This is the hauntings list for Jefferson County. Remember that some of the places listed are merely legend or hearsay, but many are genuine and documented haunts. If you know of any more hauntings or legends for this county, please submit them to our Hauntings Submission Page.
Oak Grove
Oak Grove School - It is said that late at night, ghostly skeletons and headless figures in white are seen in the windows carrying lanterns.
Steubenville
Harding Middle School - The school is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a music teacher who was killed by one of his students back in 1983. His ghost is said to walk the halls at night and some students have claimed to see his face appear in the windows throughout the building. Some people have reported hearing unexplainable music coming from Room 200, which was renovated five years after the incident.
Route 7 - The spirit of a woman is said to beg for a ride to Steubenville along Route 7. It is said that if one gives her a ride, they'll never be heard from again.
Steubenville Library - Built in 1902, this library is said to be haunted by it's first librarian Ellen Summers Wilson. She is said to haunt her former office, in the attic. She is so well known that they placed a sign on the attic door that reads "Home of the Library Ghost".
Wintersville
Loftus House - An old eccentric lady (Old Lady Loftus) who lived in the old house is said to have killed her husband and tried to make it look like a suicide. In life, locals say that Mrs. Loftus would answer any noise by a creek with gunfire. After she died, she returned from beyond the grave to haunt her worldly house, chasing trespassers away. The house was destroyed by fire in the late 1990s. (Thanks to Joe DeArdo for the additional information).
