Roberts Mound

Roberts Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Section 36 of Reily Township,^[2] northwest of Auburn^[3]
Nearest city:	Auburn, Ohio
Area:	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	75001329^[1]
Added to NRHP:	March 27, 1975

The Roberts Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northwest of Auburn in Butler County,^[3] the mound sits in Section 36 of Reily Township;^[2] it is the only mound in the far southeastern part of the township.^[4]

Built in the shape of a cone, the Roberts Mound is believed to have been built during the Woodland period. Many similar mounds and other types of earthworks are located in the vicinity of the Roberts Mound, but unlike most of them, it has never been excavated. While the lack of artifacts prevents the culture of the builders from being known with certainty, the lack of disturbance has caused it to be ranked among the most well-preserved mounds in the region.^[5]

In recognition of its archaeological value, the Roberts Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Five other archaeological sites in Butler County were placed on the National Register in the same year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ^a ^b MacLean, J. P. The Mound Builders: Being an Account of a Remarkable People that Once Inhabited the Valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, Together with an Investigation Into the Archæology of Butler County, O. Cincinnati: Clarke, 1879, 201.
^ ^a ^b 44 F.R. 7552
^ Thomas, Cyrus. Catalogue of Prehistoric Works East of the Rocky Mountains. Washington: GPO, 1891, Plate XV.
^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 102.

Pre-Columbian North America

Archaeological cultures	North American pre-Columbian chronology – Adena – Alachua – Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) – Baytown – Belle Glade – Buttermilk Creek Complex – Caborn-Welborn – Calf Creek – Caloosahatchee – Clovis – Coles Creek – Deptford – Folsom – Fort Ancient – Fort Walton – Fremont – Glades – Glacial Kame – Hopewell (List of Hopewell sites) – Hohokam – Leon-Jefferson – Mississippian (List of Mississippian sites) – Mogollon – Monongahela – Old Cordilleran – Oneota – Paleo-Arctic – Paleo-Indians – Patayan – Plano – Plaquemine – Poverty Point – Prehistoric Southwest – Red Ocher – Santa Rosa-Swift Creek – St. Johns – Steed-Kisker – Tchefuncte – Tocobaga – Troyville

Archaeological sites	Angel Mounds – Bandelier National Monument – The Bluff Point Stoneworks – Cahokia – Chaco Canyon – Casa Grande – Coso Rock Art District – Eaker – Effigy Mounds National Monument – Etowah Indian Mounds – Eva – Folsom Site – Fort Ancient – Fort Center – Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument – Holly Bluff Site – Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – Kincaid Mounds – Kolomoki – Manitou Cliff Dwellings – Marksville – Meadowcroft Rockshelter – Mesa Verde – Moorehead Circle – Moundville – Mummy Cave – Nodena Site – Ocmulgee National Monument – Old Stone Fort – Parkin Park – Pinson Mounds – Portsmouth Earthworks – Poverty Point – Pueblo Bonito – Rock Eagle – Rock Hawk – Salmon Ruins – Serpent Mound – Spiro Mounds – SunWatch – Taos Pueblo – Toltec Mounds – Town Creek Indian Mound – Winterville

Miscellaneous	Ballgame – Black drink – Buhl woman – Calumet – Chunkey – Clovis point – Container Revolution – Eastern Agricultural Complex – Eden point – Effigy mound – Falcon dancer – Folsom point – Green Corn Ceremony – Horned Serpent – Kennewick man – Kiva – Metallurgy – Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing – Medicine wheel – Mound builders – N.A.G.P.R.A. – Norse colonization of the Americas – Piasa – Pueblo dwellings – Southeastern Ceremonial Complex – Three Sisters agriculture – Thunderbird – Underwater panther

Related: Genetic history · Indigenous Portal of North America · Pre-Columbian era

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National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio

National Historic Landmarks	Langstroth Cottage William H. McGuffey House John B. Tytus House

Historic districts	Austin-Magie Farm and Mill District Dayton-Campbell Historic District German Village Historic District Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton Historic Civic Center Harding-Jones Paper Company District High Street Commercial Block Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District Lane's Mill Historic Buildings Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District Rossville Historic District South Main Street District Williamson Mound Archeological District

Other properties	Dr. William S. Alexander House Anderson-Shaffer House Augspurger Grist Mill Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse 1 Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse 2 Augspurger Schoolhouse Frederick Augspurger Farm John Augspurger Farm No. 1 John Augspurger Farm No. 2 Samuel Augspurger Farm Samuel Augspurger House Beckett-Manrod House Benninghofen House Butler County Courthouse Cochran Farm Demoret Mound Henry P. Deuscher House Zachariah Price Dewitt Cabin Dixon-Globe Opera House-Robinson-Schwenn Building Edgeton Christian Ehresman Farm Elliott and Stoddard Halls Fairfield Township Works I Fitz Randolph-Rogers House Fortified Hill Works Garver Barn Great Mound Hamilton Catholic High School Herron Gymnasium James P. Hidley Cottage Howe Tavern Matthew Hueston House Hughes Manor Hughes School Hunting Lodge Farm Christian Iutzi Farm John Kennel Sr. Farm John Kennel Jr. Farm Elias Kumler House Lane-Hooven House Henry Maltby House Mann Mound Mill Office and Post Office Morgan-Hueston House Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame High School Oxford Female Institute Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House Pugh's Mill Covered Bridge Rentschler House Roberts Mound D.S. Rose Mound Ross Trails Adena Circle St. Stephen Church and Rectory Peter Schrock Jr. Farm John Scott Barn and Granary Shaw Farm Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University Spread Eagle Tavern-James D. Conrey House Symmes Mission Chapel Thomas Select School Union Township Works II Unzicker-Cook House John Vaughan House Voice of America Bethany Relay Station Western Female Seminary

Formerly listed	Fisher Hall Phillip Hughes House Pleasant Run Mounds

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio