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Lynchburg in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Lynchburg

 
 
Lynchburg Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
1. Lynchburg Marker
Inscription.
Home of Ohio's only
existing covered
bridge that connects
two counties.

 
Erected by Ohio Historical Society, Ohio Department of Highways and the Ohio Bicentennial Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 39° 14.703′ N, 83° 47.641′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, Ohio, in Highland County. It is at the intersection of High Street and Memory Lane, on the right when traveling east on High Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lynchburg OH 45142, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, 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 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: Veterans Memorial (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lynchburg Veterans Memorial (about 800 feet away); Lynchburg Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chatfield Hall (approx. 5½ miles away); Fr. Raymond Kammerer Library & Learning Center (approx. 5½ miles away); Welcome Center (approx. 5½ miles away); Gymnasium (approx. 5.6 miles away); St. Angela Hall (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.
 
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Lynchburg Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
2. Lynchburg Marker
Lynchburg Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
3. Lynchburg Marker
Lynchburg Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
4. Lynchburg Covered Bridge
 
 
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 169 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. 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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