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Jerles

Ghost town · Monroe County, Ohio

Macksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)
Macksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Jerles is a ghost town in Monroe County, Ohio. It is one of 9 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 25th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Jerles as a historical populated place on the Stafford 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 39.7387° N, 81.2951° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleStafford
Elevation1,102 ft
Nearest living townStafford, OH
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1051018
Coordinates39.73868, -81.29511

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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.

Jerles today, aerial view
Macksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)

Left: Macksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 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

Jerles is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stafford, OH (population 94), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,102 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 Jerles?

Jerles is in Monroe County, Ohio, at 39.7387, -81.2951.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Ohio has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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.