Winameg, Ohio

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Winameg, Ohio
Pike Township hall in Winameg.jpg
Pike Township hall in Winameg
Coordinates: 41°37′25″N84°3′56″W / 41.62361°N 84.06556°W / 41.62361; -84.06556
CountryUnited States
State Ohio
County Fulton
Township Pike
Government
  TypeUnincorporated
Time zone UTC-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.

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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]

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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.