Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lawrence County, Ohio
Ironton is the county seat for Lawrence County
Adjacent to Lawrence County, Ohio
Gallia County(53) ► Jackson County(55) ► Scioto County(63) ► Boyd County, Kentucky(41) ► Greenup County, Kentucky(35) ► Cabell County, West Virginia(73) ► Wayne County, West Virginia(31) ►
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On 3rd Avenue at Ohio River Scenic Byway (Ohio Route 527), on the right when traveling east on 3rd Avenue.
Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Company, the bridge was one half mile long, 22 foot roadway and an 8 foot sidewalk. The spire from the bridge was presented to the citizens of Chesapeake, Ohio by Mahan Bridge Company. Citizens, Business and Friends of . . . — — Map (db m185504) HM
On Ohio Riverfront Park, on the right when traveling north.
In 1849, the city of Ironton was founded by local ironmasters, railroaders, and financiers associated with the Ohio Iron and Coal Company. They saw the city as a manufacturing and shipping point for their products. As a young industrial city, . . . — — Map (db m60016) HM
On Center Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Center Street.
Since 1868, Ironton's annual Memorial Day parade has recognized those in Lawrence County who died while defending our country's freedom. This was the same year in which the Grand Army of the Republic established May 30 as Decoration Day. Originally . . . — — Map (db m59370) HM
On 7th Street south of Ellison Avneue, on the left when traveling south.
(Side A) Ironton Tanks
Semi-professional football began in Ironton in 1893 with a team known as the Irontonians. The Ironton Tanks, founded in 1919, was a combination of two Ironton cross-town rival football clubs known as the Irish Town . . . — — Map (db m60017) HM
On Lawrence Street at 5th Street, on the left when traveling east on Lawrence Street.
John Campbell (1818-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company, a Presbyterian, and an abolitionist. This house and barn, which he built in 1850, became a stop on the Underground Railroad for . . . — — Map (db m59375) HM
On S. 4th Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling north on S. 4th Street.
Memorial
American Legion
Ironton Post 433
Dedicated to perpetuate the memory
of those who gave their lives in the
Viet-Nam War and to honor those who
served with the U. S. Armed Services
1964 - 1973
Killed In Action
Sgt. Donald . . . — — Map (db m166317) WM
On Center Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Center Street.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m59374) HM
On Ellison Avenue east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
November 30, 1930, was a classic Indian summer day in southern Ohio. Balmy, shirt-sleeve temperatures greeted the 10,000 football fans who flocked into old Redland Field in Cincinnati to watch the upstart, small-town Ironton Tanks battle the . . . — — Map (db m60019) HM
On Park Avenue at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Park Avenue.
The Hanging Rock Iron Region
To furnish the needs of the early settlers, then to furnish ordnance for a nation at war, and finally to furnish merchant iron to the steel mills, 100 iron producing blast furnaces were built within these 1,800 . . . — — Map (db m59371) HM
On Park Avenue at South 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Park Avenue.
New jail bldg. erected 1973
board of county commissioners
Louis N. Bryant Chr.
W. Lt. Buddy Kaiser
Jess Brammer
This corner stone from old jail
Comrs.
W. W. Wiseman
E. T. Edwards
Chas. Brammer
Mark S. Bartram - Auditor
S. . . . — — Map (db m213420) HM
On Ohio Route 93, on the right when traveling north.
- Built in 1846 by John Campbell and Others
- Produced 16 tons of pig iron per day
- A wooden casting house extended from the front of the stack, a charging house
sat above the stack and a steam engine house sat to the left of the stack
- The . . . — — Map (db m166322) HM
On State Street (County Road 107) at Thomas Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
Dedicated to the Men & Women who gave their life for their country. Jack Shafer Edward Ellis Dibert Houston Larry Fuller Robert Patterson Bill Berry — — Map (db m185472) WM
On Jefferson Street (County Road 1) just east of Davidson Street, on the left when traveling east.
This CATALPA Tree was planted around 1837. Burlington was a part of the Old Northwest Territory and was established as the Lawrence County Seat on July 14, 1818. It has been confirmed by the Dept. of Natural Resources that this tree qualifies as a . . . — — Map (db m185479) HM
On Burlington-Macedonia Road (County Road 120) at County Road 144 on Burlington-Macedonia Road.
The present structure for the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
was built in 1849 on Macedonia Ridge north of Burlington, an
abolitionist sanctuary for escaped and freed slaves since 1799.
It was built by the existing Baptist congregation and . . . — — Map (db m126043) HM
On Burlington Macedonia Road (County Road 120) at County Road 144, on the right when traveling north on Burlington Macedonia Road.
Macedonia Cemetery (circa 1840) belongs to Macedonia Church, Ohio’s first Black Church. Those buried include settlers of the Macedonia Free Black Settlement, built by free people who assisted freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad. Also . . . — — Map (db m243116) HM
On Route 93 north of Kimble Creek Road (County Route 258), on the left when traveling north.
Olive Furnace in Lawrence County was one of the 83 blast furnaces in the Hanging Rock iron-making region of southeastern Ohio and northern Kentucky. John Campbell (1808–1891), the “Father of Ironton,” and others established the furnace in 1846. The . . . — — Map (db m132563) HM
On Waterloo-Mt Vernon Road (County Route 14) west of Ohio Route 141, on the right when traveling west.
Waterloo was home to the legendary Waterloo Wonders. Coach
Magellan Hairston and his Wonder Five captured consecutive Ohio
state high school Class B basketball championships in 1934 & 1935,
winning 94 out of 97 games, and defeating many Class A . . . — — Map (db m132543) HM
