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Winameg, Ohio

Winameg, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Pike Township hall in Winameg
Pike Township hall in Winameg
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Coordinates: 41°37′25″N 84°3′56″W / 41.62361°N 84.06556°W / 41.62361; -84.06556
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyFulton
TownshipPike
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)419 and 567

Winameg is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1] Pike Township maintains its government and maintenance facilities in Winameg.

History

The community is named after a Potawatomi Indian chief, named Winameg. The chief became friends with a white pioneer. They first met under a large white oak tree that stood until 1992 in Winameg. The tree is referred to as the Council Oak. A historical plaque marks where it once stood. Chief Winameg is buried in Winameg, alongside his friend Dresden Howard.[2] Chief Winameg and Howard are remembered in Fulton County with life-size depiction of both figures, carved from the wood of a historical tree in Winameg under which the two first met, and displayed at Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio.[3]

A post office called Winameg was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1902.[4]

  • Council Oak historical marker in Winameg, Ohio
    Council Oak historical marker in Winameg, Ohio
  • Historical Marker for Winameg Mounds
    Historical Marker for Winameg Mounds

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winameg, Ohio
  2. ^ Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 56.
  3. ^ Toledo Blade article on Council Oak Retrieved 31 March 2016
  4. ^ "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 25, 2016.


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