Roundhead, Ohio
Roundhead is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43346.[1] Located at an altitude of 1,004 feet (306 m),[2] it sits at the intersection of State Routes 117, 235, and 385, 2¾ mile (4½ km) north of the northeast corner of Indian Lake and 13 miles (24 km) southwest of the city of Kenton,[3] the county seat of Hardin County.[4] Despite Roundhead's proximity to Indian Lake and the Great Miami River, which flows out of it to the Ohio River at Cincinnati,[5] the community is drained by the headwaters of the Scioto River, which meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.[6]
History
The first white settlement at Roundhead was made in 1832 on the site of a former Wyandot Indian village.[7] The community is named for the Wyandot chief Roundhead.[8] During its history, the community has also been referred to as "Round Head," "Round Heads," "Round Headstown," and "Roundheads Town."[2] A post office has been in operation at Roundhead since 1837.[9]
An archaeological site, the Zimmerman Kame, is located in the Roundhead vicinity; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[10]
Community
Besides its post office, the community includes a Park, a volunteer fire department,[11] and two cemeteries.[12][13]
References
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roundhead, Ohio
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, pp. 56, 74. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 85. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ Kohler, Minnie Ichler (1910). A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests,. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 186.
- ^ The History of Hardin County, Ohio. Warner Beers & Company. 1883. p. 254.
- ^ "Hardin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roundhead Volunteer Fire Department
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Roundhead Cemetery
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Roundhead Cemetery
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