Centerville in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Centerville Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2009

1. Centerville Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
In
honor of those
who served
in war and peace
to protect the
United States
of
America

American Revolution 1776-1783
War of 1812 1812-1814
Mexican War 1846-1848
Civil War 1861-1865
Spanish-American War 1898
World War I 1917-1918
World War II 1941-1945
Korea 1950-1955
Vietnam 1961-1975
Persian Gulf War 1991

Erected by City of Centerville.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 36.868′ N, 84° 10.078′ W. Memorial is in Centerville, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from West Spring Valley Pike. Memorial plaza is just east of the lake in Leonard E. Stubbs Memorial Park, about 300 feet NNW of the intersection of West Spring Valley Road and Shawhan Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Dayton OH 45458, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

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: New Centerville Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Brigadier General Edmund Munger (approx. 1.9 miles away);

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Normandy Farms (approx. 2.1 miles away); Mad River Road / Road From Cunningham's to Mad River (approx. 3 miles away); David's Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Remembrance Circle (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Centerville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (was approx. 2.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Veterans Memorial. Centerville website entry (Submitted on January 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Centerville Veterans Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2009

2. Centerville Veterans Memorial Plaza

Looking northeast.

Leonard E. Stubbs Memorial Park Sign on Spring Valley Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2009

3. Leonard E. Stubbs Memorial Park Sign on Spring Valley Road

Sign on Earl Miller's Monkey House, built 1925 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2009

4. Sign on Earl Miller's Monkey House, built 1925

At park entrance.

Earl Miller's Monkey House, built 1925 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2009

5. Earl Miller's Monkey House, built 1925

At park entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,181 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.