Explore Winchester, 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 Winchester, 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 Winchester.
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 | Winchester |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.9435 |
| Longitude | -83.654068 |
| Population | 987 |
| Density | 145.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 45640, 45697 |
| Area Code | 937 |
| County Seat | Jackson |
| School District | Adams County/Ohio Valley Local School District |
Winchester emerges from the flat, fertile plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered. It lies 30.3 miles northeast of Portsmouth, OH (from Portsmouth, OH: bearing 54°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southeast of Jackson. Symmes Creek carves a winding path through the landscape, its waters cutting a modest, persistent channel that defines the local topography. To the east, the elevation shifts as the land rises toward the contours of Lackey Ridge, creating a subtle transition from open field to broken ground. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, especially in the humid hours of mid-afternoon when the light takes on a pale, buttery quality that seems to stall over the fields. Nearby, the managed wildness of Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of dense brush and timber, while the quiet surface of Di-Or Pond mirrors the passing clouds, four miles away from the main thoroughfare.
Winchester carries the weight of a long agricultural history, its economy rooted in the stubborn productivity of the soil and the legacy of regional trade. The rhythm of the days remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the harvest, a persistent pulse that informs the local character and the deliberate pace of labor. Beyond the immediate town center, the terrain dips into the low, shadowed depression of Hungry Hollow, where the shadows linger long after dawn. Life in Winchester is dictated by the maintenance of these surrounding lands, a blend of traditional farming and the quiet industry required to sustain a small, inland population. On autumn evenings, the scent of cooling earth and dry stalks drifts through the streets, marking the transition of the year with a clarity that feels both ancient and entirely immediate.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winchester, Ohio. Coordinates: 38.9435, -83.654068. 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 Winchester includes the ZIP code (45640, 45697), telephone area code (937), county seat of Jackson County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Adams County/Ohio Valley 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. |