Sugar Ridge in Wood County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Farrowing House

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 12, 2021

1. Farrowing House Marker

Inscription. Separated sows from other hogs as they gave birth and nursed their piglets.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals.

Location. 41° 25.163′ N, 83° 35.513′ W. Marker is in Sugar Ridge, Ohio, in Wood County. It is on Carter Road (County Road 8) south of Simonds Road (County Road 249), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18331 Carter Rd, Bowling Green OH 43402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp,

in the Till Plains,

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Grain Barn (within shouting distance of this marker); Carter Family Home (within shouting distance of this marker); First Seventh-Day Adventist Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Sugar Ridge Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Bowen-Thompson Quadrangle (approx. 3.9 miles away); Frank J. Prout Chapel (approx. 3.9 miles away); Ridge School 1886-2013 (approx. 4.1 miles away); In Memory of Lieut. Wilson W. Brown / The Andrews Raiders (approx. 4.1 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. General Hull's Trail (was approx. 4.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 12, 2021

2. Farrowing House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 236 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.