Conneaut in Ashtabula County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Western Reserve

Northeast Boundary

— One of a Series of Four —

The Western Reserve Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 26, 2012

1. The Western Reserve Marker

Plaque has been destroyed. It would have been similar to the NW marker on Catawba Island, or the SW marker near Willard. The SE plaque was also destroyed.

Inscription. The Western Reserve Northeast Boundary Marker of the Connecticut Western Reserve conveyed to the United States, September 11, 1786 erected by the Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio July 3, 1966 Early Settlers Association Joseph A. Holser, president Clay Herrick, Horace Kerr, George Seedhouse marker committee David L. Weir Ashtabula County Engineer

Erected 1966 by Early Settlers Association David L. Weir Ashtabula County Engineer.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 1786.

Location. 41° 56.597′ N, 80° 31.296′ W. Marker is in Conneaut, Ohio, in Ashtabula County. It is on East Main Road (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling east. Marker is just west of the Pennsylvania State Line. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 541 East Main Road, Conneaut OH 44030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

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: Conneaut Viaduct (approx. 1.6 miles away); Remembering Our Fallen Heroes (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Western Reserve (approx. 1.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 1.8 miles away); Conneaut Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Conneaut Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); PA-OH Border Monument (approx. 1.9 miles away); Nickel Plate Road Berkshire Locomotive No. 755 (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Conneaut.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Pennsylvania (was approx. 0.2 miles away in Pennsylvania but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Marker has been vandalized. It was similar to

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31727

Additional keywords. Connecticut Western Reserve

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, September 26, 2012

2. The Western Reserve Marker

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick

3. The Western Reserve Marker

Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Marker would be at the NE corner, or upper right. About a mile away is the Ohio- Pennsylvania Line marker at the Lake Erie shore. Neither marker is in it's true location.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,158 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on May 22, 2016, by Randy Winland of Prospect, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 20, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.