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Ogles

Ghost town · Clinton County, Ohio

Xenia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)
Xenia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ogles is a ghost town in Clinton County, Ohio. It is one of 2 former communities in Clinton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 85th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ogles as a historical populated place on the Port William 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 39.5406° N, 83.8316° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePort William
Elevation1,018 ft
Nearest living townPort William, OH
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1053432
Coordinates39.54062, -83.83159

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.

Ogles today, aerial view
Xenia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)

Left: Xenia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 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

Ogles is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Port William, OH (population 366), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,018 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 Ogles?

Ogles is in Clinton County, Ohio, at 39.5406, -83.8316.

How many ghost towns are in Clinton County?

Clinton County, Ohio has 2 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.