- Title, side A
- Historic Groveport
- Text, side A
- Pioneers began to settle in the Groveport area around the year 1800. Subsequent growth was spurred by the opening of the Ohio Erie Canal, and, in 1847, the adjacent settlements of Rarey's Port and Wert's Grove merged to form the village of Groveport. The canal, which crossed Main Street immediately east of this marker, declined in importance as a commercial lifeline with the local arrival in 1868 of the faster and more flexible railroad system. By 1900, boat traffic on the canal ceased entirely. Traces of the canal bed are still visible throughout the area.
- Sponsors
- Village of Groveport and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- 648 Main Street
Groveport, OH 43125 - Location
- 648 Main St, at the corner of Front and High
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.8513780, Longitude: -82.8828500.
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