Pekin Ohio Map

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.

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).

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.