Remarkable Ohio

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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

36-25 Jeffers Mound / Blank (mounted on stone)

Side A: Archaeologists believe that this prehistoric mound, part of a complex of earthworks, was used for rituals by the Hopewell people and was probably built between 100 BC and 400 AD. Note the painted post tops marking the Hopewell pole house footprint. The mound is recorded on the National Register of Historic Places and was given to the Worthington Historical Society in 1974 in memory of Herman Plesenton Jeffers.
Side B: Blank
Sponsors: Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Worthington Historical Society, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: Plesenton Subdivision, 
Worthington, 
OH, 
43085
Location: Corner of Plesenton Drive and Plesenton Drive S
Latitude: 40.0920820
Longitude: -83.0393980