Canfield in Mahoning County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Zion Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard

Photographed by Jenn Wintermantel, May 19, 2013

1. Zion Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard Marker

Inscription. Settlers from Connecticut were the first to come to Canfield Township in the late 1700s, and they were followed by a second wave of immigrants, Swiss-German pioneers who began arriving from Berks and Leigh counties in Pennsylvania in 1804. In 1810, these "Pennsylvania Dutch" established The Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church and built a log church and cemetery on this site. The church was destroyed by fire in 1845 and a new church served the congregation well until it too was destroyed by fire in 1894. The cemetery, known as The Old Dutch and German Burying Ground, German Cemetery, and Lynn Cemetery and now Old North Cemetery, is all that remains. Among the dozens of old stone markers, some in German, are markers for veterans of the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, and other wars.

Erected 2003 by Canfield Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 14-50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection

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series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1804.

Location. 41° 2.379′ N, 80° 45.63′ W. Marker is in Canfield, Ohio, in Mahoning County. It is on North Broad Street (U.S. 62) 0.1 miles south of Sawmill Run Drive, on the right when traveling north. Located at Old North Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Canfield OH 44406, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Western Reserve

and in the Mahoning Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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: Elisha Whittlesey (approx. 0.9 miles away); Canfield War Vet Museum (approx. one mile away); Canfield Township Hall (approx. 1.1 miles away); Canfield Green (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Mahoning Dispatch Building (approx. 1.1 miles away);

Photographed by Jenn Wintermantel, May 19, 2013

2. Zion Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard Marker

Canfield Congregational Church / Canfield United Methodist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Canfield Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canfield.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 872 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.