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Sheldon

Ghost town · Ottawa County, Ohio

Maumee Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500)
Maumee Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sheldon is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Ohio. It is one of 5 former communities in Ottawa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 65th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sheldon as a historical populated place on the Genoa 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 41.5439° N, 83.2694° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGenoa
Elevation589 ft
Nearest living townRocky Ridge, OH
Distance to it3 miles
GNIS feature ID1049679
Coordinates41.54394, -83.26937

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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.

Sheldon today, aerial view
Maumee Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500)

Left: Maumee Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 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

Sheldon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rocky Ridge, OH (population 274), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 589 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.

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Questions

Where is Sheldon?

Sheldon is in Ottawa County, Ohio, at 41.5439, -83.2694.

How many ghost towns are in Ottawa County?

Ottawa County, Ohio has 5 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.