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Corvin

Ghost town · Preble County, Ohio

Oxford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500)
Oxford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Corvin is a ghost town in Preble County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Preble County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 38th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Corvin as a historical populated place on the Eaton South 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 39.6995° N, 84.7416° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEaton South
Elevation1,114 ft
Nearest living townLake Lakengren, OH
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1063236
Coordinates39.69950, -84.74162

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.

Corvin today, aerial view
Oxford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500)

Left: Oxford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 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

Corvin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lake Lakengren, OH (population 3,404), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,114 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 Corvin?

Corvin is in Preble County, Ohio, at 39.6995, -84.7416.

How many ghost towns are in Preble County?

Preble County, Ohio has 7 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.