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Karshner Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Seen from State Route 56 to the east
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Location	Second terrace above Salt Creek
Nearest city	Laurelville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°27′5.4″N 82°43′12″W / 39.451500°N 82.72000°W / 39.451500; -82.72000
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74001527
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1974

The Karshner Mound is a Native American mound in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the village of Laurelville in Hocking County, it is one of Ohio's largest remaining burial mounds that has not been significantly damaged since white settlement. Measuring 100 feet (30 m) in diameter and 28 feet (8.5 m) high, it lies in the middle of a farm field, but it has never been cultivated, and vegetation on the mound has prevented erosion.

Although no archaeological investigation has ever been carried out at the Karshner Mound, it is believed to have been constructed by people of the Adena culture, who inhabited the region between 1000 BC and AD 400. This identification is based on its shape and location; the Karshner Mound lies on the second terrace above Salt Creek, and large numbers of mounds on terraces above small streams have been found to be constructed by the Adena. Because of this identification, the mound is seen as a valuable archaeological site and believed to be likely to yield many informative artifacts if excavated. In recognition of its archaeological value, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 775-776.

v t e Adena Culture
List of Adena culture sites Woodland period Mound Builders List of archaeological periods (North America)
Ohio sites	Adena Austin Brown Arledge Beam Farm Clemmons Conrad Coon Hunters George Deffenbaugh Enon Fortner Great Mound Hartley Highbanks Metro Park Hillside Haven Hodgen's Cemetery Horn Hurley Jackson Karshner Kinzer Luthor List McDaniel Miamisburg Mound Cemetery Odd Fellows' Cemetery Old Maid's Orchard Orators Carl Potter Raleigh Reeves D.S. Rose Ross Trails Circle Short Woods Park Shrum Snead Spruce Run David Stitt Story (Cincinnati) Story (Chillicothe) Williamson Wolf Plains Wright-Patterson Zaleski
Kentucky sites	Biggs Gaitskill Jim King Mound Mound Hill Mount Horeb Ramey Round Hill
West Virginia sites	Camden Park Mound Cotiga Mound Cresap Mound Criel Goff Mound Grave Creek Lynden Reynolds Farm Mound Neibert Mound St. Albans Site St Mary's Mound Turkey Creek Mound
Indiana sites	Mounds State Park
Category

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Hocking County, Ohio
Historic districts	Haydenville Historic Town Hocking Valley Railway Historic District Logan Historic District Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Complex
Other properties	Davis Works George Deffenbaugh Mound Inter County Highway 360 Charles Worth James House Karshner Mound Logan City Hall McCarthy-Blosser-Dillon Building Edith Ross Mound William H. Woodruff House
Formerly listed	Ladies Comfort Station
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hocking County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio

• Adena culture
• Archaeological sites in Ohio
• National Register of Historic Places in Hocking County, Ohio
• Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
• Mounds in Ohio