Wayfarrow

Hollisters

Ghost town · Knox County, Ohio

Brinkhaven quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500)
Brinkhaven quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hollisters is a ghost town in Knox County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Knox County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 45th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hollisters as a historical populated place on the Brinkhaven 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 40.3834° N, 82.2485° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrinkhaven
Elevation938 ft
Nearest living townDanville, OH
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1070382
Coordinates40.38340, -82.24849

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Hollisters is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Danville, OH (population 747), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 938 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Hollisters?

Hollisters is in Knox County, Ohio, at 40.3834, -82.2485.

How many ghost towns are in Knox County?

Knox County, Ohio has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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 2026-11-05.