 Heading away from that intersection, SR 709 passes amid a landscape predominantly ruled by farmland.SR 709 passes its intersection with Flager Road, crosses over the Long Prairie Creek, and arrives at a junction with U.S. Route 127 (US 127).Going east from US 127, SR 709 follows a brief reverse curve that takes it southeasterly through the Greenville Road (Van Wert County Road 95) intersection, before resuming a due easterly course as it heads into York Township.