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Ralph

Ghost town · Delaware County, Ohio

Westerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1902, 1:62,500)
Westerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1902, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ralph is a ghost town in Delaware County, Ohio. It is one of 8 former communities in Delaware County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 30th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ralph as a historical populated place on the Sunbury 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 40.1315° N, 82.7807° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSunbury
Elevation1,106 ft
Nearest living townNew Albany, OH
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1067532
Coordinates40.13145, -82.78073

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.

Ralph today, aerial view
Westerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1902, 1:62,500)

Left: Westerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1902, 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

Ralph is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Albany, OH (population 10,524), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,106 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 Ralph?

Ralph is in Delaware County, Ohio, at 40.1315, -82.7807.

How many ghost towns are in Delaware County?

Delaware 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.