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

Fostoria

 
 
Fostoria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 25, 2022
1. Fostoria Marker
Inscription. Home of Charles Foster Congressman, 35th Ohio Governor and Secretary of the Treasury
 
Erected by Ohio Department Of Highways, The Ohio Historical Society, Earl Ash.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 41° 10.458′ N, 83° 25.432′ W. Marker is in Fostoria, Ohio, in Wood County. It is on McCutcherville Road (Ohio Route 199) 0.2 miles south of Lester, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1302 Perrysburg Rd, Fostoria OH 44830, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Friction Mill #1 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Risdon Square (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial Flagpole (approx. 0.8 miles away); "Lest We Forget" (approx. 0.8 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fostoria Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. Wendelin Parish's Cross (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fostoria.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Fostoria, Ohio (was approx. Ό mile away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Fostoria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 25, 2022
2. Fostoria Marker
Fostoria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 25, 2022
3. Fostoria Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 6, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 6, 2026