Explore Rome, 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 Rome, 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 Rome.
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 | Rome |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.666203 |
| Longitude | -83.378143 |
| Population | 83 |
| Density | 139.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 45669, 44085, 44878, 45684 |
| Area Code | 419, 937 |
| County Seat | Columbus |
| School District | Manchester Local School District |
Rome occupies a quiet expanse of the Ohio interior, where the land stretches out in modest, undulating swells of earth that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 5.0 miles west-southwest of Upper Arlington, OH (from Upper Arlington, OH: bearing 238°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west of Columbus. Scioto Big Run traces a thin, dark line through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with sycamores that drop brittle leaves into the slow-moving current. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Chestnut Ridge anchors the horizon, providing a permanent boundary to the wide, open sky. Within the immediate borders of the landscape, Friendship Park offers a green commons where the grass grows thick and resilient against the passing seasons. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and drying hay, a steady, earthy perfume that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise.
Rome retains the steady, deliberate character of a place built on the foundations of agrarian labor and the slow accumulation of local trade. While industrial shifts have altered the regional economy, the people of Rome continue to value the quiet persistence of their work, whether in the local fields or the small enterprises that sustain the neighborhood. Travelers might find a brief respite on the Hawthorn Loop Trail, a path that winds through the surrounding woods and provides a vantage point for the stillness that defines the day-to-day existence here. The proximity to Silver Creek Reservoir ensures that the water table remains a vital concern for the inhabitants, grounding their lives in the rhythms of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. History in Rome is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring way the architecture sits low against the horizon and the manner in which the evenings settle over the fields with a profound, unhurried silence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rome, Ohio. Coordinates: 38.666203, -83.378143. 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 Rome includes the ZIP code (45669, 44085, 44878), telephone area code (419, 937), county seat of Franklin County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Manchester 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. |