A Federal grant was made to these two men In 1801. consisting of the land on which the greater part of Cambridge now stands. In the years that followed. this area saw many changes. The land changed ownership. shifted counties and was laid out. plotted and sold to emigrants who came over from the Isle of Guernsey. after whom Guernsey County was named when it was formed In A man by the name of Jacob Gomber. who owned half of the 4.000 acres on which Cambridge was originally laid out. was responsible for establishing the first industrial plant In Cambridge. a mill which provided the settlers with meal for bread and lumber for their homes. In 1937. with just over 500 people living in Cambridge. the village was Incorporated.
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