Potsdam Ohio Map

About Potsdam, Ohio

Potsdam is a locality in Miami County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 225. The population density is 194.8 people per km². Potsdam is located at 39.9634°N, 84.4174°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Potsdam is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45361.

Potsdam sits amidst the expansive, flat horizon of the Ohio plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 7.6 miles north-northwest of Clayton, OH (from Clayton, OH: bearing 336°T), and is situated 8.5 miles northwest of Englewood. The Shank Ditch traces a narrow, purposeful line through the landscape, acting as a quiet artery that drains the heavy, dark soil of the surrounding fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone provides a distant boundary to the west, barely perceptible against the bruised purple of a late autumn sunset. Four miles away, the Lowry Complex offers a sanctuary of scrub brush and tall grasses, a place where the wind carries the dry scent of goldenrod and the persistent, low hum of insects that define the stillness of these inland afternoons.

Potsdam carries the weight of a quiet agricultural history, its economy tethered to the slow cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of every driveway and porch light. Life in Potsdam remains centered on the modest rhythms of grain silos and the occasional rumble of heavy machinery navigating the county roads, a stark contrast to the distant, bustling industrial centers that hum far beyond the fields. Residents might spend their weekends venturing toward the Englewood Recreation Reservoir, finding a sense of scale in its calm, contained waters that differs from the endless, plowed rows of their daily lives. There is a particular, heavy clarity to the air here, a feeling that the land has settled into a permanent, unbothered state, leaving the people of Potsdam to measure their years not by grand events, but by the subtle shifting of light across the stubble of the harvested corn.

About This Potsdam Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Potsdam, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.963386, -84.417449. 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 Potsdam includes the ZIP code (45361), telephone area code (937), county seat of Miami County (Troy), and school district assignment (Milton-Union Exempted Village 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.