Known earlier as Bluckstettel (log village) and Musselman's Mills, the settlement was renamed Conestogo in 1852. The name originated from the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (There were several spellings of the name, but the one ending in "o" became official.) In 1844, David Musselman dammed the Conestoga River and built the first flour mill, and the second sawmill in the area.
