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Violet

Ghost town · Ottawa County, Ohio

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

Violet 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 Violet as a historical populated place on the Gypsum 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 41.5181° N, 82.8077° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGypsum
Elevation589 ft
Nearest living townLakeside, OH
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1049706
Coordinates41.51811, -82.80769

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.

Violet today, aerial view
Put-In-Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500)

Left: Put-In-Bay 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

Violet is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lakeside, OH (population 678), about 3.2 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.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Violet?

Violet is in Ottawa County, Ohio, at 41.5181, -82.8077.

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.