Hooven
Ghost town · Pickaway County, Ohio

Hooven is a ghost town in Pickaway County, Ohio. It is one of 15 former communities in Pickaway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hooven as a historical populated place on the Circleville 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 39.5226° N, 82.9360° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Circleville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 729 ft |
| Nearest living town | Logan Elm Village, OH |
| Distance to it | 3.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1080586 |
| Coordinates | 39.52256, -82.93601 |
What's there now
Hooven is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Logan Elm Village, OH (population 1,238), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 729 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Dorneyghost town · Pickaway County · 2.5 mi
- Squawtownghost town · Pickaway County · 2.7 mi
- Millerghost town · Pickaway County · 3 mi
- Courtrightghost town · Ross County · 5.2 mi
- Spunkeytownghost town · Pickaway County · 5.6 mi
- Sheldonghost town · Pickaway County · 6.9 mi
- Voorheisghost town · Pickaway County · 7.8 mi
- Fairviewghost town · Pickaway County · 8.7 mi
- Brownstownghost town · Ross County · 9.1 mi
- Bellsghost town · Pickaway County · 9.2 mi
- Millersghost town · Fairfield County · 9.2 mi
- Wyandotteghost town · Fairfield County · 10.2 mi
Questions
Where is Hooven?
Hooven is in Pickaway County, Ohio, at 39.5226, -82.9360.
How many ghost towns are in Pickaway County?
Pickaway County, Ohio has 15 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.