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Marysville in Union County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Site of Union County's Block House

 
 
Site of Union County's Block House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 13, 2013
1. Site of Union County's Block House Marker
Inscription. Erected 1812 in defense of settlers against Shawnee Indians eleven hundred feet due east on Abraham Amrine Acres of the original John Overton Land Grant.
 
Erected by Hannah Emerson Dustin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesIndigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1812.
 
Location. 40° 16.04′ N, 83° 23.88′ W. Marker is in Marysville, Ohio, in Union County. It is on Raymond Road (County Road 191) 0.4 miles south of Barker Road (County Road 139), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marysville OH 43040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Till Plains and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. 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
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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: War of 1812 Blockhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Amrine Settlement / Amrine Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Amrine Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); AMVETS Post 28 Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); DAR Revolutionary Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Veterans of Foreign Wars War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Spanish American Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Soldier's Circle (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marysville.
 
Site of Union County's Block House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 13, 2013
2. Site of Union County's Block House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 769 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2014, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
 
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Jul. 15, 2026