Ridgeville Township was first settled in May, 1810, by settlers from Waterbury, Connecticut. The township was organized in 1813, and remained "Ridgeville Township" until 1958. However, the local post office was first called "North Ridgeville" in 1829.

The township's first permanent Towne Hall was a frame structure erected in about 1850 on the present site of the Old Towne Hall, on land leased from Levi W. Terrell, who lived in the house just west of the site.

On March of 1882 the citizens of the township decided to vote at the April election upon the question of whether to build a new, larger towne hall. The measure passed by a three-to one margin, and bids were received, with Elah Terrell (a Ridgeville native) and a Mr. Morris receiving the contract.