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Malvern in Carroll County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

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Malvern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
1. Malvern Marker
Inscription. Birthplace of Theodore N. Vail, father of railway mail and long distance telephone services
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society / Ohio Department of Highways.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: CommunicationsIndustry & CommerceRailroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 40° 41.4′ N, 81° 10.139′ W. Marker is in Malvern, Ohio, in Carroll County. It is on Alliance Road Northwest (Ohio Route 43) 0.7 miles west of Kopp Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4070 Alliance Rd NW, Malvern OH 44644, 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
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Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bethlehem Cemetery Civil War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); This Clinker (approx. 0.6 miles away); Malvern Area Veterans Memorial Wall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Theodore Newton Vail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Malvern Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Sandy and Beaver Canal (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Malvern Veteran's Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); 1891 Malvern School Stones (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Malvern.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Malvern Veterans Memorial (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Malvern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
2. Malvern Marker
Malvern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
3. Malvern Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 29, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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