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Lelan

Ghost town · Warren County, Ohio

Morrow quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)
Morrow quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lelan is a ghost town in Warren County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Warren County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 42nd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lelan as a historical populated place on the Lebanon 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 39.4548° N, 84.1785° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLebanon
Elevation902 ft
Nearest living townLebanon, OH
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1065572
Coordinates39.45478, -84.17855

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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.

Lelan today, aerial view
Morrow quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)

Left: Morrow quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 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

Lelan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lebanon, OH (population 21,216), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 902 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 Lelan?

Lelan is in Warren County, Ohio, at 39.4548, -84.1785.

How many ghost towns are in Warren County?

Warren County, Ohio has 7 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.