Gomer in Allen County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
1833 Gomer, Ohio
A Welsh Settlement
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, May 10, 2016
1. 1833 Gomer, Ohio Marker
Erected 1983 by Erected by the Gomer Sesquicentennial Committee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1833.
Location. 40° 50.658′ N, 84° 10.972′ W. Marker is in Gomer, Ohio, in Allen County. It is on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling west. Marker is in front of the Sugar Creek Township Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4130 Lincoln Highway, Gomer OH 45809, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: This Lintel Stone (approx. 0.2 miles away); Snow Cruiser Crash Site (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.7 miles away); Pike Run Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Abraham Doner (approx. 4.1 miles away); Walter M. Lawson, Jr. (approx. 4.2 miles away); Founders and Patriots of Allen County, Ohio (approx. 5.1 miles away); East Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gomer.
Additional commentary.
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The background building, the Sugar Creek Township House, is still used for voting today in Sugar Creek Township.
— Submitted October 31, 2020, by Scott Little of Bluffton, Ohio.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, May 10, 2016
2. 1833 Gomer, Ohio Marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, May 10, 2016
3. 1833 Gomer, Ohio Marker
Marker can be seen at a distance
Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,650 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 10, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
