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Plumbs Cross Roads

Ghost town · Paulding County, Ohio

Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)
Continental quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Plumbs Cross Roads is a ghost town in Paulding County, Ohio. It is one of 16 former communities in Paulding County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Plumbs Cross Roads as a historical populated place on the Oakwood 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 41.0087° N, 84.3899° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOakwood
Elevation723 ft
Nearest living townGrover Hill, OH
Distance to it4.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1961053
Coordinates41.00866, -84.38995

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What's there now

Plumbs Cross Roads is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grover Hill, OH (population 472), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 723 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Plumbs Cross Roads?

Plumbs Cross Roads is in Paulding County, Ohio, at 41.0087, -84.3899.

How many ghost towns are in Paulding County?

Paulding County, Ohio has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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