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Hills

Ghost town · Pike County, Ohio

Piketon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500)
Piketon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hills is a ghost town in Pike County, Ohio. It is one of 4 former communities in Pike County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 68th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hills as a historical populated place on the Summithill 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 39.1792° N, 83.0416° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSummithill
Elevation808 ft
Nearest living townWaverly, OH
Distance to it4.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1067178
Coordinates39.17923, -83.04157

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What's there now

Hills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Waverly, OH (population 4,153), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 808 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Hills?

Hills is in Pike County, Ohio, at 39.1792, -83.0416.

How many ghost towns are in Pike County?

Pike County, Ohio has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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