Explore Junction, 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 Junction, 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 Junction.
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 | Junction |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Paulding County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.193105 |
| Longitude | -84.458559 |
| Population | 721 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 43512, 45821 |
| Area Code | 740, 234, 330 |
| County Seat | Paulding |
Junction reveals itself as a quiet intersection of flat, fertile earth where the persistent flow of the Little Flatrock Creek carves a meditative path through the landscape. It lies 8.3 miles southwest of Defiance, OH (from Defiance, OH: bearing 220°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-northeast of Paulding. The horizon remains broad and unencumbered, defined by the expansive, open plains that catch the long, golden light of late afternoon, turning the fields into a shimmering expanse of amber and deep green. Only four miles away, the waters of Kohart Lake provide a still, reflective counterpoint to the movement of the creek, mirroring the shifting clouds that drift across the vast Midwestern sky. The air here carries a weight of damp soil and seasonal transition, grounding the observer in a geography that values the steady, rhythmic cycle of the earth over the frantic pace of distant centers.
Junction exists as a remnant of a more industrious era, its character defined by the legacy of rail and agricultural commerce that once dictated the pulse of the region. The proximity to Independence Dam State Park offers a sanctuary of preserved woods and riparian habitat, serving as a reminder of the wilder state of the land before the arrival of the grid and the plow. Today, the economy leans into its agricultural roots, with the quiet labor of the fields providing a silent, constant industry that sustains the local life. There is a distinct, understated grace in the way the architecture of the older buildings mirrors the utilitarian spirit of the farms, standing as sturdy, unadorned witnesses to the passage of generations in a place that measures time by the harvest rather than the clock.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Junction, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.193105, -84.458559. 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 Junction includes the ZIP code (43512, 45821), telephone area code (740, 234, 330), county seat of Paulding County (Paulding), 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. |