Broughton Ohio Map

About Broughton, Ohio

Broughton is a locality in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 116. The population density is 206.4 people per km². Broughton is located at 41.0898°N, 84.5352°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Broughton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45879.

Broughton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of northwestern Ohio as a quiet confluence of agricultural persistence and open sky. It lies 15.4 miles north of Van Wert, OH (from Van Wert, OH: bearing 9°T), and is situated 4.1 miles southeast of Paulding. The landscape surrounding Broughton is defined by a rigorous, geometric flatness, where the dark, fertile soil stretches toward the horizon in long, orderly rows of corn and soybean. A mile to the east, the steady, unassuming flow of Blue Creek cuts a thin path through the silt, providing a modest drainage for the fields that have long dictated the rhythm of the day. When the sun hangs low, the light pulls a deep, bruised violet across the plains, illuminating the stillness of the air and the stark, utilitarian beauty of the grain silos that puncture the skyline like sentinels of a quiet, working land.

Broughton grew from the ambition of the rail era, its character forged by the iron tracks that once drew the lifeblood of commerce through the heart of these fields. While the heavy industry of the region shifted and receded elsewhere, the economy here remains tethered to the patient cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the land. Residents find a familiar, measured pace of life, often turning toward the quiet waters of Paulding Upground Reservoir or the simple, manicured grounds of Latty Town Park for a moment of respite from the machinery of the season. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the local life unfolds, stripped of pretense and deeply rooted in the heavy, black earth that sustains the people of Broughton through the turning of every year.

About This Broughton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Broughton, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.089771, -84.535229. 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 Broughton includes the ZIP code (45879), telephone area code (234, 330), county seat of Paulding County (Paulding), and school district assignment (Wayne Trace Local School District).

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.