Near Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is the research arm of The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The Center’s scientists are dedicated to enhancing the well being of people throughout Ohio, the nation, and the world through research on food, agriculture, family, and the environment. Its goals are to produce safe, healthy, and affordable food and agricultural products, promote stewardship of natural resources and the environment, keep Ohio positioned favorably in a global economy. Throughout its history, OARDC scientists have restored fertility to Ohio’s soils, added beneficual supplements to livestock feed and bred high-yielding corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, and tomatoes that are resistant to pathogens and insects.
Erected 2003 by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Longaberger Company, OARDC, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 3-85.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1882.
Location. 40° 46.959′ N, 81° 55.713′ W. Marker is near Wooster, Ohio, in Wayne County. Marker is at the intersection of Williams Road and Gerlaugh Drive, on the left when traveling east on Williams Road. It is on campus. If you use the Madison Avenue (Ohio Route 302) entrance, turn left on Campus drive, which will become Williams Road when it turns right and the marker will be right there on the left. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster OH 44691, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wayne County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); James H. Ross (approx. 0.3 miles away); Barnhart Rice Homestead / Frederick Rice (approx. 0.4 miles away); To the Heroes (approx. half a mile away); United States Of America • Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (approx. 1.2 miles away); Twenty Pounder Parrott Guns (approx. 1.2 miles away); Wayne County Soldier’s Monument (approx. 1.2 miles away); War Savings Stamps (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wooster.
Also see . . . A Brief History of OARDC. By R. E. Whitmoyer, Historical Records Officer. “In 1892, the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station moved from the university at Columbus, to Wooster, Ohio, in Wayne County. The move was done in the past by wagon train and followed the present Route 3 from Columbus to Wooster.” (Submitted on April 9, 2019.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 251 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 9, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.