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Horne

Ghost town · Perry County, Ohio

Zanesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 1:62,500)
Zanesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1910, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Horne is a ghost town in Perry County, Ohio. It is one of 10 former communities in Perry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Horne as a historical populated place on the Crooksville 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 39.7592° N, 82.0938° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCrooksville
Elevation755 ft
Nearest living townCrooksville, OH
Distance to it0.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1065534
Coordinates39.75924, -82.09375

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What's there now

Horne is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Crooksville, OH (population 2,284), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 755 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 Horne?

Horne is in Perry County, Ohio, at 39.7592, -82.0938.

How many ghost towns are in Perry County?

Perry County, Ohio has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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