Wayfarrow

Fells

Ghost town · Jefferson County, Ohio

Steubenville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 1:62,500)
Steubenville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fells is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Ohio. It is one of 6 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 52nd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fells as a historical populated place on the Steubenville West 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 40.2912° N, 80.7181° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSteubenville West
Elevation845 ft
Nearest living townNew Alexandria, OH
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1062470
Coordinates40.29118, -80.71814

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.

Fells today, aerial view
Steubenville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 1:62,500)

Left: Steubenville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 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

Fells is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Alexandria, OH (population 358), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 845 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 Fells?

Fells is in Jefferson County, Ohio, at 40.2912, -80.7181.

How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?

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

Sources and licences

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.