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Dixon Mound, also known as Williams, or Williamson, Mound, stands in the village of Homer.  The mound is 15 feet high and 80 feet across.  

The village of Homer in Burlington township was founded in an area with numerous mounds and earthworks of various sizes, many of which have been lost due to recent human activity. <ref> Brister, E., ''Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio'', (1909), 342-343 </ref>  

The construction era of Dixon mound is unknown because the site has not been excavated, making the culture that built the site impossible to identify with certainty.  The shape and size of the structure suggest, however, that it was built by the Adena culture (800 BCE-1 CE).  Situated on South Street in Homer near the public library, the mound can be viewed from the street but it lies on private property and there is no public access.  <ref> Woodward and Mcdonald, ''Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley'', (2002), 185-186 </ref>  

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