Vacant VillagesAthens County small towns are mottled with abandoned homes

The front porch of an abandon house in Jacksonville, Ohio. Athens County is the poorest county in the state, according to U.S. Census data.

Windows are boarded off at this seemingly abandoned home in Millfield, Ohio.

Upon crossing the border into Trimble, Ohio, you are greeted by this abandoned warehouse. Vacant structures can be a problem for parties and “squatters”.

Graffiti stains the walls of an abandoned warehouse in Trimble, Ohio.

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.

An abandoned house that looks to have been destroyed by a fire in Trimble, Ohio.

The doorway to a vacant home in Trimble, Ohio.

There are more than 30 vacant houses in Trimble, Ohio, a small town with an even smaller budget.

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.

Broken glass hangs from the front windows of this vacant home in Chauncey, Ohio.

Boards cover the front door of this empty house in Chauncey that seems to have suffered a fire.