It's yard sale time along the Lincoln Highway; these area communities are participating

The 20th annual Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sale across Ohio takes place Thursday-Saturday.

The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental road for automobile travel in the United States, dedicated in 1913 and extending from New York City’s Times Square to San Francisco’s Lincoln Park. Combined, various routes across Ohio comprise over 400 miles today.

Past year’s sales have seen families, neighbors and groups of all kinds selling wares from yards, porches, barns and garages, under tents and in open-air locations.

This idea began in 2005 and has spawned a variety of activities from Convoy, near the Indiana state line, to East Liverpool on the Ohio River across from West Virginia. A number of communities have group sales in parks and other locations.

Richland County communities on the route include Ontario and Mansfield. Crawford County communities along various routes include Oceola, Bucyrus, Leesville, Galion and Crestline. Ashland County communities include Mifflin, Ashland, Hayesville, Jeromesville and Rowsburg. Wayne County communities include Wooster and Dalton.

Visit historicbyway.com for sale locations and activities along Ohio’s Lincoln Highway.

This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: It's yard sale time along the Lincoln Highway; these area communities are participating