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Rarden is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 159 at the 2010 census.

Rarden village overview:
Name:	Rarden village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Scioto County
Elevation:	620 ft (189 m)
Total Area:	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²)
Land Area:	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	146
Population Density:	688.68/sq mi (266.44/km²)
ZIP code:	45671
Area code:	740
FIPS code:	3965508
GNISfeature ID:	1061585

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History

The village was originally named “Moccasin” by early Pennsylvania settlers, and it originated in 1846. Orvil Grant (1835-1881), brother of Ulysses S. Grant, was an early settler of the town and named it Galena after the Grants’ family home in Galena, Illinois. The village was incorporated in 1886 and renamed in honor of an early settler, Thomas Ephrim Rarden. Five years later on January 10, 1891, Rarden Township became a separate entity from Brush Creek Township.

Rarden Volunteer Fire Department was established on Saturday, July 2nd, 1960. In 1976 it was incorporated in order to conduct bingo. It is controlled by the village council and the township trustees. George Beatty Syroney was the one that got the Rarden Volunteer Fire Department started.

A 22-room Victorian mansion was built in Rarden in 1899 by the owner of the Taylor Stone Company, Lafe Taylor, a businessman and political leader. Throughout the years, the house was used as a residence, hotel, boarding house, nursing home, and local haunted house attraction.