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South Point in Lawrence County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

South Point Veterans Memorial

 
 
South Point Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 16, 2025
1. South Point Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In honor of those from
South Point who served
in the U.S. Armed Forces

Dedicated July 4, 1988
Our Centennial Year

Mayor: William Gaskin
Councilmen: Robert Armstrong • Eugene Jones • John Sherman • Kenneth Romine • Rex Crabtree • Cecil Daniels
Clerk: Scott Thomas
Treasurer: Wm. F. Caines
Administrator: Patrick Leighty

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 25.359′ N, 82° 35.519′ W. Memorial is in South Point, Ohio, in Lawrence County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Street West and Spence Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street West. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 408 2nd Street W, South Point OH 45680, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Kyova Tri-State Region. 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, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William ‘Ranger’ Davidson (here, next to this marker); Buel Collins (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named South Point Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); William Davidson (approx. 0.3 miles away); Civil War Army Base (approx. half a mile away in Kentucky); Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Station (approx. half a mile away in Kentucky);
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Judge John M. Elliott (approx. 0.6 miles away in Kentucky); Country Music Highway (approx. 0.6 miles away in Kentucky). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Point.
 
South Point Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 16, 2025
2. South Point Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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