Hunter Ohio Map

About Hunter, Ohio

Hunter is a locality in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,363. The population density is 600.3 people per km². Hunter is located at 39.4940°N, 84.2851°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 43719, 45005.

Hunter anchors itself within a landscape of stubborn, clay-heavy earth that yields slowly to the plow and the seasons. It lies 24.9 miles southeast of West Chester, OH (from West Chester, OH: bearing 142°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-southeast of Barnesville. The horizon is broken by the distant, jagged silhouette of Sandy Ridge, which casts long, indigo shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. Mikes Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography, its waters often running clear and cold over smooth limestone beds. Three miles away, the quiet surface of Bethesda Sportsmans Club Pond holds the reflection of the clouds, a still mirror amidst the otherwise restless, shifting grasses of the basin. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp loam and the faint, metallic tang of the mineral-rich soil that defines the regional geology.

Hunter carries the legacy of extraction and labor, a history written in the iron-stained water and the remnants of industrial infrastructure that have long since grown quiet. The local economy persists through a slow, deliberate rhythm, shifting away from the heavy grit of earlier decades toward a modest, pragmatic endurance. Families often spend their leisure hours toward the shaded grounds of Epworth Park, where the canopy provides a respite from the humid heat of mid-summer afternoons. Even as the seasons cycle from the stark, gray stillness of winter to the sudden, explosive green of spring, Hunter maintains a singular, unvarnished character. The pace of daily life is dictated by the turning of the land, an existence defined not by sudden change, but by the steady, quiet accumulation of years spent working the fields and forests that stretch toward the horizon.

About This Hunter Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hunter, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.493981, -84.285142. 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 Hunter includes the ZIP code (43719, 45005), telephone area code (740, 513), county seat of Belmont County (St. Clairsville), and school district assignment (Franklin City 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.