List of Indiana state historical markers in Huntington County explained

This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Huntington County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Huntington County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 12 historical markers located in Huntington County.[1]

Historical markers

Marker titleImageYear placedLocationTopics
Pioneer Medical Doctors/Chase S. Osborn[2] 1949Southeastern corner of the junction of State Roads 105 and 124, west of Mount Etna
40.7406°N -85.6208°W
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Women
Home of Chief Richardville[3] 1966Forks of the Wabash Historic Park at the southwestern corner of the junction of U.S. Route 24 and State Road 9 near Huntington
40.8775°N -85.5328°W
American Indian/Native American
Forks of Wabash[4] 1972Junction of Business U.S. Route 24 and W. Park Drive east of the State Road 9 junction near Huntington
40.8773°N -85.5306°W
American Indian/Native American, Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor
Canal Landing on Washington Street/ Jefferson Park Mall: Indiana's First Tax-Free Mall[5] 1973Junction of Washington and N. Jefferson Streets in Huntington
40.8828°N -85.4956°W
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor
Drover Town[6] 1979One block north of the junction of Etna Avenue and Henry Street on the property of St. Peter's First United Church of Christ in Huntington
40.8778°N -85.4939°W
Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns, Immigration and Ethnic Groups
The "Lime City"[7] 1979Junction of W. Park Drive and Diamond Street at Sunken Gardens Park in Huntington
40.8783°N -85.5067°W
Business, Industry, and Labor
Huntington's Buildings over the River: Controversy to Controversy/Huntington's Ford and First Bridge[8] 1979Jefferson Street bridge over the Little River in Huntington
40.8793°N -85.4932°W
Buildings and Architecture, Business, Industry, and Labor, Transportation
Wabash & Erie Canal Lock 4[9] 1997339 E. First Street at U.S. Route 24 in Roanoke
40.9618°N -85.3711°W
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor
Kiilhsoohkwa (Kilsoquah)[10] 2005Glenwood Cemetery in the 1000 block of N. Main Street in Roanoke
40.9711°N -85.3719°W
American Indian/Native American, Women, Government Institutions, Early Settlement and Exploration
Warren's Carnegie Library[11] 2007123 E. Third St. in Warren
40.6835°N -85.4256°W
Carnegie Libraries, Buildings and Architecture
Dr Otto U. King[12] 2018322 N. Jefferson St., Huntington
40.8814°N -85.4944°W
Medicine, Education
Elizebeth Smith Friedman, 1892-1980[13] 2021Memorial Park, 1120 W. Park Dr. Huntington
40.8783°N -85.5061°W
Women; Science, Medicine, and Invention; Education and Library; Military

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana Historical Markers by County . State of Indiana . 2012-03-15.
  2. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/137.htm Pioneer Medical Doctors/Chase S. Osborn
  3. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/138.htm Home of Chief Richardville
  4. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/139.htm Forks of Wabash
  5. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/140.htm Canal Landing on Washington Street/ Jefferson Park Mall: Indiana's First Tax-Free Mall
  6. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/141,htm.htm Drover Town
  7. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/142,htm.htm The "Lime City"
  8. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/143,htm.htm Huntington's Buildings over the River: Controversy to Controversy/Huntington's Ford and First Bridge
  9. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/144,htm.htm Wabash & Erie Canal Lock 4
  10. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/489.htm Kiilhsoohkwa (Kilsoquah)
  11. http://www.in.gov/history/markers/532.htm Warren's Carnegie Library
  12. Web site: IHB . 2020-12-16 . Dr Otto U King . 2024-03-13 . IHB . en.
  13. Web site: IHB . 2021-12-09 . Elizebeth Smith Friedman, 1892-1980 . 2024-03-13 . IHB . en.