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Piper City is a village in Ford County that was laid out in 1867 by Samuel Cross of New York and William A. Piper of Philadelphia, and its original plat was named Brenton before the town took Piper's name because of his extensive land holdings in the area.

Piper City grew up as a station on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, which had been completed about ten years before the town was founded, and its first store was opened by John Allen and W. C. Jones in the summer of 1867.

Piper City has long been an important grain shipping point for the rich agricultural land of the 'panhandle' of Ford County.

The 2020 census counted 745 people in Piper City, living in 398 households, with 357 housing units packed into the village's 0.56 square miles.

Piper City's population peaked at 905 in 1980, up from just 302 people in its first census count in 1870, before easing back to 745 by 2020.

When residents learned in 1924 that the new highway soon to be known as U.S. Route 24 would pass a quarter mile south of town, Piper City sent a delegation to the governor to protest, but the effort failed and the highway bypassed the village.

The Piper City Journal, the village newspaper, was started by B. W. Kensey in 1887 and has chronicled the community ever since.

Piper City's early churches reflect its settler-era growth - a Presbyterian church was established in 1869, followed by a Catholic church in 1880 and a Methodist church in 1881.

Major League pitcher Elmer Koestner, who played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds, was born in Piper City.

According to NOAA climate normals, Piper City averages about 44.4 inches of precipitation and roughly 24.7 inches of snow a year, with July afternoons averaging near 88 degrees Fahrenheit and January nights averaging near 16 degrees.