Piccola
Ghost town · Ottawa County, Ohio

Piccola 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 Piccola 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 41.5189° N, 82.7813° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Gypsum |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 583 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lakeside, OH |
| Distance to it | 2.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1071043 |
| Coordinates | 41.51894, -82.78130 |
What's there now
Piccola is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lakeside, OH (population 678), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 583 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Violetghost town · Ottawa County · 1.4 mi
- Marblehead Lightlighthouse · Ottawa County · 3.8 mi
- Cedar Point Lightlighthouse · Erie County · 5 mi
- Port Clinton Lightlighthouse · Ottawa County · 7.9 mi
- South Bass Island Lightlighthouse · Ottawa County · 8.3 mi
- Teemesghost town · Sandusky County · 8.4 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memoriallighthouse · Ottawa County · 9.5 mi
- Perry's memorial lighthouselighthouse · Ottawa County · 9.5 mi
- Green Island Lightlighthouse · Ottawa County · 9.8 mi
- Proutghost town · Erie County · 12.3 mi
- Huron Harbor Lightlighthouse · Erie County · 14.6 mi
- Lymeghost town · Erie County · 15.7 mi
Questions
Where is Piccola?
Piccola is in Ottawa County, Ohio, at 41.5189, -82.7813.
How many ghost towns are in Ottawa County?
Ottawa County, Ohio has 5 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.