Auburn Township in Chagrin Falls in Geauga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

In Memory of Bildad Bradley

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2021

1. In Memory of Bildad Bradley Marker

Inscription.
First settler of Auburn in 1815 and surveyor of what is now Route 44.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1815.

Location. 41° 23.242′ N, 81° 13.124′ W. Marker is in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in Geauga County. It is in Auburn Township. It is on East Washington Street 0.1 miles east of Ravenna Road (Ohio Route 44), on the right when traveling west. The marker is beside the flagpole in front of the Auburn Township Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11742 East Washington Street, Chagrin Falls OH 44023, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Century Building (here, next to this marker); This Tablet Marks the Site of Union Chapel (approx. 3.6 miles away); South Newbury Union Chapel (approx. 3.6 miles away); Centennial Oak / An Ohio Suffragist Legacy (approx. 3.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Mantua Center Historic District (approx. 5½ miles away); Mantua Township Hall (approx. 5½ miles away); Mantua Veterans Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Auburn Township History (AuburnTownship.com).

Excerpt: Bildad Bradley was born in Massachusetts in 1780 and came to Auburn from South Newbury in 1814, started a house on the north line of the township and later discovered he had the house on the wrong lot and in 1815, he took it down and moved it further west. This would be somewhere near the bend in Messenger Road. He married Emily Veasy and they had four children. Two died young, one being the first buried in the South Newbury Cemetery. Mr. Bradley helped lay out the State Road and carried the front end of the chain.

(Submitted on September 9, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Auburn Museum (AuburnTownship.com).

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2021

2. In Memory of Bildad Bradley Marker

The marker is mounted on a boulder at the base of the flagpole in front of the Auburn Township Museum.

Excerpt: The sign in front of our historic Museum tells a story: Auburn’s first settler, Bildad Bradley, arrived in 1815. Two years later, in 1817, Auburn was established as a Township. The Free Will Baptist Church was built in 1840 and was converted to the present Museum in 1973.

(Submitted on September 9, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Bildad Bradley (1782-1865) (Find A Grave).

South Newbury Cemetery, Newbury Center, Geauga County, Ohio, USA

(Submitted on September 9, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 9, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.