Roundhead, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of Roundhead right|250px|Location of Roundhead, Ohio '''Roundhead''' is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43346.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code]</ref>

==History== thumb|left|150px|Along State Routes 117 and 235 in the southern part of Roundhead The first Euro-American settlement at Roundhead was made in 1832 on the site of a former Wyandot Indian village.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The community is named for the Wyandot chief Roundhead.<ref>{{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]}}</ref> During its history, the community has also been referred to as "Round Head", "Round Heads", "Round Headstown", and "Roundheads Town".<ref name=gnis /> A post office has been in operation at Roundhead since 1837.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

==Geography== Located at an altitude of {{Convert|1004|feet}},<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1065249}}</ref> 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,<ref>DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.</ref> the county seat of Hardin County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Despite Roundhead's proximity to Indian Lake and the Great Miami River, which flows out of it to the Ohio River at Cincinnati,<ref>DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, pp. 56, 74. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.</ref> the community is drained by the headwaters of the Scioto River, which meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.<ref>DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 85. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.</ref>

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

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|Roundhead, Ohio}} {{Hardin County, Ohio}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|40|33|34|N|83|50|07|W|type:city_region:US-OH_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Ohio Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1832 Category:1832 establishments in Ohio