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Belle Valley in Noble County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Claude L. Wilson

Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department

 
 
Claude L. Wilson Belle Valley VFD Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008
1. Claude L. Wilson Belle Valley VFD Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of Claude L. Wilson for his many years of community service
35 years as Belle Valley Fire Chief
24 years on Belle Valley Council
 
Erected by Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work.
 
Location. 39° 47.386′ N, 81° 33.23′ W. Marker is in Belle Valley, Ohio, in Noble County. It is on Main Street (Ohio Route 821) near Interstate 77, on the right when traveling west. Fire Department is fifty feet west of the I-77 southbound exit ramp to Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belle Valley OH 43717, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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, 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: Exhaltation/Elevation of the Holy Cross Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Gray (approx. 1.8 miles away); Crash of the USS Shenandoah / Lighter-Than-Air Flight (approx. 3 miles away); VFW Post #4721 Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); VFW Post 4721 (approx. 3½ miles away); U.S.S. Shenandoah (approx. 3½ miles away); Wreckage Site Number 1 of the U.S. Navy Airship Shenandoah
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(approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named U.S.S. Shenandoah (approx. 3½ miles away).
 
Belle Valley VFD and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008
2. Belle Valley VFD and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,289 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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