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Swanton in Fulton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Swanton

Corporation Limit Marker

 
 
Swanton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 12, 2020
1. Swanton Marker
Inscription. Home of A.D. Baker inventor & builder of Baker Steam Engines
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceRailroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 41° 34.756′ N, 83° 54.388′ W. Marker is in Swanton, Ohio, in Fulton County. It is on West Airport Highway (Alternate U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Holiday Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 441 W Airport Hwy, Swanton OH 43558, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. 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, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Swanton Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Swanton Civil War Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); Swanton Remembers (approx. one mile away); Swanton Ohio Viet Nam Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Swanton American Legion Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); Ohio Buckeye (approx. 1.2 miles away); Eastern White Pine (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Swanton (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Swanton.
 
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Swanton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 12, 2020
2. Swanton Marker
Swanton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 12, 2020
3. Swanton Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   3. submitted on October 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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