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St. Marys Township in Auglaize County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

St. Marys

 
 
St. Marys Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024
1. St. Marys Marker
Inscription. Near Ohio's largest interior lake created as reservoir for Miami-Erie Canal, 1845
 
Erected by Ohio Hisorical Markers Committee.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.
 
Location. 40° 32.643′ N, 84° 24.827′ W. Marker is in St. Marys, Ohio, in Auglaize County. It is in St. Marys Township. It is on Celina Road (Ohio Route 703) west of Royal Oak Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1925 Celina Rd, Saint Marys OH 45885, 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grand Lake Saint Marys (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Fort St. Marys / Fort Barbee / Girty Town (approx. 1.2 miles away); Miami and Erie Canal (approx. 1.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial Garden (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Tumbles (approx. 1.3 miles away); St. Marys Civil War Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Marys.
 
St. Marys Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024
2. St. Marys Marker
St. Marys Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024
3. St. Marys Marker
St. Marys Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 10, 2024
4. St. Marys Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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