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Near Colton in Henry County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial

 
 
Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 7, 2021
1. Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory
Of Our
Heroes
1861-1865

Post 201 / W.R.D. 201


 
Erected by Post 201, W.R.D. 201.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 28.369′ N, 83° 56.468′ W. Memorial is near Colton, Ohio, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of County Route 4 and County Route V, on the right when traveling north on County Route 4. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Liberty Center OH 43532, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Texas Veterans Memorial (approx.
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3.1 miles away); Mount Pleasant Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); James Durbin (approx. 3.4 miles away); Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Liberty Center (approx. 3.8 miles away); Laskey Family Hickory Grove (approx. 3.8 miles away); Fredrick Steward Memorial Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); Site of Rice Lock 42 (approx. 4 miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Oak Tree (was approx. 3.7 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
More about this memorial. Located in the Heath-Colton Cemetery.
 
Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 17, 2018
2. Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial
Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 17, 2018
3. Heath-Colton G.A.R. Civil War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 337 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on May 7, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 6, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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