Cedarville is a village of 750. As the birthplace of Jane Addams, first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and founder of Chicago's Hull-House, we have a large exhibit on the Addams family, including her father, a state senator and personal friend of Lincoln. In addition we have other permanent and changing local exhibits. This year we started a series of publically-attended programs on local history. We sponsor several village festivals each year.

The Cedarville Area Historical Society with its attendant museum was formed in 1975 as part of the U.S. bicentennial. The museum was originally located in the village's nineteenth century jail; however, in June of 2005 the museum was relocated to the 1889 Cedarville School, a building that had been unused since 1967. Restoring the two-story, four room brick building is an ongoing operation. Only the first floor is usuable at the present time; work will start on the second floor in 2006.