Macksburg Ohio Map

About Macksburg, Ohio

Macksburg is a locality in Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 214.5 people per km². Macksburg is located at 39.6323°N, 81.4565°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Macksburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45746.

Macksburg occupies a quiet geography defined by the persistent, winding presence of the West Fork Duck Creek as it carves through the earth of Goose Hollow. It lies 15.0 miles north of Marietta, OH (from Marietta, OH: bearing 0°T), and is situated 16.0 miles north of Williamstown. The landscape here is characterized by steep, wooded slopes and deep, shadowed ravines that catch the low, slanted light of an autumn afternoon, turning the deciduous canopy into a mosaic of russet and copper. Eight miles away, the silhouette of Coffee Knob rises as a solitary marker above the uneven horizon, while fifteen miles to the east, the sprawling expanse of the Wayne National Forest - Athens Ranger District - Marietta Unit provides a dense, verdant backdrop to the territory. The air in Macksburg carries a clean, sharp scent of damp shale and decaying leaves, a reminder that the land remains largely governed by the slow, seasonal shifts of the Appalachian foothills.

History in Macksburg is written in the rusted remnants of early oil extraction and the labor of those who worked the rugged terrain long before the modern era. The local economy, once tethered to the pulse of the oil booms that transformed the mid-Ohio Valley, now moves at a deliberate, measured pace that favors the resilience of long-standing family holdings and small-scale land management. Residents often look toward the nearby Ale's Run Wildlife Area for a respite of quiet woods, or travel the eighteen miles toward Senecaville Lake when the summer heat demands a wider horizon of water. It is a place where the social fabric is reinforced by the memory of industry and the persistent, unhurried flow of the creek, sustaining a character that is deeply rooted in the physical reality of the soil and the enduring solitude of the valley floor.

About This Macksburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macksburg, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.632296, -81.456511. 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 Macksburg includes the ZIP code (45746), telephone area code (937), county seat of Washington County (Marietta), and school district assignment (Caldwell Exempted Village 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.