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Ghost town · Brown County, Ohio
Sunshine is a ghost town in Brown County, Ohio. It is one of 5 former communities in Brown County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 59th among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sunshine as a historical populated place on the Hamersville 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 38.9070° N, 83.9258° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Hamersville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 877 ft |
| Nearest living town | Georgetown, OH |
| Distance to it | 3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1065487 |
| Coordinates | 38.90701, -83.92576 |
What's there now
Sunshine is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Georgetown, OH (population 4,147), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 877 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- North Feesburgghost town · Brown County · 2.3 mi
- Whiteoak Springsghost town · Brown County · 2.7 mi
- New Hope Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 3.7 mi
- Hillmanghost town · Brown County · 6 mi
- Sicilyghost town · Highland County · 9 mi
- George Miller Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 10.6 mi
- Lee's Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Mason County · 11.2 mi
- North Pole Road Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 13.6 mi
- Elk Lickghost town · Clermont County · 13.8 mi
- Bloom Roseghost town · Brown County · 14.2 mi
- Fair Oakghost town · Clermont County · 14.7 mi
- Eagle Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 14.8 mi
Questions
Where is Sunshine?
Sunshine is in Brown County, Ohio, at 38.9070, -83.9258.
How many ghost towns are in Brown County?
Brown 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.