Explore Zoar, 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 Zoar, 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 Zoar.
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 | Zoar |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Tuscarawas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.612978 |
| Longitude | -81.422978 |
| Population | 172 |
| Density | 112.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 45152, 44697 |
| Area Code | 513, 330 |
| County Seat | New Philadelphia |
| School District | Tuscarawas Valley Local School District |
Zoar marks the landscape with a deliberate, geometric precision that defies the chaotic sprawl of the modern world. It lies 7.0 miles north-northeast of Dover, OH (from Dover, OH: bearing 23°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north of New Philadelphia. The Tuscarawas River carves a dark, insistent path through the valley floor, its current acting as a silent meridian against the backdrop of dense, temperate woodlands. Daylight here often possesses a heavy, amber quality, settling onto the red-brick facades and steep gabled roofs with a weight that suggests the persistence of an older, more disciplined era. Beyond the immediate village, the terrain shifts into a series of quiet, verdant folds that extend toward the distant horizon, maintaining a stillness that is rarely broken by the thin, metallic hum of traffic from the nearby Dover Lake.
Zoar carries the quiet gravity of a nineteenth-century utopian experiment, a place where the architecture of communal labor remains etched into the very alignment of the streets. The local economy has transitioned from the rigorous, self-sustaining agriculture of the Separatist pioneers to a careful preservation of this legacy, drawing those who seek to understand the mechanics of a life lived in common. Visitors often find themselves tracking the shadows of the old garden walls, noticing how the sunlight catches the weathered mortar and aging timber, revealing a history that refuses to be entirely absorbed by time. While the modern world operates at a frantic velocity, Zoar maintains an internal tempo dictated by the seasonal shifts of the river and the long, slow cooling of the earth, ensuring that the fundamental character of the site remains as rigid and honest as the original timber frames.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Zoar, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.612978, -81.422978. 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 Zoar includes the ZIP code (45152, 44697), telephone area code (513, 330), county seat of Tuscarawas County (New Philadelphia), and school district assignment (Tuscarawas 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. |