Explore Jacobsburg, 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 Jacobsburg, 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 Jacobsburg.
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 | Jacobsburg |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Belmont County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.758961 |
| Longitude | -81.248446 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 43754, 43933 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| County Seat | St. Clairsville |
Jacobsburg claims its place within a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 29.8 miles southeast of West Chester, OH (from West Chester, OH: bearing 128°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west-northwest of Moundsville. The earth here rises in disciplined swells toward the silhouette of Crozier Ridge, which anchors the western horizon in a jagged, earthen line. Only a mile away, the waters of Pipe Creek carve a narrow, silver trajectory through the soil, tracing the contours of a terrain that feels ancient and undisturbed. The quality of light during the late afternoon, when the sun dips low against the tree lines, casts long, amber shadows that soften the edges of the fields and turn the gray-brown earth into a luminous, burnished bronze.
Jacobsburg bears the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of mineral wealth, a legacy that lingers in the rust-colored iron of forgotten machinery and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its older dwellings. Economic life has shifted away from the heavy industry of the past, leaving behind a pace of existence that favors the slow, deliberate work of seasonal agriculture and the maintenance of homesteads. To the north, the waters of Saint Clairsville Reservoir Number One provide a stillness that mirrors the sky, while the vast, dark canopy of Sunfish Creek State Forest looms further out as a reminder of the wilder, denser woods that once dominated the region. Daily life moves with a rhythmic, predictable gravity, punctuated by the occasional passage of a train or the distant, muffled sounds of labor echoing from Rock Hollow, where the land deepens into a cool, shadowed basin.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jacobsburg, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.758961, -81.248446. 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 Jacobsburg includes the ZIP code (43754, 43933), telephone area code (740), county seat of Belmont County (St. Clairsville), and school district assignment.
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. |