Cedarville Township in Greene County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Adena Mound

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

1. Adena Mound Marker

Inscription. This typical Adena Mound was built approximately 500 B.C. to 00 A.D.. Mounds such as these were used for either burial or lookouts. This mound stands 30 feet high and 140 feet in diameter. Commonly Adena Mounds were built in large open meadows, close to water. The waterway provided the rock and mud for the construction of the structure.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 500 BCE.

Location. 39° 44.585′ N, 83° 49.611′ W. Marker is near Cedarville, Ohio, in Greene County. It is in Cedarville Township. It is on Indian Mount Trail one mile north of Williamson Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Indian Mount Trail, Cedarville OH 45314, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Grateful Remembrance (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cedarville (approx. 0.8 miles away); Martin Robison Delany (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 1.2 miles away); Cedarville Civil War Monument (approx. 1.2 miles away); Cedarville North Cemetery

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Cedarville (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Cedarville (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedarville.

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

2. Adena Mound Marker

Williamson Mound image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

3. Williamson Mound

Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 7, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.