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Flint Ridge State Memorial

Flint Ridge State Memorial
Typical outcrop at Flint Ridge.jpg
A typical boulder at the site
Flint Ridge State Memorial is located in Ohio
Flint Ridge State Memorial
Flint Ridge State Memorial is located in the US
Flint Ridge State Memorial
Nearest city Brownsville, Ohio
Coordinates 39°59′25″N 82°15′36″W / 39.990322°N 82.260004°W / 39.990322; -82.260004Coordinates: 39°59′25″N 82°15′36″W / 39.990322°N 82.260004°W / 39.990322; -82.260004
Area 250 acres (100 ha)
NRHP Reference # 70000505
Added to NRHP November 10, 1970

Flint Ridge State Memorial is a Native American flint quarry located in Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio, about three miles north of Brownsville at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is on the site.

Flint is a variety of quartz and the flint on the ridge is the Vanport Limestone Member of the Allegheny Formation of Pennsylvanian age.

Flint Ridge contains quarry pits where all of the ancient people of Ohio came to get flint for both tools and weapons. Some archaeologists believe that the Hopewell culture traded the brightly colored flint from this area for materials from other areas of North America.


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