The Conway Colony

The Conway Colony is a memorial in Greene, Ohio. The Conway Colony is situated nearby to the theater building Foundry Theater, as well as near Miles Budd Goodman Amphitheatre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glen Helen Bridge.

Glen Helen Bridge

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glen Helen Bridge is situated 3,600 feet southeast of The Conway Colony.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yellow Springs and Hustead.

Yellow Springs

Photo: intoxination, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yellow Springs is a village in northern Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,697 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton metropolitan area and is home to Antioch College.

Hustead

Hamlet

Hustead is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Hustead is situated 3½ miles north of The Conway Colony.

Cedarville

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Cedarville is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The village is within the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,257 at the 2020 census.

The Conway Colony

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In 1862, Reverend Moncure D. Conway established a colony near Yellow Springs for formerly enslaved people from his family’s Virginia plantation. Led by Dunmore and Eliza Gwinn, the settlers made an arduous journey to a village Conway believed would welcom”
Category: historic site
Location: Greene, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.79435° or 39° 47′ 40″ north

Longitude

-83.8835° or 83° 53′ 1″ west

Inception

2002

Operator

Ohio History Connection

Network

Remarkable Ohio

Open location code

86FRQ4V8+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13990977065

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Foundry Theater and Miles Budd Goodman Amphitheatre.

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