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Quaker City in Guernsey County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Quaker City

 
 
Quaker City Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 18, 2024
1. Quaker City Marker
Inscription. Home of the Ohio Hills Folk Festival since 1904
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society / Ohio Department of Highways.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEntertainment. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.
 
Location. 39° 58.15′ N, 81° 17.869′ W. Marker is in Quaker City, Ohio, in Guernsey County. It is at the intersection of Fair Street and South Street, on the right when traveling east on Fair Street. The marker stands on the grounds of the Quaker City Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 295 South St, Quaker City OH 43773, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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,
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and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Quaker City (approx. 0.3 miles away); Richland Friends Meeting House (approx. 1.6 miles away); American Legion Post 168 Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.1 miles away); Assumption Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away); Barnesville Schools (approx. 6½ miles away); VFW Post 2792 Veterans Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quaker City.
 
Quaker City Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 18, 2024
2. Quaker City Marker
Quaker City Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
3. Quaker City Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   3. submitted on May 7, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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