Zionsville in Boone County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Michigan Road

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 7, 2013

1. Michigan Road Marker

Inscription. With proceeds from the sale of 170,580 acres of Indian land granted by the Federal Government, Indiana built its first north-south road. Surveyed 1829, passable by 1834, "completed" in 1837, its cost was $242,000.00.

Erected 1966 by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 06.1966.2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1829.

Location. 39° 58.059′ N, 86° 14.997′ W. Marker is in Zionsville, Indiana, in Boone County. It is at the intersection of Michigan Road (U.S. 421) and Valley Meadow Drive, on the left when traveling north on Michigan Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Zionsville IN 46077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Zionsville Founded in 1852 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Lincoln's Stop in Zionsville, Indiana (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site of the Old Zionsville Inn (approx. 1.4 miles away); Original Plat Historical Block No. 8 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Patrick H. Sullivan (approx. 1½ miles away); Maplelawn Farmstead

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(approx. 2 miles away); Patrick H. Sullivan 1824 (approx. 2.9 miles away); Albert Smith White (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zionsville.

Route of Michigan Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 7, 2013

2. Route of Michigan Road

Close-up of map on marker

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 7, 2013

3. Michigan Road Marker

View to north along US 421

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 984 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 31, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.