George Deffenbaugh Mound

Archaeological site in Ohio, United States

United States historic place


George Deffenbaugh Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	Laurelville, Ohio
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74001526^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1974

The George Deffenbaugh Mound is a Native American mound in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northeast of Laurelville in Hocking County,^[2] the mound sits on a ridgeline; it is 6.5 feet (2.0 m) tall and approximately 50 feet (15 m) in diameter. It was first excavated at an unknown date prior to 1941; at this time, a hole was sunk from the mound's crest to its base, and a smaller hole was dug into its edge.^[3]

The mound's location and conical shape indicates that it is a work of the Adena culture, which was active between 1000 BC and AD 400. Occupation of the vicinity was not seemingly limited to the Adena period; approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) away from the Deffenbaugh Mound is a stone mound perhaps built by the Fort Ancient culture, perhaps more than one thousand years after the construction of the Deffenbaugh Mound.^[3]

In 1974, the Deffenbaugh Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its potential to be a valuable archaeological site.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ 44 FR 7558
^ ^a ^b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 774.

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Hocking County, Ohio
Historic districts	Haydenville Historic Town Hocking Valley Railway Historic District Logan Historic District Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Complex
Other properties	Davis Works George Deffenbaugh Mound Inter County Highway 360 Charles Worth James House Karshner Mound Logan City Hall McCarthy-Blosser-Dillon Building Edith Ross Mound William H. Woodruff House
Formerly listed	Ladies Comfort Station
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hocking County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio