Jerusalem Ohio Map

About Jerusalem, Ohio

Jerusalem is a locality in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 193.1 people per km². Jerusalem is located at 39.8519°N, 81.0959°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Jerusalem is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 45219, 43747.

Jerusalem emerges from the dense, inland topography of the Ohio landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the rugged character of the surrounding terrain. It lies 1.2 miles north of Cincinnati, OH (from Cincinnati, OH: bearing 359°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-southeast of Green Township Hamilton County. The earth here tilts toward the crests of the Walnut Hills, which break the horizon with a heavy, verdant permanence, while the nearby Peck’S Cliff provides a sharp, limestone anchor to the immediate landscape. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Mill Creek carve through the soil, drawing moisture toward the still, reflective surface of Mirror Lake. As evening descends, the light catches the limestone edges of the cliffside, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields and grounding the village in a rhythm dictated more by the turning of the seasons than the swift pace of the modern world.

Jerusalem holds the quiet weight of an older, agrarian history, where the local economy has long leaned into the yields of the land and the endurance of its inhabitants. Though the distant sprawl of industrial centers exerts a pull on the region, the life here remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the fields and the maintenance of a rural identity that has outlasted the boom and bust of distant factories. The proximity of Mitchell Memorial Forest, twelve miles off, serves as a reminder of the vast, wooded wilderness that once claimed the entirety of this basin, while the depression of Turkey Bottom six miles away underscores the geological complexity of the local geography. Daily life moves with a steady, unadorned persistence, marked by the changing temper of the air and the collective memory of those who have worked this soil for generations.

About This Jerusalem Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jerusalem, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.851885, -81.095923. 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 Jerusalem includes the ZIP code (45219, 43747), telephone area code (513, 740), county seat of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), and school district assignment (Switzerland of Ohio Local 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.