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Trinity

Ghost town · Lorain County, Ohio

Oberlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500)
Oberlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Trinity is a ghost town in Lorain County, Ohio. It is one of 8 former communities in Lorain County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 33rd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Trinity as a historical populated place on the Avon 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 41.4481° N, 82.0004° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAvon
Elevation694 ft
Nearest living townAvon, OH
Distance to it0.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1058935
Coordinates41.44810, -82.00042

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.

Trinity today, aerial view
Oberlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500)

Left: Oberlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 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

Trinity is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Avon, OH (population 25,082), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 694 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 Trinity?

Trinity is in Lorain County, Ohio, at 41.4481, -82.0004.

How many ghost towns are in Lorain County?

Lorain 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.