WayfarrowMcDonald
Ghost town · Butler County, Ohio
McDonald is a ghost town in Butler County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Butler County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 35th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists McDonald as a historical populated place on the College Corner 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 39.5301° N, 84.7780° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | College Corner |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,038 ft |
| Nearest living town | Oxford, OH |
| Distance to it | 2.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1067492 |
| Coordinates | 39.53005, -84.77801 |
What's there now
McDonald is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oxford, OH (population 22,069), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,038 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Pugh's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Butler County · 2.3 mi
- White Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Butler County · 3.2 mi
- College Corner Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Ohio · 3.8 mi
- Hueston Woods Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Preble County · 4.3 mi
- Ogletonghost town · Butler County · 4.6 mi
- Claysburgghost town · Preble County · 6.7 mi
- Hanoverghost town · Butler County · 9.9 mi
- Mount Carmel Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Franklin County · 10.5 mi
- Governor Bebb Park Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Butler County · 11 mi
- Harshman Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Preble County · 11.9 mi
- Corvinghost town · Preble County · 11.9 mi
- Snow Hill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Franklin County · 14.7 mi
Questions
Where is McDonald?
McDonald is in Butler County, Ohio, at 39.5301, -84.7780.
How many ghost towns are in Butler County?
Butler County, Ohio has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.