This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Ohio.
- Ai (Fulton County) - partially abandoned ghost city
- Alba (Hancock County)[1]
- Ashery (Hancock County) - small family town in Amanda Township[1]
- 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.
- Bakdwin (Paulding County) - small lumber town, slightly spills into Indiana
- Beagle (Hancock County) - small farming town[1]
- Big Lick (Hancock County) - small town without notable buildings or businesses in Biglick Township
- Blanchard Bridge (Hancock County) - small town in Amanda Township
- Blowville
- Bakdwin (Paulding County) - small lumber town, slightly spills into Indiana
- Blue Ball
- (Boston) - also known as "Helltown"
- Cannonsburg (Hancock County) - small town in Union Township
- Capernaum (Hancock County) - small town named after biblical city in Amanda Township
- Cass (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township
- Claylick, Licking County 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.[citation needed]
- Clements (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle and Jackson Township
- Cordelia (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township, named Cordelta on some Railroad maps
- Crow (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Delaware Town, Ohio - is a ghost town in Coshocton County, Ohio
- El Rose (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with Rail station but not much business
- Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake)[citation needed]
- Elm Grove (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Erwings Corner (Hancock County) - small town in Jackson Township
- Fallsville (Highland County)
- Frankford (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township with 72 lots that were never sold
- Freedom (Hancock County) - small town in Biglick Township
- Galatea
- Hassan (Hasson) (Hancock County) - small town in Orange and Van Buren Township
- Hibernia
- Homer
- Huber (Hancock County) - small town on the Big Four Railroad in Marion Township
- Ingham
- Jamestown (Hancock County) - small town in Amanda Township
- Knockemstiff
- Lafayette (Hancock County) - small town in Portage Township
- Langan (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with a short-lived train station
- Lewisville (Hancock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
- Marion (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Martinstown (Martins Town) (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle, Jackson and Madison Township
- Marvins Mill (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Moffitt (Hancock County) - small town in Blanchard Township
- Moonville
- Moscow (Licking County)
- New Burlington (Clinton County)
- New Hampton
- Newville
- North Ridgeville (aka "North Ridge", "Pickens Corner", "Pickensville") (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- Olney (Hancock County) - small town in Pleasant Township
- Oreton
- Providence
- Reed's Corner (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township
- Revenge
- Rumley[2]
- Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)[citation needed]
- San Toy
- Sprucevale[3] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
- Tadmor[4]
- Utopia
- Waterloo (Hancock County) - small town in Madison Township
- Weidlers (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township
- West Union (Hancock County) - small town in Madison Township
- Willow Creek (Hancock County) - small town in Eagle Township
- Winchester
- Wineland (Hancock County) - small town in Cass Township
- Wonderland
- ^ a b c "Hancock County". Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. August 26, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ^ "Shelby County Historical Society - Black History - Rumley".
- ^ Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
- ^ Tadmor, OH