List of ghost towns in Ohio explained

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Ohio.

• Ai (Fulton County) - partially abandoned ghost city
• Alba (Hancock County)^[1]
• Ashery (Hancock 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 (Hancock County) - small farming town^[1]
• Big Lick (Hancock County) - small town without notable buildings or businesses in Biglick Township
• Blanchard Bridge (Hancock County) - small town in Amanda Township
• Blowville
• Bakdwin (Paulding County) - small lumber town, slightly spills into Indiana
• Blue Ball
• (Boston) - also known as "Helltown"
• Cannonsburg (Hancock County) - small town in Union Township
• Capernaum (Hancock County) - small town named after biblical city in Amanda Township
• Cass (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township
• Claylick, Licking County 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 (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle and Jackson Township
• Cordelia (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township, named Cordelta on some Railroad maps
• Crow (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• Delaware Town, Ohio - is a ghost town in Coshocton County, Ohio
• El Rose (Hancock 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 (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• Erwings Corner (Hancock County) - small town in Jackson Township
• Fallsville (Highland County)
• Frankford (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township with 72 lots that were never sold
• Freedom (Hancock County) - small town in Biglick Township
• Galatea
• Hassan (Hasson) (Hancock County) - small town in Orange and Van Buren Township
• Hibernia
• Homer
• Huber (Hancock County) - small town on the Big Four Railroad in Marion Township
• Ingham
• Jamestown (Hancock County) - small town in Amanda Township
• Knockemstiff
• Lafayette (Hancock County) - small town in Portage Township
• Langan (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with a short-lived train station
• Lewisville (Hancock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
• Marion (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• Martinstown (Martins Town) (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle, Jackson and Madison Township
• Marvins Mill (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• Moffitt (Hancock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
• Moonville
• Moscow (Licking County)
• New Burlington (Clinton County)
• New Hampton
• Newville
• North Ridgeville (aka "North Ridge", "Pickens Corner", "Pickensville") (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• Olney (Hancock County) - small town in Pleasant Township
• Oreton
• Providence
• Reed's Corner (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township
• Revenge
• Rumley^[2]
• Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)
• San Toy
• Sprucevale^[3] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
• Tadmor^[4]
• Utopia
• Waterloo (Hancock County) - small town in Madison Township
• Weidlers (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
• West Union (Hancock County) - small town in Madison Township
• Willow Creek (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle Township
• Winchester
• Wineland (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township
• Wonderland

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-08-26 . Hancock County . 2022-03-10 . Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. . en.
2. Web site: Shelby County Historical Society - Black History - Rumley .
3. http://www.deadohio.com/beavercreek.htm Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
4. http://www.dennygibson.com/oddment/tadmor/index.htm Tadmor, OH