Lockington Ohio Map

About Lockington, Ohio

Lockington is a locality in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 166.9 people per km². Lockington is located at 40.2081°N, 84.2338°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45356.

Lockington rests in a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and the broad sweep of Ohio's fertile plains. It lies 11.8 miles north of Troy, OH (from Troy, OH: bearing 352°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north of Piqua. The land here is a gentle, rolling terrain, not dramatic, but honest, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of summer afternoons. The Miami and Erie Canal, a ghost of its former bustling self, still traces a languid line through the periphery, its presence felt in the subtle depressions and the occasional weathered lock structure, hinting at a time when this place was a linchpin in the state's commerce. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the damp, loamy scent of rich earth, a perfume that mingles with the fainter, sweeter notes of ripening crops as the sun climbs higher. The history of Lockington is inextricably tied to the ambitious engineering feat of the Miami and Erie Canal, which brought life and trade to this stretch of Shelby County in the 19th century. While the canal's heyday has long since passed, its legacy remains, a quiet testament to the drive and ingenuity of those who sought to connect the waters of Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Today, the local economy leans into agriculture, the same fertile soil that once fed canal boats now yielding abundant harvests for modern markets. Lockington, though small, retains a certain grounded character, a place where the pace of life seems to echo the slow, deliberate flow of the nearby waterways, a quiet corner of Ohio where the past and present are woven together by the enduring threads of the land.

About This Lockington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lockington, Ohio — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.208106, -84.233834. 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 Lockington and Shelby County.

Detailed location data for Lockington includes the ZIP code (45356), telephone area code (937), county seat of Shelby County (Sidney), and school district assignment (Hardin-Houston Local School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Lockington is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.