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Pekin Ohio Map

Explore Pekin, 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.

Interactive Map of Pekin, Ohio

How to Use This Pekin, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pekin, 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 Pekin.

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.

CityPekin
StateOhio (OH)
CountyCarroll County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.720697
Longitude-81.124619
Population314
Density242.5 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes43952, 45036, 44657
Area Code513, 330
County SeatCarrollton
School DistrictMinerva Local School District

About Pekin, Ohio

Pekin is a locality in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 314. The population density is 242.5 people per km². Pekin is located at 40.7207°N, 81.1246°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 43952, 45036, 44657.

Pekin exists as a quiet accumulation of dwellings gathered where the slow, persistent current of Sandy Creek carves a path through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 13.7 miles south of Alliance, OH (from Alliance, OH: bearing 184°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-northeast of Sandy Township. The landscape remains defined by this waterway, which feeds the soil and dictates the rhythm of the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Baxter Ridge anchors the western horizon. Only a mile away, the quiet basin of Hill Pond offers a mirror to the sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the subtle movement of waterfowl or the shifting colors of a late afternoon sun. Beyond these immediate features, the land stretches out in a series of broad, modest plains that feel expansive under the heavy, pale light of an inland sky, creating an atmosphere of profound, stillness that settles over the earth as the day wanes.

Pekin draws its character from a history of industry and agriculture, where the legacy of regional trade routes still echoes in the layout of the streets and the sturdy architecture of the older buildings. While the economy has shifted away from the frantic pace of its earlier years, the local identity persists in the careful maintenance of the nearby Unknown Park, a space where the residents find a necessary pause in the routine of their lives. Four miles away, the Shenandoah Valley opens into a wider expanse of greenery, yet Pekin retains a singular focus on its own immediate geography, valuing the productivity of the surrounding acreage and the reliable, quiet continuity of the seasons. Life here moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that has long understood its own boundaries, finding a quiet beauty in the simple intersection of human effort and the persistent, unadorned Midwestern terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 077° E
  • Bicentennial Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 078° E
  • Great Trail Golf Course (Park) — 1.9 mi, 092° E
  • Edgewater Golf Course (Park) — 2.9 mi, 349° N
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Lake Mohawk Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 232° SW
  • Bolivar Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 243° SW
  • Valley Run Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 183° S
  • Zeppernick Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 057° NE
  • Bluestar Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 318° NW
  • Russel Jones Dedication for Baseball Field (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 243° SW
  • McCook House (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 169° S
  • Wildwood Park (Local Recreation) — 11.0 mi, 318° NW
  • Guilford Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 065° NE
  • World War I Soldier (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 006° N
  • First Ladies National Historic Site (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 292° W
  • Downtown Canton Arts District (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 292° W
  • Mabel Hartzel Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 004° N
  • McKinley Monument Historical Center (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 293° NW
  • Canton Garden Center (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 295° NW
  • Leesville Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 190° S
  • Pioneer Point (Viewpoint) — 17.7 mi, 234° SW
  • Billy Jacobs Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 270° W
  • Harry London Candies (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 311° NW
  • Massillon Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 284° W
  • Nash Family Jackson Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.4 mi, 297° NW
  • M42 Duster (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 010° N
  • Brush Creek Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.7 mi, 121° SE
  • Beaver Creek State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 085° E
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 32.7 mi, 321° NW · 19k acres

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About This Pekin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pekin, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.720697, -81.124619. 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 Pekin includes the ZIP code (43952, 45036, 44657), telephone area code (513, 330), county seat of Carroll County (Carrollton), and school district assignment (Minerva 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.