Explore Mingo 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 Mingo 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 Mingo 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 | Mingo Junction |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.321736 |
| Longitude | -80.609796 |
| Population | 3,347 |
| Density | 480.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 43938 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| County Seat | Steubenville |
| School District | Indian Creek Local School District |
Mingo Junction manifests as a rugged industrial spine stretched thin against the steep, encroaching slopes of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 3.6 miles south-southeast of Steubenville, OH (from Steubenville, OH: bearing 159°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south of Weirton. Cross Creek cuts a direct, purposeful path through the terrain, its waters carving a narrow corridor where the earth gives way to the deep, shadowed expanse of Mingo Bottom. To the west, the silhouettes of McKim Ridge rise like a serrated barrier, their dark crests often catching the final, bruised purple light of a dying day. Beyond the immediate grit of the valley, the landscape softens toward the quiet, untended reaches of Fernwood State Forest, while the more localized greenery of Aracoma Park provides a small, contained reprieve from the heavy, iron-scented air that defines the lower elevations.
Mingo Junction bears the indelible marks of an economy forged in the furnace, a place where the history of steel production remains etched into the very posture of its architecture and the grit of its streets. Generations of workers have anchored their lives to the rhythmic pulse of the mills, creating a culture defined by endurance and a stubborn, grounded sense of place. While the clamor of peak production has faded into a quieter, more contemplative hum, the legacy of this labor persists in the sturdy brick facades and the tight-knit character of the neighborhoods. A few miles away, the stillness of Bowden Ponds offers a stark contrast to the industrious output of the valley, serving as a reminder that the land here is as capable of deep, reflective silence as it is of smoke and fire.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.321736, -80.609796. 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 Mingo Junction includes the ZIP code (43938), telephone area code (740), county seat of Jefferson County (Steubenville), and school district assignment (Indian Creek Local School District).
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. |