Salem Township near Lynchburg in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Fort Salem Earthworks
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
1. Fort Salem Earthworks Marker
Erected 1989 by Fort Salem ChapterArchaeological Society Of Ohio.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 39° 7.499′ N, 83° 48.882′ W. Marker is near Lynchburg, Ohio, in Highland County. It is in Salem Township. It is on Certier Road (County Route 13) 1½ miles north of Gossett, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4206 Certier Rd, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Ursulines of Brown County (approx. 7 miles away); "Cross in The Wilderness" (approx. 7 miles away); St. Angela Hall (approx. 7 miles away); Gymnasium (approx. 7 miles away); Welcome Center (approx. 7 miles away); Fr. Raymond Kammerer Library & Learning Center (approx. 7.1 miles away); Solomon Run Low-Head Dam Removal (approx. 7.1 miles away); Chatfield Hall (approx. 7.1 miles away).
Also see . . . 300th Site: Fort Salem. (Submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
2. Fort Salem Earthworks Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
