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Pike Run Cemetery

 
 
Pike Run Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 16, 2024
1. Pike Run Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Est. October 6, 1833 by Gomer Welch who named it Tawelfan "Calm, Quiet, Tranquil"
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is October 6, 1833.
 
Location. 40° 50.595′ N, 84° 9.994′ W. Marker is near Gomer, Ohio, in Allen County. It is in Sugar Creek Township. It is on Sandy Point Road 0.3 miles north of Lincoln Highway, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7449-7341 Sandy Point Rd, Gomer OH 45809, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Snow Cruiser Crash Site (approx. half a mile away); 1833 Gomer, Ohio (approx. 0.9 miles away); This Lintel Stone (approx. one mile away); Lincoln Highway (approx. 1½ miles away); Abraham Doner (approx. 4.3 miles away); Walter M. Lawson, Jr. (approx. 4.3 miles away); Founders and Patriots of Allen County, Ohio (approx. 4.4 miles away); More Than a Game (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gomer.
 
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Pike Run Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 16, 2024
2. Pike Run Cemetery
Pike Run Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 16, 2024
3. Pike Run Cemetery Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 586 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 17, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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