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Cox

Ghost town · Vinton County, Ohio

Laurelville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 1:62,500)
Laurelville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cox is a ghost town in Vinton County, Ohio. It is one of 8 former communities in Vinton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cox as a historical populated place on the Ratcliffburg 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 39.2995° N, 82.7407° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRatcliffburg
Elevation620 ft
Nearest living townRichmond Dale, OH
Distance to it7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1051910
Coordinates39.29951, -82.74073

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.

Cox today, aerial view
Laurelville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 1:62,500)

Left: Laurelville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 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

Cox is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Richmond Dale, OH (population 600), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 620 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 Cox?

Cox is in Vinton County, Ohio, at 39.2995, -82.7407.

How many ghost towns are in Vinton County?

Vinton County, Ohio has 8 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.