Northwood Ohio Map

About Northwood, Ohio

Northwood is a locality in Logan County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,160. The population density is 232.8 people per km². Northwood is located at 41.6101°N, 83.4827°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Northwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 45822, 45669, 43701.

Northwood expands across a flat, industrious horizon where the heavy, humid air of the Midwest settles over wide plains and grid-locked streets. It lies 7.8 miles north of Bellefontaine, OH (from Bellefontaine, OH: bearing 11°T), and is situated 13.7 miles south-southwest of Kenton. The landscape here avoids the drama of high peaks, instead favoring a subtle, low-slung geography where the South Fork Great Miami River carves a quiet, persistent path just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant shadow of Bristol Ridge marks the edge of the visual world, while the serene, contained waters of Camp Wesley Lake provide a localized stillness three miles away. Even on the brightest afternoons, the light has a way of lingering against the corrugated metal of warehouses and the silver-gray bark of native hardwoods, casting long, deliberate shadows that define the shape of the day.

History in Northwood is measured in the rhythmic pulse of manufacturing and the steady transformation of the surrounding acreage. The proximity to Camp Wesley offers a rare pocket of preserved woodland, a place where the pace of life slows to match the rustle of leaves rather than the hum of machinery. Local livelihoods have long been tethered to the shifting fortunes of the regional economy, moving from the labor of the soil to the precision of the assembly line. While the deep, dark soil of the basin region remains a silent witness to years of cultivation, Northwood continues to balance its industrial heritage with the quiet, unassuming grace of a place that knows exactly how to work and how to wait.

About This Northwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Northwood, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.610064, -83.482704. 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 Northwood includes the ZIP code (45822, 45669, 43701), telephone area code (740), county seat of Logan County (Bellefontaine), and school district assignment (Northwood Local 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.