Amherst Township, Lorain County

Amherst Township, Lorain County

Township · Lorain County · 5,473 residents

Lorain County

The story

Local history for this place is being researched county by county outward from Franklin County; here is what the records say.

Water

Lake Erie, drawn through 24-inch and 42-inch intake pipes on the lake bottom about 1,500 feet offshore from Elyria's lakefront pumping plant, which is physically sited in Lorain The water here

Amherst City70% of residentsLake Erie (mainly via Elyria)
Elyria Water Department13% of residentsLake Erie
South Amherst Village8% of residentsLake Erie
Rural Lorain Co. Water A5% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
Lorain City4% of residentsLake Erie
Sheffield Village0% of residentsLake Erie
North Ridgeville City0% of residentsLake Erie (mainly via Avon Lake Regional Water)

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Amherst Township, Lorain County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

The ZIP codes serving Amherst Township, Lorain County
ZIP	Share	Water	Radon	Home value	Schools	Flood
44001 Amherst	21%	Lake Erie, drawn through 24-inch and 42-inch intake pipes on the lake bottom about 1,500 feet offshore from Elyria's lakefront pumping plant, which is physically sited in Lorain	4.0 pCi/L average radon	Median year built 1971	Amherst Exempted Village · 4 stars overall	0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44035 Elyria	1%	Lake Erie, drawn through 24-inch and 42-inch intake pipes on the lake bottom about 1,500 feet offshore from Elyria's lakefront pumping plant, which is physically sited in Lorain	3.4 pCi/L average radon	Median year built 1958	Elyria City · 2 stars overall	2.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44053 Lorain	1%	Lake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harbor	4.0 pCi/L average radon	Median year built 1977	Lorain City · 2 stars overall	5.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain

The county

Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people.

Nearby places

Amherst Elyria South Amherst Brownhelm Township, Lorain County Lorain Henrietta Township, Lorain County Carlisle Township, Lorain County New Russia Township, Lorain County Elyria Township, Lorain County Sheffield

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