Garrett Augustus Morgan

Garrett Augustus Morgan is a memorial in Wakeman Township, Huron, Ohio. Garrett Augustus Morgan is situated nearby to Wakeman Community Park, as well as near Wakeman Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wakeman and Collins.

Wakeman

Village

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Wakeman is a village in Huron County, Ohio, United States, along the Vermilion River. Its namesake was Jesup Wakeman, an early settler of Fairfield County, Connecticut, who was involved in western land speculation between 1800 and 1840.

Collins

Hamlet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Collins is a census-designated place in central Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the CDP was 628. Collins is situated 4½ miles west of Garrett Augustus Morgan.

East Townsend

Hamlet

East Townsend is an unincorporated community in Huron County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Townsend Township and is part of the Collins census-designated place. East Townsend is situated 4½ miles west of Garrett Augustus Morgan.

Garrett Augustus Morgan

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Garrett Morgan used proceeds from his traffic signal patent to establish Wakeman Heights and the Wakeman Country Club, an early African American recreation community offering fishing, hunting, swimming, horseback riding, and cultural events.”
Category: historic site
Location: Wakeman Township, Huron, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.25481° or 41° 15′ 17″ north

Longitude

-82.40085° or 82° 24′ 3″ west

Inception

2023

Operator

Ohio History Connection

Network

Remarkable Ohio

Open location code

86HV7H3X+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14205285240

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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