West Leipsic Ohio Map
Explore West Leipsic, 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 West Leipsic, Ohio
How to Use This West Leipsic, Ohio Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Leipsic, 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 West Leipsic.
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 | West Leipsic |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Putnam County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.107273 |
| Longitude | -84.002444 |
| Population | 226 |
| Density | 350.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 45856 |
| Area Code | 234, 330 |
| County Seat | Ottawa |
| School District | Leipsic Local School District |
About West Leipsic, Ohio
West Leipsic is a locality in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 226. The population density is 350.4 people per km². West Leipsic is located at 41.1073°N, 84.0024°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Leipsic is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45856.West Leipsic anchors itself upon a flat, expansive plateau of fertile soil that defines the character of the surrounding Ohio landscape. It lies 18.9 miles west-northwest of Findlay, OH (from Findlay, OH: bearing 283°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-northeast of Ottawa. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, allowing the sky to dominate the view with a vastness that turns the color of bruised plums during the late summer gloaming. A mile to the west, the sluggish, persistent current of Brush Creek carves a narrow vein through the black loam, providing a quiet corridor for local wildlife. Though the distant, hazy silhouette of Howard Ridge marks the far edge of the regional map, the immediate geography of West Leipsic favors the steady, rhythmic geometry of agriculture, where the earth is managed in wide, predictable swaths that catch the golden light of the morning.
History in West Leipsic reveals itself not in grand monuments, but in the deliberate, functional architecture of a place built to serve the harvest. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the land, defined by the seasonal pulse of field work and the logistics of moving grain. Residents often venture six miles to Memorial Park for a respite in the shade, or occasionally travel to the banks of the Yellow Creek Reservoir to watch the water reflect the changing seasons. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, unbothered by the frantic tempo of the industrial corridors located elsewhere in the state. Instead, West Leipsic preserves a sense of solitude, where the sound of the wind moving across the stalks of corn remains the most reliable measure of the passing day.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 200° S
- Waterworks Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 196° S
- Deters Park (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 222° SW
- Glandorf Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 218° SW
- Gilboa Bull (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 145° SE
- Wildlife Production Area 46 (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 115° SE
- Shady Acres Golf Club (Park) — 10.4 mi, 091° E
- Wildlife Production Area 58 (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 063° NE
- Old Quarry Pump house (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 186° S
- Ten commandments monument (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 193° S
- Presbyterian Church Bell (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 193° S
- Christ on the Cross (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 196° S
- Shannon Theater (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 159° S
- Maumee SR (State Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 333° NW
- Independence Dam State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 330° NW
- Van Buren State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 083° E
- Mazza Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 101° E
- Brenner Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 101° E
- Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 101° E
- Hester Powell Grimm Theatre (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 102° E
- Harold E. Newhard Planetarium (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 101° E
- Fisher/Wall Gallery (Gallery) — 18.8 mi, 104° E
- Findlay Art League (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 105° E
- Hancock Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 100° E
- Library House Gallery (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 018° N
- MovieScoop Northtowne Cinemas (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 306° NW
- Nickel Plate 779 (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 190° S
- Bowling Green Athletics Hall of Fame (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 046° NE
- Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.9 mi, 048° NE · 21k acres
- Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.9 mi, 031° NE · 13k acres
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About This West Leipsic Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Leipsic, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.107273, -84.002444. 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 West Leipsic includes the ZIP code (45856), telephone area code (234, 330), county seat of Putnam County (Ottawa), and school district assignment (Leipsic 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. |
