Existing entirely within Jefferson Township, Logan County, and to the northeast of the county seat of Bellefontaine, SR 533 ran a distance of 1.8 miles (2.9 km) between SR 540 and SR 47 near the campus of Benjamin Logan Local School District.

The entire route was turned over by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to Logan County jurisdiction by 2014.

Following the route of County Road 5 (CR 5) northerly through the farmlands of Logan County's Jefferson Township, SR 533 had one intersection, Jefferson Township Road 127, en route to its endpoint at its junction with SR 47 at a T-intersection near the Benjamin Logan Local School District campus.

[7] Signs designating the extended county road and its status as Old SR 533 have been posted on the former state route.

[7][8][9] The entire route was in Jefferson Township, Logan County.