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Athalia Ohio Map

Explore Athalia, Ohio, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Athalia, Ohio

How to Use This Athalia, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Athalia, Ohio. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Ohio or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Athalia.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityAthalia
StateOhio (OH)
CountyLawrence County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.516195
Longitude-82.306538
Population279
Density157.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code45669
Area Code937
County SeatIronton
School DistrictFairland Local School District

About Athalia, Ohio

Athalia is a locality in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 157.0 people per km². Athalia is located at 38.5162°N, 82.3065°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Athalia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45669.

Athalia anchors itself firmly against the low, persistent pulse of Twomile Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy clay and silt of the landscape. It lies 20.4 miles east of Ironton, OH (from Ironton, OH: bearing 94°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Pea Ridge. The horizon is defined by the shadowed, uneven silhouette of Barker Ridge, rising four miles to the west like a jagged interruption in the flat, expansive farmland that defines the region. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the earth gives way to quiet, humid bottomlands, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the damp leaves of sycamores and oaks. Two miles away, the surface of Pops Lake remains glass-still, reflecting the vast, unbroken sky of the interior plains, far removed from any maritime influence. The air here holds the scent of drying corn stalks and cooling soil, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the ridge.

History in Athalia is measured in the slow accumulation of river sediment and the weathered foundations of agricultural outbuildings that have outlived their original purpose. The local economy has long leaned into the rhythms of the land, shifting from the labor of small-scale farming toward a quiet, steady endurance that favors resilience over rapid expansion. Residents often look toward the deeper timber stands of the Wayne National Forest - Ironton Ranger District for respite, or observe the migratory shifts of waterfowl within the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, which acts as a vast, protected lung for the surrounding basin. Further toward the horizon, the low depressions of Bay Bottom offer a stark, silent contrast to the worked fields, grounding the region in a legacy of rural persistence. Life in Athalia moves with an unadorned, deliberate pace, shaped by the seasonal turn of the crops and the quietude of a landscape that asks for little and expects even less.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 020° N
  • Lawrence County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 210° SW
  • Crown City Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 023° NE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 215° SW
  • Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 292° W
  • Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 175° S
  • The Apple Remedy (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 175° S
  • Barboursville Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 180° S
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 224° SW
  • Birke Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.3 mi, 227° SW
  • The Marshall Beech Tree (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 9.6 mi, 341° N · 243k acres
  • Jeslyn Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 228° SW
  • Charles W. & Norma C. Carroll Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Barnes Agency Design & Digital Media Studio (Arts Centre) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Keith Albee (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 228° SW
  • Touma Museum of Medicine (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Huntington Dance Theatre (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 229° SW
  • 3rd Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 229° SW
  • Byrd Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 032° NE
  • Beech Fork Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 203° SW
  • Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 192° S
  • Camden Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 236° SW
  • Indian Rock (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 106° E
  • Greenbo Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 30.1 mi, 266° W
  • Musketeer Field (Stadium) — 31.5 mi, 285° W
  • Kentucky Roots Farm (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 224° SW
  • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.7 mi, 039° NE · 6,562 acres
  • Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.5 mi, 331° NW
  • Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 57.4 mi, 255° W · 564k acres

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About This Athalia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Athalia, Ohio. Coordinates: 38.516195, -82.306538. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Athalia includes the ZIP code (45669), telephone area code (937), county seat of Lawrence County (Ironton), and school district assignment (Fairland Local School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.