If you grew up in Washington Court House, went to school here or still have family in town, this map gives you plenty to find. It's a modern aerial view of Washington Court House in Fayette County, Ohio, made from modern data and given a vintage feel. More than 7,000 buildings are marked in deep red on soft green farmland. The old downtown sits in the middle, with a creek bending right through it. Columbus Avenue, Washington Avenue and Leesburg Avenue reach out from there.
East Court Street, Columbus Avenue and Washington Cemetery
Start downtown at the Fayette County Administration Building, printed along the creek where Broadway Street and Water Street both run past it. On this map you'll also find East Court Street, West Court Street, North Main Street, South Main Street, Columbus Avenue, Washington Avenue, Leesburg Avenue, Clinton Avenue, Highland Avenue, Washington Oaks, Washington Cemetery, Country Club Drive, Kenskill Avenue and Lowes Boulevard. Each red shape is a building, so zoom in on the preview and look for yours.
Archibald Willard's hidden name in the Fayette County Courthouse
The Fayette County Courthouse opened on May 1, 1885. It's the county's third courthouse, and it stands on East Court Street. Archibald Willard, the Ohio artist best known for "The Spirit of '76," did the art on its inside walls. He didn't sign his work. For nearly 75 years, nobody knew for sure who made it. The answer was confirmed in August 1956. Willard had hidden his name in the delivery address of a letter in one mural, "The Spirit of the U.S. Mail." Two more, "Spirit of Electricity" and "Spirit of the Telegraph," line the third-floor hall. The Ohio historical marker at the courthouse tells the story. To find the spot on the map, look for East Court Street downtown.
Soldiers' Row at Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery, out on Washington Avenue, holds another story. In 1884 Ohio passed a law to bury honorably discharged Union veterans who died without money for a funeral. Between 1884 and the 1930s, the cemetery buried 47 white soldiers and 35 African American soldiers there. Fifteen of the white soldiers were unknown. The veterans buried there had served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I. In 2001, students in the Washington Senior High School history research program helped name the soldiers and restore their gravestones. The marker at Soldiers' Row quotes Albert Bird, a local veteran of the United States Colored Troops: "We have suffered to save the country; we ought to be remembered."
For someone who knows Court Street and Columbus Avenue
Created by KNOWOL in 2026, this Washington Court House map uses USGS elevation data for the soft shading and Census Bureau records for the roads. The town shows up in deep red on green farmland, with wide roads curving around its edges. The title panel reads "Aerial View of Washington Court House, Ohio" with the coordinates 39°32' North, 83°26' West and a one-mile scale bar.
It fits an office, a den or a family room where people can stop and find a street they know. It makes a good gift for someone who grew up near the courthouse on Court Street, moved away, or still has family in Fayette County. Open the watermarked preview, find Washington Avenue or your own street, then choose your print on the product page. See sizes and frames for the Washington Court House map.
