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Ghost Towns of Ohio
Ohio's vanished towns follow its canals — boomlets that died when the railroads won — plus Hocking Valley coal camps and river landings the Ohio abandoned to floods.
1,318 sites surveyed across Ohio — 2 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 1,318 vanished or historical sites in Ohio — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
Society Pro
See Ohio as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
498 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Ohio. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.
3,841mine features
1,443mineral sites
7,297lost places
498survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Ohio — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AaronsburgMorrow Co.AiringtonMorgan Co.AllandaleHamilton Co.AndersonAshtabula Co.AngolaGallia Co.AntietamTrumbull Co.ArenaPaulding Co.ArmeniaWashington Co.AsburyPerry Co.AshmontErie Co.AshwoodDefiance Co.AthloneButler Co.AtwoodCarroll Co.BabbtownMiami Co.Baddow PassHolmes Co.BaldwinWilliams Co.Barnes CornersAshtabula Co.BassettWood Co.BayAuglaize Co.BeagleHancock Co.BeardsleyGeauga Co.BecketBelmont Co.BeeVinton Co.BeechMarion Co.BeechwoodClermont Co.BelfastPreble Co.BellsPickaway Co.BentleyTrumbull Co.BerwynTuscarawas Co.BethlehemMarion Co.BeudaleGeauga Co.BiddleCrawford Co.Big WalnutFranklin Co.BixlerStark Co.BlackburnHocking Co.BlanchardLicking Co.BlocktownHardin Co.Bloom RoseBrown Co.BluffCoshocton Co.BoggsGallia Co.BoswellMahoning Co.BosworthSummit Co.BowenLucas Co.BowshervilleWyandot Co.BranstetterWayne Co.BrehmMercer Co.BrightFranklin Co.BrillMorgan Co.Brimestone CornersStark Co.BrockwayTrumbull Co.BrookoverMuskingum Co.BrownstownRoss Co.Brush LakeChampaign Co.BrysonGreene Co.Buck RunAdams Co.BuckhornMeigs Co.BucktownHamilton Co.BuellsWashington Co.Buena VistaVan Wert Co.Bunker HillMeigs Co.ButterworthWarren Co.CabinvilleMorgan Co.CalmGeauga Co.CanadaRoss Co.CarlwickMuskingum Co.Cars RunPike Co.CarterWashington Co.CartersMadison Co.CascadeSummit Co.Cedar FallsHocking Co.CenterNoble Co.Center RoadGeauga Co.CenterviewMonroe Co.CentervilleMedina Co.Central CityLicking Co.ChadwickMorgan Co.ChaffeeSummit Co.ChamberlainMedina Co.ChaneyvilleMorgan Co.Chardon CentreGeauga Co.CharlestonRoss Co.CherryvilleLawrence Co.CiceroDefiance Co.CilleyHamilton Co.ClarksLake Co.ClarksvilleDefiance Co.ClaybankPerry Co.ClaypoolsMuskingum Co.ClaysburgPreble Co.ClemmaGallia Co.ClendeningHarrison Co.ClevengersPutnam Co.CliffyvilleNoble Co.ClintonKnox Co.ClioGuernsey Co.CloudMorgan Co.CloverleafHenry Co.ClowvilleCoshocton Co.Confederate CrossroadsMuskingum Co.Congress LakeStark Co.ConsolHocking Co.CoonvilleLorain Co.CorvinPreble Co.County LineMiami Co.CourtrightRoss Co.CowansCuyahoga Co.CoxVinton Co.CrimvilleChampaign Co.CromleyPickaway Co.Cross KeysMonroe Co.CummingsWood Co.CustalogaWayne Co.DamascusHenry Co.DeadmansMuskingum Co.DeanLawrence Co.Deardoffs MillsTuscarawas Co.DeemsFranklin Co.Deer Creek VillageMadison Co.Deer LickWilliams Co.DelvinDarke Co.DenmarkWilliams Co.DeweyTrumbull Co.DiamondStark Co.DicksontonPerry Co.DogtownJefferson Co.DomervilleDefiance Co.DoneysFranklin Co.DorneyPickaway Co.DorseyBelmont Co.DoughtonTrumbull Co.DouglasWayne Co.DouglassWyandot Co.DunfeeBelmont Co.EarleyMercer Co.East DavisPortage Co.East PortsmouthScioto Co.East SalinevilleColumbiana Co.EastburnJackson Co.EbushRoss Co.EdgewoodWarren Co.EdnaGallia Co.EgyptTuscarawas Co.Eight SquareWayne Co.EldenMeigs Co.ElizabethtownSeneca Co.Elk LickClermont Co.EllemansMiami Co.ElmTuscarawas Co.EnfieldHarrison Co.EnterpriseCuyahoga Co.Etties-BurgPaulding Co.Euclid HomesCuyahoga Co.EustisRoss Co.Fair OakClermont Co.FairviewPickaway Co.FallsvilleHighland Co.FarnhamWood Co.FauserCrawford Co.FayalMeigs Co.FeightnerRoss Co.FellsJefferson Co.FentonWood Co.FerncliffMuskingum Co.FleavilleKnox Co.FolgerLorain Co.FollmerPaulding Co.ForestRichland Co.Fort GassHamilton Co.FranconiaPutnam Co.FranklinRoss Co.FreedomWilliams Co.Frenchmens CornerHamilton Co.Front RoyalKnox Co.FunderbergClark Co.GallHighland Co.Geisingers CornersMedina Co.GermantownTrumbull Co.GernonClermont Co.GhormleyFayette Co.Gibsonburg JunctionSandusky Co.GintherHarrison Co.GlenburgDefiance Co.GlenndaleBelmont Co.GlenvilleCrawford Co.GlenwoodHamilton Co.GoodwinPaulding Co.Goose RunAthens Co.GoosetownVinton Co.GradeHolmes Co.GrainthorpeHamilton Co.GravelotteHamilton Co.GrayPickaway Co.GreenLicking Co.Greenleafs CornersPortage Co.GriffithPickaway Co.GrimesAdams Co.GurleyMarion Co.HagemanShelby Co.HagenbaughChampaign Co.HagertyPickaway Co.HallerFulton Co.HalleyGallia Co.Halls ValleyMorgan Co.HamburgPerry Co.HaneyWood Co.HanoverButler Co.HardscrabbleStark Co.HarrisportPortage Co.HartfordAllen Co.HassanHancock Co.HattoniaHarrison Co.HaynesvilleUnion Co.HaysvilleColumbiana Co.HeglersRoss Co.HeisleyLake Co.HennesseeGreene Co.HennesseyClark Co.HetzlervilleDarke Co.HighwayFranklin Co.HillmanBrown Co.HillsPike Co.HilltownPortage Co.HiltonGallia Co.HinesRichland Co.HobokenPerry Co.HollisGallia Co.HollistersKnox Co.HollyTuscarawas Co.HolmesvilleMarion Co.HomeClermont Co.HonoluluHighland Co.HoovenPickaway Co.Hope RidgeMonroe Co.HoraceWayne Co.HordsMarion Co.HornePerry Co.HuffeysvilleGreene Co.HunterNoble Co.HuntstownPutnam Co.HustonHolmes Co.HutsonPortage Co.IdaLawrence Co.Idlewild ParkLicking Co.InghamAthens Co.Iron BridgeSummit Co.IrvingtonAdams Co.IxworthButler Co.JacksonMuskingum Co.JeffersonvilleJefferson Co.JerlesMonroe Co.JimtownMiami Co.JoeHocking Co.Johns CreekLawrence Co.JonesButler Co.JuliaGeauga Co.KachelmacherHocking Co.KeansPortage Co.KellkerMorrow Co.KelseyBelmont Co.KennonBelmont Co.KingfredFayette Co.KingsvilleMontgomery Co.KitchenerWarren Co.LaceyvilleHarrison Co.LatrobeJackson Co.LawrencevilleTuscarawas Co.LawtonMuskingum Co.LawtonvilleDefiance Co.LelanWarren Co.LeslieFulton Co.LewisMuskingum Co.LewisMorgan Co.LewisvilleHancock Co.LimestoneJackson Co.LindenSeneca Co.LinkPaulding Co.LinscottMorgan Co.Little BuckHamilton Co.LockbridgeColumbiana Co.LoganMarion Co.Long RunLicking Co.LongvilleMarion Co.Lost RunHocking Co.LuttletonHighland Co.LymeErie Co.LyonsdalePerry Co.MacAdamVan Wert Co.MackachackLogan Co.MaddensMuskingum Co.MadeiraPutnam Co.Madison DockLake Co.MadlandScioto Co.MankerLawrence Co.ManorMontgomery Co.Maple GroveOttawa Co.Maple GroveJackson Co.MarchandStark Co.MarkleyMadison Co.MarksStark Co.MarshsHardin Co.MartinsburgMeigs Co.MartinstownHancock Co.MassieScioto Co.MaxHocking Co.MaxtownDelaware Co.McCormickGallia Co.McDonaldButler Co.McGarryColumbiana Co.McKitterickJackson Co.McQuaidWayne Co.MechanicsvilleGreene Co.MelroseClark Co.MeyersMiami Co.Middle BeaverColumbiana Co.MiddletonOttawa Co.MidwayLucas Co.MidwayDefiance Co.MillerPickaway Co.MillersFairfield Co.MillersFranklin Co.MillikinButler Co.MiltonvilleWood Co.MoffittHancock Co.MontanaPutnam Co.MonticelloFairfield Co.MontrealLawrence Co.MoodyGallia Co.MooreAdams Co.MoravilleHarrison Co.MorehouseMorrow Co.MorgantownJackson Co.MoscowLicking Co.MoultonLawrence Co.Mount LeighAdams Co.Mount PleasantDarke Co.Mount TaborLogan Co.Mount UnionHolmes Co.Mount ZionAdams Co.MuchinippiLogan Co.MunsvilleCoshocton Co.MuratPaulding Co.MuskingumWashington Co.MuskingumMuskingum Co.MyersRichland Co.MyersMadison Co.NancyHocking Co.Navy Park Housing ProjectCuyahoga Co.NebraskaPickaway Co.NeedmoreAllen Co.NeowashLucas Co.NettletonChampaign Co.New EnglandTuscarawas Co.New GuineaStark Co.New HarrisonPaulding Co.New JerusalemLucas Co.New SalemRoss Co.New WheelingHolmes Co.NewburghPaulding Co.NewhouseColumbiana Co.NewingburgRoss Co.NewportMahoning Co.NewtonsMedina Co.NewtownHarrison Co.NickelplateLorain Co.NindevillePaulding Co.NiogaMadison Co.North FeesburgBrown Co.North RidgevilleHancock Co.NorthumberlandShelby Co.NottinghamHarrison Co.OakdalePutnam Co.OakgroveMeigs Co.OaklandMuskingum Co.OakpointLorain Co.ObadGallia Co.OconorvillePerry Co.OdbertTuscarawas Co.OglesClinton Co.OgletonButler Co.OhltonMahoning Co.Oil CenterWood Co.OklahomaPreble Co.Old PimtownChampaign Co.OlympiaFayette Co.OperaMuskingum Co.OrangeburgPreble Co.OthoMorgan Co.Owl TownClark Co.Owls TownCoshocton Co.OxtobyClark Co.ParadiseWayne Co.ParlattHarrison Co.PaulsStark Co.PearsonsFayette Co.Pease MillLake Co.PeerlessDelaware Co.PerryvilleHamilton Co.PiccolaOttawa Co.PierceMuskingum Co.PincherVinton Co.PinchtownMontgomery Co.Pine GroveHocking Co.PinnStark Co.PlainsburgStark Co.PlattstonFulton Co.Pleasant ValleyStark Co.Pleasant ValleyMuskingum Co.Pleasant ValleyKnox Co.Pleasant ValleyHarrison Co.PleasantvilleCoshocton Co.PlinyMedina Co.Pluggys TownDelaware Co.Plumbs Cross RoadsPaulding Co.Poe ValleyRoss Co.Point PleasantHocking Co.PrenticeWood Co.Presque IsleLucas Co.ProctorChampaign Co.Prospect HillGallia Co.ProutErie Co.PursellHocking Co.Pusheta TownAuglaize Co.QuarryMonroe Co.RadoNoble Co.RaineysSeneca Co.RalphDelaware Co.ReedsHocking Co.ReidsPaulding Co.ReliefHuron Co.RenolletPaulding Co.RenrockNoble Co.RhoadsPickaway Co.RhodesStark Co.RibletRichland Co.RicevilleClark Co.Rich HillMuskingum Co.RichardsLucas Co.RichlandRichland Co.RidgeWarren Co.RidpathFranklin Co.RinehartsAuglaize Co.RisleyMedina Co.RitonRoss Co.RittersFulton Co.RiverdaleWood Co.RobbinsPike Co.RobertsMuskingum Co.RobertsMadison Co.RockhouseHocking Co.RockportMonroe Co.RockwellWood Co.RowdyvilleMiami Co.RowlandMorgan Co.RubyGallia Co.RugbyLorain Co.Rush RoadLake Co.Saint AndrewsPaulding Co.Saint ClairMuskingum Co.Saint JohnDarke Co.Saint JohnsRichland Co.Saint NicholasSeneca Co.SampsonDarke Co.SandstoneFairfield Co.SaratogaColumbiana Co.ScottNoble Co.SealoverMuskingum Co.SeawrightMuskingum Co.SeeleyburgMorgan Co.SeymorevilleRoss Co.Shady GroveAllen Co.ShaffersStark Co.Shaker VillageHamilton Co.Shannoah TownScioto Co.SharpFranklin Co.SharpsvilleHighland Co.ShastaVan Wert Co.ShawvilleLorain Co.SheldonOttawa Co.SheldonPickaway Co.ShermanSummit Co.SherwoodStark Co.ShillingMorgan Co.SicilyHighland Co.SiloamGallia Co.SimmsGreene Co.SimonsonsHamilton Co.SineyFulton Co.SmileyPaulding Co.SmithMuskingum Co.SmithdaleHarrison Co.SmockHocking Co.SnyderMahoning Co.SodomMiami Co.SophiaPaulding Co.SorgHighland Co.SpannClermont Co.Spring GroveRichland Co.Springfield StationClark Co.SpunkeytownPickaway Co.Spunky PuddleClark Co.SquawtownPickaway Co.StacyHarrison Co.StartleJefferson Co.State LineColumbiana Co.SteinmanMercer Co.StewartRichland Co.Stillhouse RunMonroe Co.StokesWarren Co.Stony RidgePike Co.StrakersDarke Co.StringtownMarion Co.StringtownMonroe Co.StringtownCoshocton Co.StriptownMercer Co.SubrosaMahoning Co.SullivantsFranklin Co.SummitStark Co.SummitHocking Co.SummitvilleMiami Co.SunshineBrown Co.SuperiorTrumbull Co.SurpriseMorrow Co.SweetwineHamilton Co.TadmorMontgomery Co.Tarhe TownFairfield Co.Taylor CentreUnion Co.TeemesSandusky Co.ThomsontownSeneca Co.ThorntonRoss Co.Three Legs TownTuscarawas Co.TimbervillePaulding Co.ToledovilleGuernsey Co.Tondagamies VillageLucas Co.TousaintSandusky Co.TownlineFulton Co.Trail RunMonroe Co.TreadwayFulton Co.TremleysMuskingum Co.TrinityLorain Co.Twin LakesMiami Co.TynrhosGallia Co.UmbriaKnox Co.Upper TauwaPutnam Co.UralVinton Co.ValentineShelby Co.Valley ViewHamilton Co.Valleyview HomesCuyahoga Co.VenableWarren Co.VesuviusLawrence Co.ViewRoss Co.VioletOttawa Co.VoorheisPickaway Co.VorhiesNoble Co.Waggoner RippleAdams Co.WakatomikaMuskingum Co.Walnut HillTrumbull Co.WardWashington Co.WardsPutnam Co.WassieTrumbull Co.WeaversMedina Co.WebbWood Co.WellanPerry Co.West BuffaloWilliams Co.West UnionHancock Co.WheelerLake Co.Wheeling ValleyBelmont Co.WheelockSummit Co.White Eyes TownMuskingum Co.White RockMeigs Co.White Womans TownCoshocton Co.Whiteoak SpringsBrown Co.WignerGallia Co.Wildwood SpringsFranklin Co.WileyDarke Co.WillowbrookCoshocton Co.WillowsMadison Co.Wills TownMuskingum Co.WilseyvilleDefiance Co.WilsonMadison Co.WinelandHancock Co.WinnemacMarion Co.WinonaHocking Co.WonderlandFranklin Co.WyandotteFairfield Co.YankeetownTuscarawas Co.YorkTrumbull Co.ZealMeigs Co.ZuberFranklin Co.