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Linscott

Ghost town · Morgan County, Ohio

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

Linscott is a ghost town in Morgan County, Ohio. It is one of 13 former communities in Morgan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Linscott as a historical populated place on the Jacksonville 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 39.4609° N, 82.0435° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleJacksonville
Elevation1,017 ft
Nearest living townJacksonville, OH
Distance to it2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1067293
Coordinates39.46090, -82.04348

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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.

Linscott today, aerial view
Athens quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)

Left: Athens 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

Linscott is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jacksonville, OH (population 343), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,017 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 Linscott?

Linscott is in Morgan County, Ohio, at 39.4609, -82.0435.

How many ghost towns are in Morgan County?

Morgan County, Ohio has 13 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.