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Markley

Ghost town · Madison County, Ohio

South Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500)
South Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Markley is a ghost town in Madison County, Ohio. It is one of 8 former communities in Madison County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 31st among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Markley as a historical populated place on the South Vienna 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 39.9326° N, 83.5152° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSouth Vienna
Elevation1,092 ft
Nearest living townChoctaw Lake, OH
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1067461
Coordinates39.93256, -83.51520

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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.

Markley today, aerial view
South Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500)

Left: South Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 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

Markley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Choctaw Lake, OH (population 2,145), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,092 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 Markley?

Markley is in Madison County, Ohio, at 39.9326, -83.5152.

How many ghost towns are in Madison County?

Madison County, Ohio has 8 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.