Near Elida in Allen County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Allentown, Ohio

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 20, 2022

1. Allentown, Ohio Marker

Inscription. Settled by veterans
War 1812

Founded by
William Myers
and
George Povenmire

March 15 1834

Early settlers
of
Allentown Ohio
1828 - 1900 John Enslen • George Myers • Smith Cremean • Charles G. Wright • Martin V. Wright • Cotner • Abraham Kesler • Wm. Blackburn • David H. Foster • Fraunfelfer • Herman Trust • Thomas Benedum • Rev. Charles Weyer • Samuel Bolander • Daniel Wolfe • Jacob Crites • Peter Apgar • Shobe • Reese • John Clippinger • McBride • Rev. J. D. Allen • James M. Cheney

Erected 1984 by Sesquincentennial Committee Committee.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812.

Location. 40° 45.266′ N, 84° 11.764′ W. Memorial is near Elida, Ohio, in Allen County. It is on Allentown Road (Ohio Route 81) west of Poling Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4900 Allentown Rd, Lima OH 45807, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

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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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Hermon Woodlands Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Hermon Woodlands (approx. 0.8 miles away); East Cemetery (approx. 2 miles away); Walter M. Lawson, Jr. (approx. 2.1 miles away); Abraham Doner (approx. 2.4 miles away); Shawnee Indian Reservation / U.S. Military Reserve (approx. 2.6 miles away); West Market Street Boulevard Historic District (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elida.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 20, 2022

2. Allentown, Ohio Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 648 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on October 20, 2022, by Alana Webb of Lima, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.