Roundhead, Ohio

Roundhead is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43346. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43336 Zip Code Lookup] ] It sits at the intersection of State Routes 117, 235, and 385, 2¾ mile (4½ km) north of the northeast corner of Indian Lake and 13 miles (24 km) southwest of the city of Kenton, the county seat of Hardin County. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.] 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.]

History

Founded in 1832, Roundhead is the first white community in Hardin County.

Roundhead is named for the great Wyandot chief Stiahta, or "Roundhead". The Wyandots, led by Chief Roundhead, had a prominent village on the banks of the Scioto in the location of present-day Roundhead. Chief Roundhead was an important ally of Tecumseh, and as Tecumseh's "enforcer" was helpful in "persuading" various Indian tribes to unite under Tecumseh and fight against aggression by the white man. Chief Roundhead signed the Greenville treaty as leader of the Wyandots.

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