After continued enrollment growth and repeated flooding along Alum Creek, the Board approved a 20-year plan for relocation.

A major path of the Underground Railroad ran along Alum Creek.

It flows south to eastern Delaware County and parallels Alum Creek.

The town officially changed its name to Alum Creek in 1910.

Its first church is thought to have been a Methodist church that was established on the east side of Alum Creek in approximately 1828.

Sometime near the year and 1840, family members built a mansion on the east side of Alum Creek.

Flooding also occurred along Alum Creek on the city's east side.

This mound builder culture constructed seven mounds along Alum Creek.

As a defensive measure during the War of 1812, local residents built four blockhouses in the area, including one on Alum Creek.

Alum Creek is a source of drinking water for the city of Westerville, Ohio.