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Georgetown in Brown County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Georgetown

 
 
Georgetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
1. Georgetown Marker
Inscription. General Ulysses S. Grant lived here from 1823 until 1839
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Marker Committe.
 
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. A significant historical year for this entry is 1823.
 
Location. 38° 53.306′ N, 83° 54.01′ W. Marker is in Georgetown, Ohio, in Brown County. It is at the intersection of Mount Orab Pike (County Route 30A) and Miller-Ring Road on Mount Orab Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1240 Mt Orab Pike, Georgetown OH 45121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cincinnati and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, 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,
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and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Elie A. Tissandier (approx. Ό mile away); Robert H. Purdin A.M.M.1/c (approx. Ό mile away); The Tony Becraft Memorial Softball Field (approx. 0.6 miles away); Boyhood Home of Ulysses S. Grant (approx. 1½ miles away); Life in the 1800s (approx. 1½ miles away); Ulysses Grant (approx. 1½ miles away); Cahall Bros Inc. (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ulysses S. Grant (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.
 
Georgetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
2. Georgetown Marker
Georgetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
3. Georgetown Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 113 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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