Explore Cecil, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cecil, 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 Cecil.
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.
| City | Cecil |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Paulding County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.218661 |
| Longitude | -84.602175 |
| Population | 146 |
| Density | 38.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 45821 |
| Area Code | 234, 330 |
| County Seat | Paulding |
| School District | Paulding Exempted Village School District |
Cecil rests upon a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, defined largely by the quiet presence of the Sixmile Cutoff as it winds through the surrounding fields. It lies 13.6 miles west-southwest of Defiance, OH (from Defiance, OH: bearing 251°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-northwest of Paulding. The earth here is dark and heavy, a testament to the ancient, level plains that characterize this stretch of the interior, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. At dusk, the light lingers in long, amber streaks across the horizon, casting the sparse trees into sharp, ink-colored silhouettes that seem to hold their breath against the cooling air. Cecil Community Park serves as the central point of congregation, a simple expanse of grass where the wind carries the dry, sweet scent of maturing crops from the neighboring acreage.
Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the quiet, deliberate pace of daily life. The history of the area is etched into the grid of the roads and the functional, sturdy architecture that stands against the seasonal shifts of the Midwest climate. While the Paulding Upground Reservoir sits several miles away, its presence is felt in the way the land holds moisture, influencing the lush, emerald vitality of the fields during the humid summers. The residents of Cecil navigate their days with a steady, pragmatic focus, finding a quiet dignity in the maintenance of their homes and the cultivation of the surrounding soil, far removed from the frantic pace of larger industrial centers.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cecil, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.218661, -84.602175. 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 Cecil includes the ZIP code (45821), telephone area code (234, 330), county seat of Paulding County (Paulding), and school district assignment (Paulding Exempted Village 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |