Mendon in Mercer County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Mendon C. H. & D. Rail & Depot

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024

1. The Mendon C. H. & D. Rail & Depot Marker

Inscription. On this lot laid the tracks and the Mendon depot of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad. The C. H. & D. operated in Mendon from 1878 to 1923 as a narrow gauge rail, 3 ft. 6 in. wide. It provided local residents a transportation outlet as well as delivering lumber, grain, and sugar beets, the main sources of the local trade industry of that time, to markets further away. The rail went locally east to Spencerville and Delphos, and west to Mercer, then south to Celina.

Erected 2022 by Mendon-Union Alumni Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 40° 40.386′ N, 84° 31.129′ W. Marker is in Mendon, Ohio, in Mercer County. It is on South Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 S Main Street, Mendon OH 45862, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Union Township Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mendon-Union Township School Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); The New Salem Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.9 miles away); Roebuck

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(approx. 5 miles away); Rockford Bicentennial Historic Mural (approx. 6.8 miles away); This church founded c 1838 (approx. 6.9 miles away); Rockford (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mendon.

Other markers no longer nearby. Fort Adams (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named Fort Adams (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Mendon Town Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024

2. Mendon Town Hall

Marker is to the left of the town hall.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 616 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.