Explore North Star, 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 North Star, 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 North Star.
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 | North Star |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Darke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.324769 |
| Longitude | -84.570511 |
| Population | 224 |
| Density | 168.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 45362, 45350 |
| Area Code | 937 |
| County Seat | Greenville |
| School District | Versailles Exempted Village School District |
North Star anchors itself firmly upon the flat, fertile expanse of the Ohio plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the ambition of mountains. It lies 15.5 miles south of Celina, OH (from Celina, OH: bearing 180°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-southeast of St. Henry. Henry. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the humid air of late summer to turn the vast fields of corn and soybean into a shifting mosaic of deep emerald and pale gold. A mile away, the quiet passage of Mile Creek serves as a subtle, silver-veined reminder of the land’s drainage, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer a sanctuary from the intensity of the sun. The silence of the open country is broken only by the rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery or the sudden, sharp call of a hawk circling above the treelines that demarcate the edges of the township.
Agriculture defines the economic pulse of North Star, a legacy of stewardship that has persisted through generations of families who know the character of the soil by the weight of the plow. The local pace is governed by the turning seasons, and while the day-to-day life is defined by the practicalities of harvest and planting, there is a quiet grace in the routine, especially when the light at dusk softens the sharp angles of the barns and grain silos. Residents seeking a respite from the labor of the fields might travel a few miles to find the waters of Bar-E Club Lake, or spend an afternoon at Osgood Park, where the manicured green spaces provide a contrast to the rugged, working landscape nearby. It is a place where the history of the region is not merely remembered, but practiced in the persistence of the trade and the enduring patience of those who remain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Star, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.324769, -84.570511. 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 North Star includes the ZIP code (45362, 45350), telephone area code (937), county seat of Darke County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Versailles Exempted Village 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. |