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Kalida in Putnam County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Kalida

 
 
Kalida Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
1. Kalida Marker
Inscription. First Putnam County Seat, 1834-1866. Home of Putnam County's Pioneer Days Celebration
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Department of Highways.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 40° 58.87′ N, 84° 11.226′ W. Marker is in Kalida, Ohio, in Putnam County. It is on Ottawa Street (U.S. 224) 0.3 miles east of Heartland Estates Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16941 US-224, Columbus Grove OH 45830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the 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
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the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Artist Emerson Burkhart (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Putnam County Government Seat / Court Houses (approx. 0.7 miles away); Pioneer Days Mural (approx. Ύ mile away); Welcome To Pioneer Park (approx. Ύ mile away); Pioneer Days In Kalida / The Putnam County Historical Society (approx. Ύ mile away); a different marker also named Kalida (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Kalida (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kalida Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kalida.
 
Kalida Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
2. Kalida Marker
Kalida Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2025
3. Kalida 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 96 times since then and 12 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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