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Baldwin

Ghost town · Williams County, Ohio

Alvordton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500)
Alvordton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Baldwin is a ghost town in Williams County, Ohio. It is one of 5 former communities in Williams County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 58th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Baldwin as a historical populated place on the West Unity topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.5831° N, 84.4972° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWest Unity
Elevation840 ft
Nearest living townHoliday City, OH
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1080842
Coordinates41.58311, -84.49717

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Baldwin today, aerial view
Alvordton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500)

Left: Alvordton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Baldwin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Holiday City, OH (population 28), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 840 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Baldwin?

Baldwin is in Williams County, Ohio, at 41.5831, -84.4972.

How many ghost towns are in Williams County?

Williams County, Ohio has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.