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

  1. "Hancock County". Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. Tadmor, OH
  3. Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
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