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)
 * Ashery (Hancock County) - small family town in Amanda Township
 * 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
 * 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
 * Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)
 * San Toy
 * Sprucevale (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
 * Tadmor
 * 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