Pigeon Town / Shawnee Village Site

Historical marker location:

4200 Township Road 30 W, Bellefontaine, Ohio

( Marker is on County Route 30 just west of County Route 201, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1951

The Great Serpent Mound, located in Adams County, Ohio, is a prehistoric effigy mound in the shape of a serpent that is more than 1,300 feet long. It is one of the largest effigy mounds in the world and is estimated to have been built by the Adena culture more than 1,000 years ago.