La Rue in Marion County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

LaRue

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2025

1. LaRue Marker

Inscription. LaRue
former home
of the
Oorang Indians
NFL 1922 - 1923
head coach
Jim Thorpe

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 40° 35.146′ N, 83° 22.839′ W. Marker is in La Rue, Ohio, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of North High Street and North Section Street, on the right when traveling west on North High Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9362 North St, La Rue OH 43332, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Scioto Valley

and in the 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 Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Home of the Oorang Indians

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(approx. 0.9 miles away); LaRue Veterans Memorial Column (approx. 0.9 miles away); LaRue Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Six Points, Goshen Township (approx. 6½ miles away); Wheeler Tavern (approx. 6.6 miles away); Old Sandusky Trail and Shawnee Ford (approx. 6.7 miles away); Mount Victory Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away); Mount Victory Historic District / Mount Victory and the Underground Railroad (approx. 8.2 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Mount Victory (was approx. 8.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Jim Thorpe. James Francis Thorpe (Meskwaki: Wa-Tho-Huk; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, Thorpe won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). (Submitted on September 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2025

2. LaRue Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 34 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.