Pekin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.

[2] The CDP is on the northern edge of Carroll County, in northeastern Brown Township.

It is bordered to the east by the village of Minerva and to the north by Paris Township in Stark County.

Ohio State Route 183 (Valley Street) passes through the southern part of the CDP, leading northeast into Minerva and southwest 4 miles (6 km) to Malvern.

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