Lafayette Ohio Map
Lafayette, Madison County
Lafayette, Ohio — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Lafayette, Madison County.
Interactive Map of Lafayette, Ohio
| City | Lafayette |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Madison |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.937561 |
| Longitude | -83.406586 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Lafayette, Ohio
Lafayette is a locality in Madison County, Ohio, United States. Lafayette is located at 39.9376°N, 83.4066°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45854.0.
Lafayette lies spread across the rolling terrain of Madison County, a landscape defined by the gentle rise and fall of farmland. It lies 14.7 miles west-south-west of Hilliard, OH (from Hilliard, OH: bearing 243°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-north-east of London. Here, the sky feels vast, a boundless canvas where clouds drift with an unhurried grace, casting shifting patterns of light and shadow across fields of corn and soybeans. The air, particularly as the sun begins its descent, carries the sweet, earthy scent of tilled soil and ripening crops, a fragrance that clings to the very essence of the place. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of time, stand sentinel at the edges of these cultivated expanses, their leaves whispering secrets to the persistent breeze. The roads, mostly straight and true, cut through this patchwork quilt of agriculture, connecting scattered farmsteads and leading the eye towards the distant, hazy horizon. The history of Lafayette is written in the furrows of its fields and the stoic endurance of its people, a legacy tied to the fertile Ohio soil. Its economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, has long relied on the bounty of this land, with generations of families tending the same plots. While the rhythm of life here is deliberate, marked by the turning of seasons and the cycles of planting and harvest, there's a quiet hum of resilience. Small businesses, many of them long-standing, form the backbone of Lafayette’s commercial heart, offering goods and services to a community that values familiarity and steadfastness. The occasional grain elevator, a stark silhouette against the open sky, speaks to the enduring importance of the land's yield, a constant reminder of the work that sustains this corner of Ohio.
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About This Lafayette Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Lafayette, Ohio with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Lafayette and Madison County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Lafayette is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Lafayette is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
