Complex sentence: The current site of the village was formed in 1872 when George W. McCrumb donated land for a rail depot and Methodist Church, before which there had been a village of the same name a half mile west, that dated back to 1834.
Split into simpler sentences: The current site of the village was formed in 1872 when George W. McCrumb donated land for a rail depot and Methodist Church. Before that there had been a village of the same name a half mile west that dated back to 1834.