Historical Markers in Franklin County, Ohio
166th Infantry Regiment
1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Memorial
2260 Confederate Soldiers
3306 Columbus Street
3968 Broadway
3974 Broadway
3981 Broadway
3989 Broadway
3995 Broadway
3999 Broadway
4002 Broadway
4022 Broadway
4026-4030 Broadway
4038 Broadway
4052 Broadway
4057 Broadway
A Brief History of Eastmoor / Eastmoor Polo Field
A Valley is Born
A Valley Is Born
A-7D "Corsair II"
A. B. Graham and the 4-H Movement / Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
All American Quarter Horse Congress
Alton Cemetery Veterans Monument
Alum Creek & The Underground Railroad / The Underground Railroad
American Federation of Labor / United Mine Workers of America
Americas Pioneer Kindergarten
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Home Studio and Artist's Residence
Archaeological Site
Archibald's Mill
Asians in the American Civil War
Augenstein-Spillman Blacksmith Shop
Back to the Same Old Grind
Battleship U.S.S. Ohio
Beechwold Pillars
Benjamin Russell Hanby
Bergstresser/Dietz Covered Bridge
Beulah Park
Bexley
Bexley World War II Memorial
Big Darby and Little Darby Creeks
Big Darby Creek
Big Walnut Creek Flood of Jan-Feb 1959
Bill Moose
Bill Moose [Crowfoot]
Birthplace of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Blendon Central Cemetery
Blendon Church Bell
Blendon Township War Memorial
Blendon Township's Early Presbyterian Churches and Church Bell
Bob Evans Double-Crib Log Barn
Borror-Roach Windmill
Brick Protest and Taking Action
Bricks with Names
Broad Street Bridge
Browning Amphitheatre / The Outdoor Performance Center
Bryden Road Historic District
Camp Bushnell
Camp Chase
Camp Chase
Camp Chase
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Campbell Memorial Park / The Adena Culture
Canal Winchester
Canal Winchester and the Ohio and Erie Canal
Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial
Canal Winchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Capital University
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
Carrie Nelson Black
Celebration of Life
Central College Presbyterian Church
Central High School
Central Presbyterian Church
Charity Newsies
Circa 1864
Circa 1870
Circa 1870
Circa 1872
Circa 1872
Circa 1875
Circa Mid 1888
Clarence Boal Hoover / Charles Potter Hoover
Clinton Theater / Memory Lane
Clinton Township High School / East North Broadway Historic District
Clintonville / Clinton Township
Coach Woody Hayes
Coach Woody Hayes
Columbia Building
Columbus City Hall
Columbus Civic Center Historic District
Columbus Depot
Columbus Feeder Canal / The Ohio- Erie Canal
Columbus Main Library / Judge Noah Swayne Home
Columbus Monument
Columbus' First Professional Game
Confederate Cannonball
Council Site Between William Henry Harrison and Indians
Darling Nelly Gray
Deaf School Park
Dedicated to Maria C. Klemack-McGraw
Discovery Park
Dispatch Newspaper Depot
Disposal of Land in Plain Township
Dominion Land Company Mound An Early Woodlands Period Structure/Sunwall and Moonwall Murals
Donn Vickers Gazebo in Thurber Park
Dr. Leslie A. Bostic
Dublin Veterans Memorial
Dublin Veterans Park
Dublin/Kosciuszko Timeline
Eastmoor
Eclectic Medical College
Edward Phelps
Elijah Pierce
Ellen Walker Craig-Jones
Engine House 11
F-100D "Super Sabre"
F-84F "Thunderstreak"
Faith United Methodist Church
Father Rocco Petrarca
Field of Corn
Field of Corn
Field of Corn
Field of Corn
Field of Corn
First Blendon Presbyterian Church
First Modern Streamflow Measurement in Ohio
Flint Veterans Garden
Flytown
Forest Lawn Veterans Memorial
Former Federal Court Building and Post Office
Former Site of St. Mary's School and Convent
Formerly Maryland Park
Founders of New Albany
Frank Fetch
Frank Fetch Park
Franklin County Civil War Memorial
Franklin County Soldiers of the Mexican War
Franklin Hills Cemetery Veterans Section
Franklinton
Fred Holdridge and Howard Burns
Freedom Brutus
Funk-Ziegenspeck Granary
Gahanna Veterans Memorial
Galloway World War II Memorial
Gantz Park Labyrinth
General Curtis E. LeMay
General John Hunt Morgan, CSA / Morgan's Escape
George and Christina Ealy House and Land
George Bellows / Roy Lichtenstein
Gold Star Families Memorial
Gold Star Mothers
Grace's Garden
Green Lawn Cemetery
Grove City Cemetery Association
Grove City Honor Roll
Grove City Veterans Memorial
Groveport Log House
Groveport United Methodist Church
Groveport Veterans' Park
Groveport World War II Memorial
Haines-Black House
Hanby House
Hanford Village
Hannah Neil Mission And Home For The Friendless
Harding Hospital Campus
Harold M. Cooper
Headquarters of General William H. Harrison
Here Stood Lincoln
Heritage Green Park
Hilliard Veterans Memorial
Historic Groveport
Historic Lockbourne
History of Dublins Town Pump
Home Site of Henry Howe Historian
Hurryville
Ice Over Ohio
In Memory of Benjamin R. Hanby
In This Churchyard
Indian Run Cemetery
Intersect
Iskcon Krishna House
Jack Kidwell
Jack Nicklaus
James A. Rhodes
James J. Thomas Park
James Kilbourne / Worthington Hotel
James Thurber
Jeffers Mound
Jesse Owens
Johann Christian Heyl
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
John Brickell
John Clark House
John Rarey and "Cruiser"
John S. Rarey and Cruiser
Jones Log Barn
Joseph M. Briggs and Briggsdale / Briggsdale
Kegg-Kientz Log House
Kelton House
King Lincoln District Arch
Kosciuszko Land Grant
Leatherlips
Leatherlips
Leithart House
Lincoln Goodale
Lindey's
Livingston House
Lockbourne Veterans' Memorial
Log House
Lucas Sullivant Home Site
Lutherans in Jackson Township
Mary Armstrong
Maurice Gates
Maynard E. Sensenbrenner
Mayor Robert E. Evans Clock and Memorial
McDannald Pioneer Homestead
Memorial Bridge
Merion Village
Mifflin Township Veterans Memorial
Mile Markers
Mills of Plain Township
Minerva Amusement Park / The Green Line
Monsignor John Joseph Jessing
Mount Vernon Avenue
Mount Vernon Community School
N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum
Native Americans
NECKO Neighborhood / E. J. McMillen Homestead Addition
Neil Avenue Gate
New Albany and Plain Township Veterans and First Responders Memorial
Norton Field
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio and Erie Canal in Groveport / Scioto Valley Interurban
Ohio and Erie Canal Lock 22
Ohio Dominican University Est. 1911 / Early Sister-Founderesses of Ohio Dominican University
Ohio Farm Bureau Founded
Ohio in the Civil War / Defending Ohio
Ohio Institution for Education of the Blind
Ohio School for the Deaf
Ohio State House
Ohio State School for the Blind
Ohio Statehouse Centennial
Ohio World War Memorial
Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal
Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal
Ohio's Oldest Active School
Old Franklinton Cemetery
Old Franklinton Cemetery Archaeology
Old Ohio Union
Old Red House
Orange Johnson House
Orders Road School / The Orders Family
Original Port Columbus Airport Terminal
Otterbein College
Our Unknown Dead
Ovid Wellford Smith
Peace
Phelps Acre Park
Philo Webster and Webster Graveyard
Pioneer Cemetery Armed Forces Memorial
Postle Family Cemetery
Prentiss School No. 8
Pvt. Alfred Cannon
Rand P. Hollenback
Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli / Chiesta Italiana di San Giovanni Battista
Reynoldsburg
Reynoldsburg - Birthplace of the Tomato
Rocky Fork Metro Park
Roy J. Plunkett
Saint John's Church of Worthington and Parts Adjacent / Church and Graveyard
Saint Mary of the Springs Academy / Anne O'Hare McCormick 1880-1954
Schiller Park
Schmidt's Sausage Haus
Scioto River Historical Marker
Scioto Trail
Second Baptist Church / James P. Poindexter
Sherol Saxton Mulligan
Shiloh Baptist Church
Shrum Indian Mound
Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game / The Ohio State University First Football Team 1890
Site of First Wendy's Restaurant
Smiths Burying Ground: Pioneer Cemetery
Snowden- Gray House
Southwood Elementary School
Spirit of the Springs
St. Clair Hospital
St. Joseph Cathedral
St. Mary Church
St. Patrick Church / St. Patrick College and Aquinas College High School
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
Starling Medical College and St. Francis Hospital
Stoner House
Stories in the Sediments
Stradley Place
Sunset Cemetery All Veterans Memorial
Sunset Cemetery Spanish-American War Memorial
Sunset Cemetery War Memorial
Temperance Row Historic District
Thaddeus Kosciuszko History
The Alkire House
The Bank Block
The Bicentennial Oak
The Borror Family / Borror's Corners
The Breathing Association
The Brothers' House
The Charity Newsies
The Clippers
The Columbus Buckeyes
The Columbus Senators
The Drexel Theater
The Ellsworth Chapel
The Fireproof Building
The First Telephone Central Office in Columbus Ohio
The Founding of Worthington / Worthington, A Planned Community
The Glaciers Did It
The Grant Homestead
The Harrison House
The Home of Benjamin R. Hanby
The Interurban Depot
The Irish in Columbus
The Jesse Owens Track
The Jets
The King Avenue Bridge
The Lane Avenue Bridges
The Lincoln Theatre
The National Road
The National Road / The Interurban Electric Railway
The Negro Leagues in Columbus
The Ohio Military Hall of Fame Monument
The Ohio State Fair
The Ohio State University
The Ohio Statehouse / Lincoln at the Statehouse
The Ohio Theater
The Ohio to Erie Trail
The Railroads
The Red Birds
The Refugee Tract
The Spirit of 98
The State House
The State House
The Story of The Schiller Monument
The Sylvester Ranney House
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad / Black Conductors of Columbus
The Underground Railroad on University Land
The Underground Railroad on University Land
The Underground Railroad on University Land
The Underground Railroad on University Land
The Underground Railroad on University Land
The Unknown Boy Scout
The Upper Arlington Historic District
The Urban Face of the Scioto River
The Voss Site
The Western League
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Oak
This Confederate Cemetery
Tiney M. McComb
Tod Barracks, 1863
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Station / Macklin Hotel
Topiary Garden
Town Center Gazebo
Town Street Bridge
Transportation, Growth, and Development
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Tuskegee Airmen
United Mine Workers of America
University Hall
Veterans Fountain
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 Veterans Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 War Memorial
Wagnor Cemetery
War! It Is All Hell
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
Westerville
White Oak
Whitehall Tavern
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
William and Hannah Neil
William Green, Labor Leader / The Columbus Streetcar Strike, 1910
William Hanby, Freedom Crusader
William McKinley
Working Class Neighborhoods
World War Memorial Bridge
Worthington Historic District
Worthington Masonic Museum
Wray
Year of Construction Early 1900s
"Coming Home 1942"
"Park and Broadway in 1924"
These Are My Jewels
About Franklin County
Franklin County Timeline
Franklin County, located in central Ohio, has a rich and diverse history that spans centuries. The area was once inhabited by Indigenous peoples, including the Shawnee and Wyandot tribes, who were later displaced by European settlement. The first European settlers arrived in the late 18th century, and the county was organized in 1803 as part of the Northwest Territory.
In its early years, Franklin County played a significant role in the development of Ohio. It served as the state capital when Ohio became a state in 1803 until 1816. The County's central location made it an ideal hub for trade and commerce, and its proximity to transportation routes, such as the National Road and later the railroads, further solidified its importance.
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Franklin County experienced significant growth and urbanization. The population expanded rapidly, particularly in the city of Columbus, which became the county seat. Columbus became a major center for industry, education, and government. The Statehouse, which was completed in the late 19th century, stands as a symbol of the county's role as the state capital.
Franklin County has also been instrumental in shaping American politics. It served as a political battleground during the Civil War and has remained an important region for political activity ever since. Today, Franklin County continues to grow and thrive as a vibrant community filled with diverse industries, cultural attractions, and a strong focus on education and research.
In its early years, Franklin County played a significant role in the development of Ohio. It served as the state capital when Ohio became a state in 1803 until 1816. The County's central location made it an ideal hub for trade and commerce, and its proximity to transportation routes, such as the National Road and later the railroads, further solidified its importance.
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Franklin County experienced significant growth and urbanization. The population expanded rapidly, particularly in the city of Columbus, which became the county seat. Columbus became a major center for industry, education, and government. The Statehouse, which was completed in the late 19th century, stands as a symbol of the county's role as the state capital.
Franklin County has also been instrumental in shaping American politics. It served as a political battleground during the Civil War and has remained an important region for political activity ever since. Today, Franklin County continues to grow and thrive as a vibrant community filled with diverse industries, cultural attractions, and a strong focus on education and research.
Franklin County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Franklin County, Ohio.
- 1803: Franklin County is established on April 30.
- 1808: The Ohio Statehouse construction begins.
- 1812: The first issue of the "Ohio Monitor" newspaper is published.
- 1816: The Columbus Dispatch newspaper is established.
- 1834: The Ohio State Archives is founded.
- 1837: The Ohio Statehouse construction is completed.
- 1851: The National Road reaches Columbus.
- 1862: The Camp Chase Confederate prison opens.
- 1873: The Franklin County Courthouse construction is completed.
- 1899: The Columbus Metropolitan Library is established.
- 1916: The Ohio Theatre opens in Columbus.
- 1950: The population of Franklin County exceeds half a million.
- 1964: The Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds is created.
- 1974: The Franklin County Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
- 2012: The Columbus Clippers win the Triple-A baseball championship.