Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound

Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound is an oval burial mound measuring about 110 feet long, 90 feet wide, and 11 feet high located on a cemetery ground in Newtown. The structure displays typical features of prehistoric earthwork construction with its smooth profile and compacted soil layers.

The mound was built by the Adena culture, an early civilization that lived in this region thousands of years ago and used these sites as burial places. Once many such mounds dotted the Ohio area, but this one remains among the few that survived to the present day.

The mound sits within an active cemetery where Native American and later European-American graves coexist in the same space. This shared ground shows how different peoples have valued this location across many centuries.

The mound sits on cemetery grounds and is accessible to visitors who wish to observe the construction and form of this earthwork structure. It is best to visit during daylight hours and approach the site with respect for the active burial ground.

The mound survived because it sits on private cemetery grounds that protected it from the destruction that eliminated many other mounds in the area. This makes it a rare survivor of the once-extensive complex that shaped the local landscape.