Urbana in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Urbana
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 27, 2021
1. Urbana Marker
Home of Brand Whitlock, Author, Statesman, First Ambassador to Belgium
Erected 1976 by Ohio Historical Society; Ohio Department of Highways.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Government & Politics • Peace. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
Location. 40° 6.339′ N, 83° 43.537′ W. Marker is in Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is on Scioto Street (Ohio Route 29), on the right when traveling east. marker is on the front wall of the Champaign County Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1060 Scioto St, Urbana OH 43078, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (approx. Ό mile away); The Grave Of Simon Kenton (approx. half a mile away); Capt. Simon Kenton (approx. half a mile away); John Quincy Adams Ward (approx. half a mile away); Col. William Ward (approx. half a mile away); In Memory of Simon Kenton (approx. 0.6 miles away); The McClelland-Redding House (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Evan S. Patrick House (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Urbana.
More about this marker. marker was salvaged, and re-located by the groups listed on the sign
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 27, 2021
2. Urbana Marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 27, 2021
3. Urbana Marker
the Library, as seen from Rt. 29, Scioto Street
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025
4. Urbana Marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 27, 2021
5. Urbana Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 414 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on September 10, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 30, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. 4. submitted on September 10, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 5. submitted on September 30, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
