Bolivar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Bolivar

Corporation Limit Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 24, 2020

1. Bolivar Marker

Inscription. Named for Simon Bolivar, South American liberator. Site of Ohio's only American Revolutionary Fort, 1778

Erected by Ohio Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1778.

Location. 40° 39.217′ N, 81° 27.7′ W. Marker is in Bolivar, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. It is at the intersection of Poplar Street (Ohio Route 212) and Delaware Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 519 Poplar Street, Bolivar OH 44612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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,

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the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Treaty of Greene Ville (approx. 0.9 miles away); Christian Frederick Post (approx. one mile away); Fort Laurens Continental Outpost of the Ohio Frontier / Survival on the Frontier (approx. one mile away); Fort Laurens (approx. one mile away); Unknown Soldier (approx. one mile away); In Commemoration of Our Patriot Ancestors (approx. 1.1 miles away); Welcome to Ft. Laurens (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bolivar.

Other markers no longer nearby. Cemetery (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Blockhouse (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Barracks (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Excavation (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Hospital (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Northwest Bastion (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Tomb (was approx. one mile

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 24, 2020

2. Bolivar Marker

away but has been permanently removed); Introduction (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed); Canal (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 694 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.