The Slippery Elm Trail is a

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conversion in

Wood County, Ohio Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 132,248. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harriso ...

that runs 13 miles from

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, through Portage and Rudolph, to

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History

The Bowling Green Railroad Company was founded in 1874. It functioned as a spur line to link Bowling Green to the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway (C.H. & D.) that ran northwest of Bowling Green, through

Tontogany, Ohio Tontogany is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 367 at the 2010 census. History Tontogany was platted in 1855, and named for Tontogany, a Native American chief. A post office called Tontogany has been in operation ...

. In 1887, the CH&D railroad purchased enough stock to control the Bowling Green line. In 1890, the Bowling Green Railroad Company absorbed the portion of railroad that makes today's trail, which was then called the Toledo, Findlay and Springfield Railroad. The line was later purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1917, and operated as B&O until 1978. The Wood County Parks District opened the rail trail in 1995.

Location

The trail is maintained by the Wood County Parks District, and the routing is per the following table:

External links

Google Maps: Slippery Elm Trail, Ohio

TrailLink: Slippery Elm Trail

Wood County Park District: Slippery Elm Trail

References

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