Piqua in Miami County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Forest Hill Union Cemetery

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 6, 2009

1. Forest Hill Union Cemetery Marker

Inscription. On March 20, 1868, the Ohio General Assembly passed a revision to the Ohio Revised Code allowing for a municipality and a township to join together in purchasing land for a shared cemetery. On April 24, 1868, the Washington Township Trustees passed a resolution creating Forest Hill Union Cemetery. This cemetery was to be shared with the City of Piqua and became the first mutual cemetery between a municipality and a township in Ohio.

Erected 2007 by Miami County Milestones Committee, Piqua Community Foundation, The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 14-55.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1825.

Location. 40° 9.91′ N, 84° 15.351′ W. Marker is in Piqua, Ohio, in Miami County. It is on Broadway Riverside Drive (Ohio Route 66), on the left when traveling north. Marker is just south of the cemetery office. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8660 State

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Route 66, Piqua OH 45356, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro,

in the Miami Valley,

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 walking distance of this marker: Piqua (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Silent Witness (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Piqua Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away); Honor Log (about 400 feet away); William H. Pitsenbarger (about 400 feet away); Airman First Class Pitsenbarger (about 400 feet away); Piqua's Vietnam Home Front / William H. Pitsenbarger (about 400 feet away); Tuskegee Airmen Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Piqua.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 6, 2009

2. Forest Hill Union Cemetery Marker

Forest Hill Union Cemetery Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 6, 2009

3. Forest Hill Union Cemetery Office

Forest Hill Union Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 6, 2009

4. Forest Hill Union Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,588 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 17, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.