List of ghost towns in Ohio

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Ohio.

Atwood (Carroll County) - small town in Carroll County. Abandoned to make way for Atwood Lake in effort to control flooding
Atwood (Summit County) - small town in southern Summit County.
Blowville
Blue Ball
Claylick, Licking County, Ohio Located at the intersection of Claylick and the Licking River, this was one of the largest towns to be destroyed and caused primarily by 2 floods 1 in 1919 and 1 in 1959. After the 2nd flood the Dillon Dam floodplain project destroyed this town.
Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake)
Boston, Ohio (aka "Helltown")
Hibernia
Ingham
Knockemstiff
Moonville
New Burlington
New Hampton
Newville
Oreton
Providence
Revenge
Rumley
Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)
San Toy
Tadmor ^[1]
Sprucevale ^[2] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
Utopia
Winchester
Wonderland

Notes and references

List of ghost towns in the United States by political division

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Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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