Rendville Ohio Map

About Rendville, Ohio

Rendville is a locality in Perry County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 34.7 people per km². Rendville is located at 39.6195°N, 82.0910°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rendville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43730.

Rendville emerges from the Appalachian foothills as a quiet settlement defined by the persistent, dark currents of Sunday Creek that carve through the valley floor. It lies 20.1 miles north of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 2°T), and is situated 9.0 miles southeast of New Lexington. The landscape is dominated by the dense, encroaching canopy of the Wayne National Forest, which presses close to the village boundaries, casting long, shifting shadows across the weathered timber and brick of the older storefronts. To the west, the silhouettes of Irish Ridge rise against the horizon like a jagged spine, while the proximity of Seimer Pond offers a small, reflective mirror to the sky, catching the amber light of late afternoon. The air here holds a distinct, cool dampness, carryng the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves from the nearby woods, a reminder of the vast, untamed timberlands that stretch toward the Athens Ranger District of the Wayne National Forest.

Rendville maintains a character forged in the crucible of the coal industry, having once served as a place of rare, progressive integration where laborers of diverse backgrounds labored side by side in the mines. The local economy, having long outlived the era of extraction, now operates at a deliberate, measured pace, leaving the remnants of its industrial heritage to soften into the landscape. Visitors seeking the quiet solitude of the region often find their way toward the Wild Cat Hollow Hiking Trail, which winds through the rugged terrain nearby, or they explore the sheltered depths of Happy Hollow. Today, Rendville persists with a stoic grace, its history lingering in the quiet streets where the ambition of the past has settled into a peaceful, enduring stillness that honors the resilience of those who first cleared the timber and broke the ground.

About This Rendville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rendville, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.619514, -82.090977. 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 Rendville includes the ZIP code (43730), telephone area code (740), county seat of Perry County (New Lexington), and school district assignment (Southern 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.