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Limestone

Ghost town · Jackson County, Ohio

Oak Hill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 1:62,500)
Oak Hill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Limestone is a ghost town in Jackson County, Ohio. It is one of 6 former communities in Jackson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 53rd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Limestone as a historical populated place on the Oak Hill 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 38.9548° N, 82.5290° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOak Hill
Elevation687 ft
Nearest living townOak Hill, OH
Distance to it4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1067415
Coordinates38.95480, -82.52905

Open the location on a map

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.

Limestone today, aerial view
Oak Hill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 1:62,500)

Left: Oak Hill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 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

Limestone is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oak Hill, OH (population 1,646), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 687 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 Limestone?

Limestone is in Jackson County, Ohio, at 38.9548, -82.5290.

How many ghost towns are in Jackson County?

Jackson County, Ohio has 6 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.