Explore Nankin, 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 Nankin, 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 Nankin.
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 | Nankin |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Ashland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.921445 |
| Longitude | -82.281828 |
| Population | 435 |
| Density | 113.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 44805, 44848 |
| Area Code | 419 |
| County Seat | Ashland |
| School District | Mapleton Local School District |
Nankin emerges from the flat, fertile plains of Ohio as a quiet grid of streets defined by the constant, rhythmic movement of Orange Creek as it carves a path through the surrounding fields. It lies 4.1 miles north-northeast of Ashland, OH (from Ashland, OH: bearing 28°T), and is situated 16.6 miles northeast of Mansfield. The horizon here is vast and largely unobstructed, though the faint, jagged silhouette of Bell Ridge occasionally haunts the western sky during the clearest evenings. Two miles to the north, the waters of Emmons Lake catch the shifting light of the seasons, turning from a muted slate gray in the deep winter to a bright, reflective silver under the high sun of August. The air carries the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, a sensory reminder that the landscape remains intimately tied to the cycles of the soil and the slow, deliberate transition of the light across the open acreage.
Nankin preserves the austere character of early settlement, where the economy was long anchored by the steady labor of the farm and the local mill. The daily pace is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic tempo of industry, with the residents finding common ground in the simple maintenance of their homes and the shared upkeep of spaces like the Ringler Soccer Complex. While the encroaching modern world hums in the distance, Nankin remains defined by its isolation from the sea and its deep, inland rootedness in the Midwestern topography. History here is kept in the quiet industry of the present, where the legacy of the nineteenth-century pioneers lingers in the sturdy architecture and the enduring patience of those who continue to work the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nankin, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.921445, -82.281828. 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 Nankin includes the ZIP code (44805, 44848), telephone area code (419), county seat of Ashland County (Ashland), and school district assignment (Mapleton 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. |