Reids
Ghost town · Paulding County, Ohio

Reids 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 Reids as a historical populated place on the Paulding 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 41.1942° N, 84.5536° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Paulding |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 722 ft |
| Nearest living town | Cecil, OH |
| Distance to it | 3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1063329 |
| Coordinates | 41.19422, -84.55356 |
What's there now
Reids is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cecil, OH (population 156), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 722 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Renolletghost town · Paulding County · 4.6 mi
- Arenaghost town · Paulding County · 5.7 mi
- Ashwoodghost town · Defiance County · 6.6 mi
- Neboghost town · Defiance County · 7.8 mi
- Goodwinghost town · Paulding County · 8.7 mi
- Saint Andrewsghost town · Paulding County · 9.1 mi
- Newburghghost town · Paulding County · 10.8 mi
- Follmerghost town · Paulding County · 11.3 mi
- Etties-Burgghost town · Paulding County · 12.2 mi
- Arrowsmithsghost town · Defiance County · 12.4 mi
- Wilseyvilleghost town · Defiance County · 12.4 mi
- Nindevilleghost town · Paulding County · 12.7 mi
Questions
Where is Reids?
Reids is in Paulding County, Ohio, at 41.1942, -84.5536.
How many ghost towns are in Paulding County?
Paulding County, Ohio has 16 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.