Roundhead, Ohio

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The first Euro-American settlement at Roundhead was made in 1832 on the site of a former Wyandot Indian village.{{cite book|last=Kohler|first=Minnie Ichler|title=A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests,|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA186|year=1910|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=186}} The community is named for the Wyandot chief Roundhead.{{cite book|title=The History of Hardin County, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhardinc00warn|year=1883|publisher=Warner Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofhardinc00warn/page/n259 254]}} During its history, the community has also been referred to as "Round Head", "Round Heads", "Round Headstown", and "Roundheads Town". A post office has been in operation at Roundhead since 1837.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Hardin | title=Hardin County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=14 December 2015}}

An archaeological site, the Zimmerman Kame, is located in the Roundhead vicinity; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|2009a}}

Located at an altitude of {{Convert|1004|feet}},{{gnis|1065249}} it sits at the intersection of State Routes 117, 235, and 385, {{Convert|2.75|miles}} north of the northeast corner of Indian Lake and {{Convert|13|miles}} southwest of the city of Kenton,DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}. the county seat of Hardin County.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}} Despite Roundhead's proximity to Indian Lake and the Great Miami River, which flows out of it to the Ohio River at Cincinnati,DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, pp. 56, 74. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}. the community is drained by the headwaters of the Scioto River, which meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 85. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.

Besides its post office, the community includes a Park, a volunteer fire department,{{gnis|2549973|Roundhead Volunteer Fire Department}} a United Methodist Church, a restaurant/bar, and two cemeteries.{{gnis|1700967|Old Roundhead Cemetery}}{{gnis|1700966|New Roundhead Cemetery}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Ohio

Category:Populated places established in 1832

Category:1832 establishments in Ohio

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