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Tiffin in Seneca County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Tiffin

 
 
Tiffin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
1. Tiffin Marker
Inscription.
Site of
Fort Ball,
War of 1812
post.

 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Department of Highways.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesWar of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1812.
 
Location. 41° 6.552′ N, 83° 13.115′ W. Marker is in Tiffin, Ohio, in Seneca County. It is on West Market Street 0.2 miles east of U.S. 225, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2501 OH-18, Tiffin OH 44883, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mercy Hospital of Tiffin / The Sisters of Mercy Come to Tiffin (approx. 0.3 miles away); Italian-American Neighborhood Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Rezin W. Shawhan & the Seneca County Museum (approx. 2 miles away); Judge John W. Schaufelberger House (approx. 2 miles away); Bicentennial Commemoration of the Northwest Ordinance (approx. 2 miles away); Louis Jones (approx. 2.1 miles away); Ohio Historical Flood Marker
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(approx. 2.1 miles away); Fort Ball (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tiffin.
 
Tiffin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
2. Tiffin Marker
Tiffin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
3. Tiffin Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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