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Thornport Ohio Map

Explore Thornport, 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.

Interactive Map of Thornport, Ohio

How to Use This Thornport, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Thornport, 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 Thornport.

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.

CityThornport
StateOhio (OH)
CountyPerry County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.921227
Longitude-82.427593
Population1,120
Density359.8 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code43076
Area Code614
County SeatNew Lexington
School DistrictNorthern Local School District

About Thornport, Ohio

Thornport is a locality in Perry County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,120. The population density is 359.8 people per km². Thornport is located at 39.9212°N, 82.4276°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 43076.

Thornport emerges from the quiet, inland fields where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the slow transition from open plains into the subtle, muscular rise of the earth. It lies 7.8 miles south-southeast of Heath, OH (from Heath, OH: bearing 167°T), and is situated 3.5 miles east-southeast of Buckeye Lake. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp soil and the turning seasons, while the landscape is marked by the modest, purposeful curves of Honey Creek as it winds just a mile from the center. To the west, the gentle slope of Observatory Hill breaks the skyline, providing a silent, elevated vantage point over the patchwork of fields that define the district. Crane Lake rests nearby, its surface often mirroring the pale, bruised colors of a Midwestern dusk, providing a stillness that settles deep into the marrow of the surrounding acreage.

Thornport carries the quiet momentum of an agricultural past, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the steady labor of the land and the changing light on the silos. While the local economy has evolved from its early agrarian roots, the character of the place remains tied to the resilient, industrious spirit of the region, visible in the maintained storefronts and the steady traffic heading toward the fairways of Harbor Hills Golf Course. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the industrial belt, yet connected to the legacy of those who carved a living out of this specific geography. Residents acknowledge the passage of time not through grand monuments, but in the way the shadows lengthen across the roads and the enduring, quiet persistence of a life lived well away from the noise of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Harbor Hills Golf Course (Park) — 0.9 mi, 323° NW
  • Cranberry Bog Dedicated Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 292° W
  • Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 076° E
  • Buckeye Lake State Park (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 285° W
  • Hanby Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 176° S
  • Dawes Arboretum (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 006° N
  • Burning Tree Golf Course (Park) — 4.0 mi, 342° N
  • Taft Reserve (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 047° NE
  • Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 255° W
  • National Trail Raceway (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 293° NW
  • TJ Evans Trail (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 345° N
  • Licking County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 006° N
  • Attack On America (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 008° N
  • The Works (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 009° N
  • 10 Commandments (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 009° N
  • John Lincoln Clem Monument (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 008° N
  • Dillon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 024° NE
  • Perry County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 140° SE
  • Owens Mound (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 355° N
  • Alligator Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 339° N
  • Robbins Hunter Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 335° NW
  • Art @ 43023 (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 334° NW
  • Kussmaul Gallery (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 335° NW
  • Granville Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 11.3 mi, 334° NW
  • Denison Biological Reserve / Polly Anderson Field Station (Nature Reserve) — 12.2 mi, 336° NW
  • Dillon Reservoir Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 051° NE
  • The Space Between Us (Public Artwork) — 17.1 mi, 213° SW
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 262° W
  • Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 20.1 mi, 161° S · 243k acres
  • Muskingum River State Park (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 070° E

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About This Thornport Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Thornport, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.921227, -82.427593. 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 Thornport includes the ZIP code (43076), telephone area code (614), county seat of Perry County (New Lexington), and school district assignment (Northern 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.