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Renollet

Ghost town · Paulding County, Ohio

Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)
Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Renollet is a ghost town in Paulding County, Ohio. It is one of 16 former communities in Paulding County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Renollet as a historical populated place on the Junction 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 41.2456° N, 84.4961° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleJunction
Elevation717 ft
Nearest living townSherwood, OH
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1054197
Coordinates41.24561, -84.49606

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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.

Renollet today, aerial view
Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)

Left: Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 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

Renollet is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sherwood, OH (population 770), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 717 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 Renollet?

Renollet is in Paulding County, Ohio, at 41.2456, -84.4961.

How many ghost towns are in Paulding County?

Paulding County, Ohio has 16 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.