Heisley
Ghost town · Lake County, Ohio

Heisley is a ghost town in Lake County, Ohio. It is one of 6 former communities in Lake County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 51st among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Heisley as a historical populated place on the Mentor 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 41.6973° N, 81.3073° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Mentor |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 644 ft |
| Nearest living town | Mentor, OH |
| Distance to it | 1.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1052862 |
| Coordinates | 41.69727, -81.30733 |
What's there now
Heisley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mentor, OH (population 47,215), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 644 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Fairport Harbor Lightlighthouse · Lake County · 4.4 mi
- Clarksghost town · Lake County · 4.7 mi
- Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Lake County · 5.1 mi
- Pease Millghost town · Lake County · 6.7 mi
- Chardon Centreghost town · Geauga County · 7.3 mi
- Rush Roadghost town · Lake County · 9.4 mi
- Center Roadghost town · Geauga County · 13.4 mi
- Wheelerghost town · Lake County · 13.8 mi
- South Thompsonghost town · Geauga County · 14 mi
- Euclid Homesghost town · Cuyahoga County · 14.3 mi
- Beudaleghost town · Geauga County · 14.4 mi
- Calmghost town · Geauga County · 15.7 mi
Questions
Where is Heisley?
Heisley is in Lake County, Ohio, at 41.6973, -81.3073.
How many ghost towns are in Lake County?
Lake County, Ohio has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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 2026-11-05.