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Riceville

Ghost town · Clark County, Ohio

Springfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 1:62,500)
Springfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1904, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Riceville 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 Riceville as a historical populated place on the Springfield 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 39.9064° N, 83.8041° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSpringfield
Elevation1,021 ft
Nearest living townSpringfield, OH
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1067500
Coordinates39.90645, -83.80409

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What's there now

Riceville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Springfield, OH (population 58,410), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,021 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Riceville?

Riceville is in Clark County, Ohio, at 39.9064, -83.8041.

How many ghost towns are in Clark County?

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

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