Explore Tontogany, 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 Tontogany, 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 Tontogany.
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 | Tontogany |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Wood County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.419219 |
| Longitude | -83.74077 |
| Population | 387 |
| Density | 489.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 43565, 43402 |
| Area Code | 740, 614 |
| County Seat | Bowling Green |
| School District | Otsego Local School District |
Tontogany emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Midwestern plains, defined by the quiet persistence of the Tontogany Creek as it carves a path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 5.6 miles west-northwest of Bowling Green, OH (from Bowling Green, OH: bearing 304°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south of Monclova. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the faint, serrated silhouette of Callahan Ridge rising in the distant haze, while the local Park provides a green, quiet anchor for the immediate landscape. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, turning the fields to shades of burnished gold at dusk and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat terrain that extends toward the nearby Williamsburg Lake. The atmosphere is one of deliberate stillness, where the air smells faintly of turned earth and the seasonal transition of the surrounding crops, grounding Tontogany in a geography that feels both immense and intimate.
History remains etched into the architecture of Tontogany, where the remnants of early settlement reflect a legacy built upon the productivity of the surrounding agricultural lands. The local economy continues to draw its vitality from this deep connection to the soil, supporting a pace of life that favors steady, long-standing traditions over the rapid shifts of larger industrial centers. Residents often look toward the Anthony Wayne Trail as a reminder of the region’s historical transit, while the proximity of Maumee State Forest offers a dense, wooded contrast to the sprawling farmland that dominates the local view. Life in Tontogany proceeds with a measured cadence, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the quiet pride of a place that values its own specific, unhurried identity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tontogany, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.419219, -83.74077. 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 Tontogany includes the ZIP code (43565, 43402), telephone area code (740, 614), county seat of Wood County (Bowling Green), and school district assignment (Otsego 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. |