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Galion in Crawford County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Lincoln Highway Marker

 
 
Lincoln Highway Marker Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 5, 2021
1. Lincoln Highway Marker Marker
Inscription. Replica marker commemorating the Lincoln Highway which passed through Galion from 1913 to 1921. Known here at that time as Lincoln Way West and East.

The Galion Area Betterment Commission
 
Erected by The Galion Area Betterment Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Lincoln Highway series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
 
Location. 40° 44.031′ N, 82° 47.39′ W. Marker is in Galion, Ohio, in Crawford County. It is on Harding Way W, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Galion OH 44833, 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 Territory.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Galion Veterans Memorial / Flag Plaza (approx. Ό mile away); Big Four Depot (approx. 0.3 miles away); Crestline PRR Roundhouse (approx. 4 miles away); To the Memory of Colonel Wm. Crawford (approx. 4.4 miles away); Crestline War Memorial (approx. 4½ miles away); Crestline Community Service Center (approx. 4½ miles away); Harding Birthplace (approx. 4½ miles away); J. F. McMahon - A. F. Bement (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Galion.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. U.S.S. Constitution Cannon (was approx. 2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Lincoln Highway Marker Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 5, 2021
2. Lincoln Highway Marker Marker
Lincoln Highway Marker Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 5, 2021
3. Lincoln Highway Marker Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 10, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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