Birmingham Ohio Map

About Birmingham, Ohio

Birmingham is a locality in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. Birmingham is located at 40.1753°N, 81.4373°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 44889.

Birmingham rests in a landscape that hums with the quiet tenacity of Appalachia’s embrace. It lies 6.4 miles south-west of West Chester, OH (from West Chester, OH: bearing 231°T), and is situated 12.8 miles north-east of Cambridge. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of rain and wind, cradle the small settlement, their slopes a patchwork of mature woodlands and fields that surrender to the encroaching green. The air, especially in the lingering afternoons of late summer, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying hay and the damp, earthy perfume of the woods, a subtle reminder of the land’s constant, slow work. A network of creeks, some mere trickles after a dry spell, others swollen with recent downpours, thread their way through the hollows, their murmuring a perpetual underscore to the stillness. The sky overhead, vast and often a bruised purple at dusk, seems to press down gently, a canopy of deep, unhurried color. The history of Birmingham is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the rhythms of its economy. This place, once a hub for the quarrying of stone that built structures far beyond its immediate vicinity, still carries the echoes of that industrious past in the very texture of its landscape. The local economy, now more diversified, draws sustenance from the surrounding fertile farmland, its bounty appearing at roadside stands and small markets, and from the resilient spirit of its residents who often commute to larger centers, their lives a testament to adaptation. The absence of sprawling commercial centers lends Birmingham a character of understated authenticity, a place where the day unfolds with a deliberate, unforced cadence, and where the changing seasons mark the true passage of time.

About This Birmingham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Birmingham, Ohio — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.175348, -81.437338. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Birmingham and Guernsey County.

Detailed location data for Birmingham includes the ZIP code (43749), telephone area code (740, 419), county seat of Guernsey County (Cambridge), and school district assignment (Firelands Local School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Birmingham is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.