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Sherman

Ghost town · Summit County, Ohio

Akron quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)
Akron quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sherman is a ghost town in Summit County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Summit County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 39th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sherman as a historical populated place on the Wadsworth 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 41.0139° N, 81.6676° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWadsworth
Elevation1,085 ft
Nearest living townNorton, OH
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1071107
Coordinates41.01394, -81.66763

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.

Sherman today, aerial view
Akron quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)

Left: Akron quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 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

Sherman is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Norton, OH (population 11,576), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,085 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 Sherman?

Sherman is in Summit County, Ohio, at 41.0139, -81.6676.

How many ghost towns are in Summit County?

Summit County, Ohio has 7 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.