List of ghost towns in Ohio

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.^{[citation needed]}
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)^{[citation needed]}
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)^{[citation needed]}
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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hancock County". Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. August 26, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ "Shelby County Historical Society - Black History - Rumley".
^ Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
^ Tadmor, OH