866
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  860
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  850
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  760
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  735

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-12-29
  1 km SSE of Hicksville, Ohio
• M 3.3 — 2015-06-30
  5 km NNE of Burlington, Michigan
• M 4.2 — 2015-05-02
  5 km S of Galesburg, Michigan
• M 3 — 2012-01-26
  5 km NE of Topeka, Indiana