Athens County in Ohio has many small towns with abandoned and vacant homes and buildings. Some towns have more than 30 vacant houses. These empty structures often fall into disrepair, with boarded up windows and doors, graffiti, and overgrown vegetation. They can become places for rodents and other disease-carrying animals to breed. The abandoned buildings are a problem for communities with small budgets to address.
5. Upon crossing the border into Trimble, Ohio,
you are greeted by this abandoned
warehouse. Vacant structures can be a
problem for parties and “squatters”.
8. A view in the doorway of an abandoned
warehouse on Route 13 in Trimble, Ohio.
Abandoned buildings are often a place
where disease-carrying rodents and
raccoons breed.
9. An abandoned house that looks to have been
destroyed by a fire in Trimble, Ohio.
12. There are more than 30 vacant houses in Trimble, Ohio, a
small town with an even smaller budget.
13. Overgrown brush lines the foundation of this abandoned
home in Trimble, Ohio. Rodents that could carry diseases
see places like this as a breeding location.
14. Broken glass hangs from the front windows of this
vacant home in Chauncey, Ohio.
15. Boards cover the front door of this empty house in Chauncey that
seems to have suffered a fire.
