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Eight Square

Ghost town · Wayne County, Ohio

West Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1906, 1:62,500)
West Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1906, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Eight Square is a ghost town in Wayne County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Wayne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 40th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Eight Square as a historical populated place on the New Pittsburg 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 40.8581° N, 82.0707° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Pittsburg
Elevation1,132 ft
Nearest living townNew Pittsburg, OH
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1054823
Coordinates40.85811, -82.07071

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.

Eight Square today, aerial view
West Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1906, 1:62,500)

Left: West Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1906, 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

Eight Square is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Pittsburg, OH (population 310), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,132 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 Eight Square?

Eight Square is in Wayne County, Ohio, at 40.8581, -82.0707.

How many ghost towns are in Wayne County?

Wayne 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.