Whitewater Township near Elizabethtown in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Indiana - Ohio State Line Monument
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2013
1. Indiana - Ohio State Line Monument
(South Face)
State Line as resurveyed under a joint resolution passed by Indiana on the 27th Jan. and by Ohio on the 10th March 1837.
(East Face)
Ohio
(North Face)
Erected Nov. 27th, 1838.
(West Face)
Indiana
Erected 1838.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: Political Subdivisions. A significant historical date for this entry is March 10, 1837.
Location. 39° 8.955′ N, 84° 49.211′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is near Elizabethtown, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is in Whitewater Township. It is at the intersection of Louisville Pike (U.S. 50) and State Line Road, on the right when traveling west on Louisville Pike. Marker is located at the northeast corner of the intersection. This marker was damaged when a semi trailer knocked it over in the summer of 2021. The marker was cracked in half and there are no plans (that I know of) to replace it. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 US-50, North Bend OH 45052, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in Greater Cincinnati. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Ohio River Valley. 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 location, measured as the crow flies: 1801 Miller Burying Ground (approx. 0.6 miles away in Indiana); Miami Fort / Fort Finney (approx.
this page online
More about this marker. According to the Hamilton County Engineer's Office, the monument is a tapered cylindrical shaft of fine-grain sandstone. It is nine feet long and weighs 5,000 pounds. On October 11, 1929, the Col. Archibald Lochry chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze tablet to the south face of the monument, but the tablet is now missing.
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2013
2. South Face of Monument
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2013
3. North Face of Monument
Google Street View (©2015 Google), September 2013
4. Intersection of Louisville Pike (US 50) and State Line Rd
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2013
5. South Side of Indiana - Ohio State Line Monument
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2013
6. North Side of Indiana - Ohio State Line Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,357 times since then and 67 times this year. Last updated on April 3, 2023, by John Gehlenborg of Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 20, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
