Explore Plumwood, 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 Plumwood, 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 Plumwood.
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 | Plumwood |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.008116 |
| Longitude | -83.415475 |
| Population | 257 |
| Density | 159.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 43140 |
| Area Code | 614 |
| County Seat | London |
| School District | Jonathan Alder Local School District |
Plumwood occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Spring Fork as it carves a path through the flat, fertile expanse of the Ohio plains. It lies 8.6 miles north-northeast of London, OH (from London, OH: bearing 12°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west-northwest of West Jefferson. The water moves with a deliberate, muddy grace, reflecting the wide, unencumbered sky that dictates the mood of the fields during the long, humid afternoons of late summer. To the distant horizon, the faint silhouette of Bristol Ridge suggests a world beyond the immediate horizon, yet here the earth remains stubbornly level, given over to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest. The air carries a scent of turned soil and cooling clover, particularly as the light thickens into a bruised purple at dusk, casting long, sharp shadows across the grid of roads that bind the countryside together.
Plumwood grew from the stubborn labor of early settlers who recognized the resilience required to coax wealth from this inland soil, establishing a character rooted in self-reliance and the careful stewardship of the land. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of agriculture and regional trade, operating with a steady, mechanical hum that contrasts with the stillness of the nearby London Country Club or the quietude found along the banks of Lake Choctaw. While the pace of life here is measured by the changing seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, the community maintains a sharp focus on the practicalities of a working life. Whether residents are navigating the quiet local roads or venturing toward the Sugar Maple Hiking Trail to seek a different perspective on the terrain, the identity of Plumwood remains tethered to the honest, unadorned reality of the Midwestern interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plumwood, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.008116, -83.415475. 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 Plumwood includes the ZIP code (43140), telephone area code (614), county seat of Madison County (London), and school district assignment (Jonathan Alder 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. |