Located near Mechanicsburg,[1] it lies on a small ridge in a pasture field in southeastern Union Township.

[2]: 2 The valleys of the Scioto and Miami rivers were rich with prehistoric earthworks when whites settled Ohio.

[3]: 11 In the late nineteenth century, a kame in the farm's barnyard was excavated for gravel and found to contain multiple burials and artifacts, which have since been assessed as dating from the Cole period.

In contrast, the Potter Mound is not plowed; although it has been reduced in height by cultivation in the past, the site is no longer being so used.

[2]: 3  Four years later, the Potter mound was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a preservation effort.