List of ghost towns in Ohio
This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Ohio.
- Ai (Fulton County) - partially abandoned ghost city
- Alba (Hacock County)[1]
- Ashery (Hacock County) - small family town in Amanda Township[1]
- Atwood (Carroll County) - small town in Carroll County. Abandoned to make way for Atwood Lake in effort to control flooding
- Atwood (Summit County) - small town in southern Summit County.
- Bakdwin (Paulding County) - small lumber town, slightly spills into Indiana
- Beagle (Hacock County) - small farming town[1]
- Big Lick (Hacock County) - small town without notable buildings or businesses in Biglick Township
- Blanchard Bridge (Hacock County) - small town in Amanda Township
- Blowville
- Bakdwin (Paulding County) - small lumber town, slightly spills into Indiana
- Blue Ball
- Cannonsburg (Hacock County) - small town in Union Township
- Capernaum (Hacock County) - small town named after biblical city in Amanda Township
- Cass (Hacock County) - small town in Cass Township
- Claylick, Licking County, Ohio Located at the intersection of Claylick and the Licking River, this was one of the largest towns to be destroyed and caused primarily by 2 floods 1 in 1919 and 1 in 1959. After the 2nd flood the Dillon Dam floodplain project destroyed this town.
- Clements (Hacock County) - small town in Eagle and Jackson Township
- Cordelia (Hacock County) - small town in Orange Township, named Cordelta on some Railroad maps
- Crow (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- El Rose (Hacock County) - small town in Orange Township with Rail station but not much business
- Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake)
- Elm Grove (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Erwings Corner (Hacock County) - small town in Jackson Township
- Frankford (Hacock County) - small town in Cass Township with 72 lots that were never sold
- Freedom (Hacock County) - small town in Biglick Township
- Hassan (Hasson) (Hacock County) - small town in Orange and Van Buren Township
- Boston, Ohio (aka "Helltown")
- Hibernia
- Homer
- Huber (Hacock County) - small town on the Big Four Railroad in Marion Township
- Ingham
- Jamestown (Hacock County) - small town in Amanda Township
- Knockemstiff
- Lafayette (Hacock County) - small town in Portage Township
- Langan (Hacock County) - small town in Orange Township with a shortlived trainstation
- Lewisville (Hacock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
- Marion (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Martinstown (Martins Town) (Hacock County) - small town in Eagle, Jackson and Madison Township
- Marvins Mill (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Moffitt (Hacock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
- Moonville
- New Burlington
- New Hampton
- Newville
- North Ridgeville (aka "North Ridge", "Pickens Corner", "Pickensville") (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Olney (Hacock County) - small town in Pleasant Township
- Oreton
- Providence
- Reed's Corner (Hacock County) - small town in Orange Township
- Revenge
- Rumley
- Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)
- San Toy
- Tadmor[2]
- Sprucevale[3] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
- Utopia
- Waterloo (Hacock County) - small town in Madison Township
- Weidlers (Hacock County) - small town in Marion Township
- West Union (Hacock County) - small town in Madison Township
- Willow Creek (Hacock County) - small town in Eagle Township
- Winchester
- Wineland (Hacock County) - small town in Cass Township
- Wonderland
Notes and references
- "Hancock County". Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- Tadmor, OH
- Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
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