Explore Fort Loramie, 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 Fort Loramie, 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 Fort Loramie.
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 | Fort Loramie |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Shelby County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.351437 |
| Longitude | -84.373839 |
| Population | 1,590 |
| Density | 610.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 45845 |
| Area Code | 234, 330 |
| County Seat | Sidney |
| School District | Fort Loramie Local School District |
Fort Loramie emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Ohio plains where the persistent flow of Loramie Creek carves a quiet path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 12.4 miles west-northwest of Sidney, OH (from Sidney, OH: bearing 292°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south of Minster. The land here holds the stillness of the interior, defined by wide horizons and the low, hushed intensity of the Midwestern sky that settles over the fields at dusk. Only a mile away, the surface of Lake Loramie catches the fading light, its waters acting as a dark mirror for the clouds that drift in slow, deliberate processions across the open expanse. Within the boundaries of Canal Park, the earth retains a sense of deep, unhurried time, where the grasses sway in rhythm with the cooling air and the topography suggests a landscape shaped more by the patient persistence of water than by grand, dramatic upheaval.
History remains a tangible presence in Fort Loramie, lingering in the lines of the old waterways that once served as the arteries of regional commerce and expansion. The local economy maintains a steady, industrious pulse, anchored by a blend of agricultural tradition and small-scale manufacturing that keeps the pace of life measured and deliberate. Residents often gather near the banks where the past and present converge, finding a certain gravity in the remnants of the canal era that still mark the terrain. There is a quiet clarity to the way the days unfold here, a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the simple, enduring utility of the land, leaving the inhabitants to navigate their lives with a grounded sense of place that requires no grand gestures to be felt or understood.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fort Loramie, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.351437, -84.373839. 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 Fort Loramie includes the ZIP code (45845), telephone area code (234, 330), county seat of Shelby County (Sidney), and school district assignment (Fort Loramie 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 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. |