Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Union, Ohio
West Union is the county seat for Adams County
West Union is in Adams County
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On North Chery Street west of North Cross Street (Ohio Route 247), on the right when traveling west.
This structure erected 1835 as Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Congregation organized in 1812. Many members active participants in Underground Railroad. Church closed 1894. Oscar C. Roebuck operated mortuary here 1909 ’till 1936. Then used . . . — — Map (db m135304) HM
On West Main Street (Ohio Route 41) at North Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
The Bradford Tavern, West Union’s first inn built circa 1804,
served the Maysville-Zanesville stagecoach route and such travelers as Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay, and Santa Anna. After 1840,
it was continued as the Marlatt House and,
later, the . . . — — Map (db m135307) HM
On North Cross Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Cross Street.
Country music writer and recording star
Lloyd Estel Copas was born on July 15,
1913 on Moon Hollow near Blue Creek in
Adams County, Ohio. Reared by musical
parents, he learned to play the guitar
and fiddle at an early age and began
a singing . . . — — Map (db m135306) HM
On Second Street (Ohio Route 247) at East Walnut, on the left when traveling south on Second Street.
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First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church of West Union, built in 1810, is known as the "Church of the Governors." Although the date is uncertain, the congregation was organized circa 1800 on Thomas Kirker's land on . . . — — Map (db m122227) HM
On North Wilson Drive at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north on North Wilson Drive.
Hon. John T. Wilson's tribute to the Soldiers.
1861 - 1865.
Ohio Bicentennial
1803-2003
Rededicated June 14, 2003
In celebration of the Ohio Bicentennial
In memory of the Soldiers of Adams County Ohio who were killed or died . . . — — Map (db m199326) WM
Near South Cherry Street south of West South Street, on the right when traveling south.
The William Lafferty Memorial Funeral and Carriage Collection shows the development of the
funeral business since the mid-1800s through an
exhibit of caskets, funeral clothing, and hearses
collected and preserved by James William . . . — — Map (db m135347) HM
On West South Street at South West Street, on the left when traveling west on West South Street.
A short distance south of Zane’s Trace, West
Union was established by an act of the Ohio
Legislature on April 13, 1803, as the seat of
Adams County. West Union was surveyed in the
spring of the following year, and became
important stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m135312) HM
On North Cherry Street west of North Cross Street (Ohio Route 247), on the right when traveling west.
Members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church settled in Adams County as early as 1797.
The West Union congregation was organized in 1812,
and a lot was purchased for the construction of a
public house of worship. This brick church, . . . — — Map (db m135303) HM
On Zane Trace (Ohio Route 41), on the right when traveling south.
Ohio’s first highway and mail route authorized by Congress 1796 marked and cleared in 1797 by Col. Ebenezer Zane a blazed trail, it became the route of the old stage line from Maysville to Wheeling used by noted statesmen to and from the . . . — — Map (db m121836) HM
On Ohio Route 41 at Texas Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 41.
Originally a vigilante group, the Anti-Horse Thief Society was formed here in March 1853 by area landowners to recover stolen horses and prosecute the thieves. Horse theft was a serious offense in the antebellum era. Trustees nominated a captain and . . . — — Map (db m214406) HM
