Aerial survey · USDA NAIP · public domainJewish Cemetery Road and the Ghost of Zeke's Dog
Lexington Rd (Jewish Cemetery Road), Smith Township, OH
Research updated May 2026
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Local Folklore · Rural Ohio History
Lexington Road runs through rural Smith Township in Mahoning County, Ohio, between the towns of Alliance and Sebring. The road passes a Jewish cemetery that gives it its informal name: Jewish Cemetery Road.
According to local accounts documented by the Ohio Exploration Society, an elderly man known as Zeke worked as the cemetery's caretaker and was in the habit of walking the road to lock up the grounds each evening with his dog. At some point, Zeke was struck and killed by a vehicle on Lexington Road while making this walk.
Sometime after his death, Zeke's dog was also killed on the road — reportedly still walking the same route, as if continuing its habit of accompanying the caretaker on his nightly rounds.
The Ohio Exploration Society, which documents paranormal and historical locations across Ohio, includes Lexington Road in its Mahoning County hauntings documentation. No newspaper records or independent historical sources confirming the specific incident were located during research.
Sources
The legend of Jewish Cemetery Road is unusually gentle by folklore standards. There are no violent deaths, no named victims, no malevolent presences. The central figure is a dog — loyally walking a road it walked every evening in life, looking for a man who is no longer there.
According to the Ohio Exploration Society's documentation, the dog is seen around dusk, close to the cemetery. It walks the road and disappears. There are no reports of the animal behaving erratically or approaching people.
The account inverts the usual logic of roadside ghost legends — instead of a human haunting a site of trauma, it is an animal haunting a site of habit. Whether this distinction makes the legend more or less unsettling is a question visitors seem to answer differently.
No independent news archives or historical records confirming the specific deaths of Zeke or his dog were located during research. The legend exists primarily in regional paranormal documentation.
Notable Entities
Lexington Road, locally known as Jewish Cemetery Road, runs between Alliance and Sebring in Mahoning County. The road is best known for sightings around dusk of a dog reportedly walking the road looking for its deceased owner. The Jewish cemetery is visible along the route.
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