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Bellefontaine in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Bellefontaine

 
 
Bellefontaine Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 29, 2021
1. Bellefontaine Marker
Inscription. First concrete street in America built here in 1891
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society and Ohio Department of Highways.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
 
Location. 40° 22.821′ N, 83° 45.3′ W. Marker is in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in Logan County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 68) and U.S. 33, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1311 North Main Street, Bellefontaine OH 43311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest
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Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blair Casey Park (approx. half a mile away); Bellefontaine War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bellefontaine Vietnam Memorial (approx. one mile away); The Harley Long Building (approx. one mile away); Clarence L Knowlton Library (approx. 1.2 miles away); Powell Park, the Old Burial Ground (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Mills Brothers (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bellefontaine World War I Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bellefontaine.
 
Additional keywords. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio History Connection
 
Bellefontaine Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 29, 2021
2. Bellefontaine Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 348 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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