Lockington Ohio Map
Lockington, 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 Lockington, Shelby County.
Interactive Map of Lockington, Ohio
| City | Lockington |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Shelby |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.208106 |
| Longitude | -84.233834 |
| Population | 154 |
| Density | 166.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
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.
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About This Lockington Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Lockington, 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 Lockington and Shelby County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Lockington 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 Lockington 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. |
