Elliston Ohio Map

About Elliston, Ohio

Elliston is a locality in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Elliston is located at 41.5476°N, 83.2802°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 43432.

Elliston rests on the flat, fertile ground of Ottawa County, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than it ought to, an unbroken canvas of shifting blues and grays above fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green sea under the wind. It lies 16.3 miles east-south-east of Toledo, OH (from Toledo, OH: bearing 119°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-north-east of Troy Township. The air here carries a faint, dry scent of earth and harvested grain, a perpetual whisper of the land's bounty. Roads, straight as an arrow, cut across this expansive terrain, leading the eye towards the distant, hazy line of trees that marks the edge of the more settled areas, a place where the low, wide houses and the occasional grain silo stand as stoic sentinels against the immense openness. Even the ditches along the roadside seem to hold a certain quiet dignity, their wild grasses and wildflowers a defiant splash of color in the otherwise ordered agricultural landscape. The history of Elliston is tied to the rich soil that has sustained generations of farming families, a legacy of hard work etched into the very character of the place. Its economy, for much of its past, was deeply rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators and processing plants forming the backbone of local commerce, their silhouettes a familiar part of the horizon. While the agricultural pulse remains strong, there's a subtle shift, a quiet diversification that hints at resilience, a willingness to adapt to the changing currents of the wider world. The nearby waters of Lake Erie, though not directly within Elliston's immediate embrace, exert their influence, shaping the climate with a tempering hand and offering a distant, cool promise on sweltering summer days, a reminder of the vast, restless body of water that defines the region.

About This Elliston Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Elliston, Ohio with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Elliston and Ottawa County.

Detailed location data for Elliston includes the ZIP code (43432), telephone area code (614), county seat of Ottawa County (Port Clinton), and school district assignment. 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 Elliston is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.