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Oxtoby

Ghost town · Clark 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

Oxtoby is a ghost town in Clark County, Ohio. It is one of 11 former communities in Clark County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oxtoby as a historical populated place on the New Moorefield 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 39.9017° N, 83.6955° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Moorefield
Elevation1,108 ft
Nearest living townSouth Vienna, OH
Distance to it4.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1067499
Coordinates39.90173, -83.69548

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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.

Oxtoby 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

Oxtoby is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is South Vienna, OH (population 516), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,108 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 Oxtoby?

Oxtoby is in Clark County, Ohio, at 39.9017, -83.6955.

How many ghost towns are in Clark County?

Clark County, Ohio has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.