Vallonia is located in the valley of French Creek immediately above the mouth of Cussewago Creek. It was laid out about 1866 by Frederick W. Huidekoper, executor of Edward Huidekoper, deceased, and received its name from the tract of land upon which the village is located. A petition to incorporate Vallonia as a borough was filed in the Court of Quarter Sessions April 17, 1868. It was approved by the grand jury, and confirmed by the court June 11, 1868. The first election was held June 3, 1868, at which T. J. Colwood received 23 votes for Burgess and George McBride, 15; T. Rowin 24 votes for Justice of the Peace and T. Watson 15. The population in 1870 was 462 and in 1880, 528. Vallonia owes its institution and growth to the railroad shops of Meadville. About two-thirds of the citizens of the village are employes of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Company. Among the first residents were William Hotchkiss, Theodore Koehler, H. J. West and Adam Steel. William Hotchkiss opened the first and only store, on Wadsworth Street, north of Race, about 1868. About six years later he sold to E. H. Langford, and in 1875 the building was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt by William Hotchkiss and mercantile business was resumed by J. S. Hotchkiss & Brother, the present proprietors. The only industry is a distillery at present operated by H. E. Wilson, started in 1870 by Peiffer & Richards, and owned successively by quite a number of firms. A postoffice was established in 1876. J. S. Hotchkiss was the first and present Postmaster. A frame, one-story schoolhouse was built about 1868 on Columbia Avenue, occupying Lots 39 and 20 of Block H. An addition has since been made and the school now consists of two apartments. The only church edifice is Mission Chapel, a branch of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Meadville. It is located east of Wadsworth Street near the bank of French Creek and was erected in 1881 at a cost of $1,400 during the rectorship of Rev. G. A. Carstensen. Twelve or fourteen familes of this denomination reside in Vallonia. They worship regularly in Christ Church and only occasional services are held in Mission Chapel.