Long in Darke County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Welcome To Long, Ohio
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 13, 2024
1. Welcome To Long, Ohio Marker, Side One
In 1822 James and Sophia Clemens settled on 387 acres on the Ohio side of the border & Thornton and Caroline Alexander settled on 320 acres on the Indiana side of the border.
This was the beginning of the "Greenville Colored Settlement" later called Longtown.
1. Bunker Hill School
2. McCown Home
3. Log Cabin
4. James & Sofia Farm
5. Collins Home
6. Ball Diamond
7. Tavern
8. Clemens Saw Mill
9. AME Church #3
10. Bethel Wesleyan Chuch
11. Clemens Gravel Pit
12. RVFVs Goens Store
13. Long Blacksmith Shop
14. AME Church #2
Reed Bros. Store #2
15. Holland Ball Diamond
16. Bass Cemetery
17. Tamico School
18. Zebediah Bass Hm.
19. School #4 Comm. Ctr.
20. Clemens Cemetery
21. Jacob Bass Log Cabin William Jones Hm.
22. Masonic Hall
23. Post Office
24. Patten Stokes Blacksmith
25. Reed Bro. Store #1
26. Ball Diamond
27. Gravel Pit Swimming Hole
28. Ame Church #1
29. Alexander Cemetery
30. Union Literary Institute
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1822.
Location. 40° 4.689′ N, 84° 47.99′ W.
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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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Benjamin Williams (approx. Ό mile away); Union Literary Institute (approx. 0.8 miles away in Indiana); James & Sophia Clemens & Greenville Settlement in Long, Ohio (approx. 0.9 miles away); Spartanburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away in Indiana); Palestine Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away);
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 13, 2024
2. Welcome To Long, Ohio Marker, Side Two
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 13, 2024
3. Welcome To Long, Ohio Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 13, 2024
4. Welcome To Long, Ohio Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 463 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 22, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
