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Hilliard in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum

 
 
N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2008
1. N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum Marker
Inscription.
Incorporated Nov. 11, 1966
Founding trustees:
Bassel L. Johnson Pres.
Eldon M. Schatz V. Pres.
Mildred Hart Treas.
Raymond K. Bradley
Delmar J. Kunz
James D. Knick
Ruth E. Mast
Richard L. Kuhn
Lester T. Porter
Mary Weaver Miller Sec'y
 
Erected by N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationRailroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is October 11, 1738.
 
Location. 40° 2.157′ N, 83° 9.359′ W. Marker is in Hilliard, Ohio, in Franklin County. It can be reached from Columbia Street. Marker is on the grounds of the Franklin County Fairgrounds, in historical village, about 300 feet from the intersection of Hilliard-Rome Road and Avery Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hilliard OH 43026, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hilliard Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Red House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Samuel Davis House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Scioto Trail (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bill Moose [Crowfoot] (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bill Moose Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); James J. Thomas Park (approx. 3.7 miles away); Field of Corn (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hilliard.
 
N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum Village and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2008
2. N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum Village and Marker
Hilliard Railroad Depot Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2008
3. Hilliard Railroad Depot Marker
C & O Caboose image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2008
4. C & O Caboose
C & O Caboose Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2008
5. C & O Caboose Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,202 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 26, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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