A ldenia, north of Evansburg, was laid out in the spring of 1828, by Rev. Timothy Alden, on part of a 200-acre tract
purchased by him from Henry Reier, in 1818.  The original plat contained ninety-five lots, a hollow square and a public common,
and was acknowledged October 17, 1828.  Winthrop, Thomas and Bentley Streets extended north and south; Clinton, Hosack, North
Lake, South Lake and Line Streets, east and west.  Isaiah Alden, brother of the founder, settled on the site of the prospective
village, but it did not prosper, and in a few years was forgotten.