Winameg, Ohio

Winameg, Ohio
Unincorporated community

Pike Township hall in Winameg
Coordinates: 41°37′25″N 84°3′56″W / 41.62361°N 84.06556°W / 41.62361; -84.06556Coordinates: 41°37′25″N 84°3′56″W / 41.62361°N 84.06556°W / 41.62361; -84.06556
Country United States
State Ohio
County Fulton
Township Pike
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
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.

Council Oak historical marker in Winameg, Ohio

History

Historical Marker for Winameg Mounds

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]

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 25 January 2016.
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