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Brush Lake

Ghost town · Champaign County, Ohio

Mechanicsburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)
Mechanicsburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brush Lake is a ghost town in Champaign County, Ohio. It is one of 6 former communities in Champaign County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 50th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brush Lake as a historical populated place on the North Lewisburg 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 40.1681° N, 83.5774° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNorth Lewisburg
Elevation1,131 ft
Nearest living townWoodstock, OH
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1063622
Coordinates40.16811, -83.57743

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What's there now

Brush Lake is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Woodstock, OH (population 269), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,131 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Brush Lake?

Brush Lake is in Champaign County, Ohio, at 40.1681, -83.5774.

How many ghost towns are in Champaign County?

Champaign County, Ohio has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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