Roundhead, Ohio

Roundhead is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43346.[1]

Aerial view of Roundhead
Location of Roundhead, Ohio
Location of Roundhead, Ohio

History
Along State Routes 117 and 235 in the southern part of Roundhead.

The first Euro-American settlement at Roundhead was made in 1832 on the site of a former Wyandot Indian village.[2] The community is named for the Wyandot chief Roundhead.[3] During its history, the community has also been referred to as "Round Head," "Round Heads," "Round Headstown," and "Roundheads Town."[4] A post office has been in operation at Roundhead since 1837.[5]

An archaeological site, the Zimmerman Kame, is located in the Roundhead vicinity; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

Geography

Located at an altitude of 1,004 feet (306 m),[4] it sits at the intersection of State Routes 117, 235, and 385, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) north of the northeast corner of Indian Lake and 13 miles (21 km) southwest of the city of Kenton,[7] the county seat of Hardin County.[8] Despite Roundhead's proximity to Indian Lake and the Great Miami River, which flows out of it to the Ohio River at Cincinnati,[9] the community is drained by the headwaters of the Scioto River, which meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.[10]

Community

Besides its post office, the community includes a Park, a volunteer fire department,[11] a United Methodist Church, a restaurant/bar, and two cemeteries.[12][13]

References
  1. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  2. 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.
  3. The History of Hardin County, Ohio. Warner Beers & Company. 1883. p. 254.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roundhead, Ohio
  5. "Hardin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  7. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
  8. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  9. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, pp. 56, 74. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
  10. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 85. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
  11. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roundhead Volunteer Fire Department
  12. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Roundhead Cemetery
  13. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Roundhead Cemetery
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