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Avon

City · Lorain County · 24,847 residents · 1.95% municipal income tax

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Local events in Avon

55 events in the next 90 days from 6 public calendars. All local events in Avon

  1. Community Game Night

    5 to 7 p.m. · Avon Branch · From Lorain Public Library

  2. Books, Beats and Bubbles Story Time

    5:45 to 6:15 p.m. · Avon Branch · From Lorain Public Library

  3. Books, Beats and Bubbles Story Time

    6:30 to 7 p.m. · Avon Branch · From Lorain Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Avon began

Avon is the northeastern-most township of Lorain County, Town 7 in Range 16 of the Connecticut Western Reserve, drawn in 1807 by the Connecticut judge Pierpont Edwards. Noah Davis put up a cabin on the lake shore road around 1812-13 and vanished from the record; the settlement that lasted began in 1814 when Wilbur Cahoon and families from Montgomery County, New York, cut a road along the ridge. The township organized as Troy in 1818 and was renamed Avon in December 1824, soon after Lorain County was formed. The township incorporated as a village in 1917 and became a city in 1961; farms and orchards gave way to suburban growth, from 7,241 people in 1980 to 24,847 in 2020.

Settled 1812 or 1813 (Noah Davis, lake shore, left within a year); summer-fall 1814 (Wilbur Cahoon, Nicholas Young and Lewis Austin, the permanent settlement), incorporated 1917 (village), 1961 (city), by Wilbur Cahoon and party (Montgomery County, New York).

Where the name comes from

The informal name before 1818 was Xeuma; at organization on 27 October 1818 the township was called Troy; in December 1824, on the petition of forty citizens, the Lorain County commissioners changed it to Avon (Boynton's 1876 address and the 1916 centennial history both give 1824; the 1879 county history prints 1834, which looks like a misprint, since Lorain County itself was only created in 1824). None of the sources consulted says why Avon was chosen.

Before the town

The 1916 county history describes antiquities that the settlers found and destroyed: a circular embankment of small piled stones, six to eight feet high and about four rods across, on the west bank of French Creek in section 11; farther down the creek an enormous mound of cobblestones in a part of the township where such stones do not occur; and a number of mounds on the ridge where the Methodist church later stood, which held human bones when opened. All were leveled or carted away for stone, and the history says nothing now marks the spot; their builders are not identified. No Native village is named. The lake shore here was crossed by an Indian trail along the sand beaches, which the Cleveland-westward mail route followed on foot in 1809; the 1916 county history says so directly. Wikipedia says only that Wyandot, Ottawa and Erie peoples lived in the region before settlement, though Erie presence this far west is uncertain.

Nations recorded here: Wyandot, Ottawa (Odawa), Erie (uncertain).

  • Stone embankment and cobblestone mound on French Creek (earthwork) — West bank of French Creek, section 11, Avon township, before settlement (culture unspecified) (archive.org)
  • Burial mounds on the ridge at the Methodist church (mound) — The ridge where the Avon Methodist Episcopal church later stood, before settlement (culture unspecified) (archive.org)
  • Lake shore Indian trail (later the Cleveland-west mail road) (trail) — along the beach ridge and lake shore through Avon township, before 1807; used by the mail carrier on foot in 1809 (archive.org)

Timeline

  1. — Connecticut judge Pierpont Edwards draws Town 7, Range 16 (Avon) in the Western Reserve land draft, with three Bass Island tracts in Lake Erie attached for equalization.
  2. — The mail between Cleveland and the west is carried along the lake by a man on foot, following an Indian trail on the sand beaches; the road through Avon ran close to the lake bank.
  3. — Noah Davis builds the first log house in the township on the lake shore road and leaves within a year; the 1916 history calls him Avon's mysterious first settler (1812) and the 1879 history dates him 1813.
  4. — Wilbur Cahoon, Nicholas Young and Lewis Austin leave Montgomery County, New York, with five horses, four yoke of oxen and cows, and reach the end of the ridge road at Dover in the fall.
  5. — Leonard Cahoon, son of Wilbur and Priscilla Cahoon, is born, the first white child born in Avon township.
  6. — Wilbur Cahoon builds the first sawmill on French Creek in section 11, which ran for about fifty years; in summer 1818 he adds a gristmill near it.
  7. — Wilbur Cahoon sows the first wheat in the township, on section eleven, after a corn crop the season before.
  8. — Nancy Ensign and Orrin Ensign convey about 686 acres to Wilbur Cahoon for $2,000 (Cuyahoga deed, filed 8 May 1816).
  9. — William Richmond marries Rhoda, adopted daughter of Reuben Cooper, the first marriage in the township; Joel Terrell of Ridgeville performs it.
  10. — A Baptist church is organized after the missionary Elder Hartwell preaches at Cahoon's house; a log schoolhouse follows in 1818.
  11. — Lydia M. Williams, daughter of Larkin Williams, dies, the first death; at her wish she is buried under a chestnut tree on the knoll that became the center cemetery.
  12. — Cuyahoga County commissioners set the township off from Dover as Troy Township; the first election is held on 9 November 1818.
  13. — On the petition of forty citizens the Lorain County commissioners change the name from Troy to Avon.
  14. — Dr. Heman Williams becomes the first postmaster when the Avon post office is established (the 1879 history believed 1835).
  15. — Wilbur Cahoon dies of apoplexy; the first frame house in the township, built on his homestead, is finished in 1836.
  16. — John Schwartz and his family arrive from Bavaria, followed by Jacob Miller and Paul Faber; German settlers soon fill the south of the township.
  17. — A steam saw mill and a steam flour mill are built in Avon to replace the failing water-powered mills on French Creek.
  18. — The Nickel Plate line is built nearer the lake than the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and serves Avon, Sheffield and Brownhelm as well as Lorain.
  19. — An electric interurban line is built through Avon Township by Tom L. Johnson.
  20. — Cahoon descendants hold a centennial of the 1814 settlement, at which Horace J. Cahoon reads the township history.
  21. — The township incorporates as a village.
  22. — The electric interurban closes and its rails are sold; the car barn is later turned into a motel.
  23. — Avon becomes a city.
  24. — Avon, with 6,002 people at the 1960 census, must accept city status.
  25. — Population rises from 7,241 in 1980 to 11,446 in 2000, 21,193 in 2010 and 24,847 in 2020.

Stories

Xeuma, Troy, Avon

Before it was organized, the lake township was called Xeuma by the people who lived there, though on paper it still belonged to Dover in Cuyahoga County. When Cuyahoga's commissioners set it off on 27 October 1818 they named it Troy. The name proved a nuisance, and in December 1824, forty citizens petitioned the new Lorain County commissioners to change it to Avon. Boynton's 1876 address and the 1916 county history both print 1824, but the 1879 county history prints 1834 for the same sentence, apparently a misprint. No source says what Avon was named for.

Noah Davis, the man who left

The first white settler on the Avon lake shore was Noah Davis, who built a log house beside the road that carried the mail westward from Cleveland and was gone within a year. The 1879 county history dates him 1813 and admits it could not learn where his cabin stood or who his family were. When the 1916 history revisited him it dated him 1812 and compared him to the man in the iron mask, a mystery that would 'ever remain.' His cabin did not go to waste: Gaston Young moved into the Davis cabin when he arrived, one of the first permanent lake-shore settlers along with Adam Miller.

The Cahoon cavalcade of 1814

In the summer of 1814 Wilbur Cahoon, Nicholas Young and Lewis Austin set out from Montgomery County, New York, with five horses, four yoke of oxen and cows, bound for Town 7 in the sixteenth range. They stopped in Dover at the end of the ridge road and waited while a road was cut along the ridge to section eleven, where Cahoon had chosen land bought from the surveyor Orrin Ensign. His son Leonard was born on 1 December 1814 and became the township's first native-born white child. Cahoon planted a hundred apple trees the next spring and sowed wheat in the fall of 1815, but he died suddenly of apoplexy in 1826, before the family's frame house was finished. A hundred years later, on 10 September 1914, his descendants gathered for a centennial at which his grandson Horace read the township's history.

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org · archive.org · avonhistory.org · archive.org

Historic places

5 places in Avon on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Avon IsleBuilding · Avon · listed 2010
    Address
    37080 Detroit Rd
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County · ZIP 44011
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    2010
    NRIS reference number
    10000456
    Coordinates
    41.45176, -82.03614

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  2. Cahoon, Wilbur, HouseBuilding · Avon · listed 1978
    Address
    2940 Stoney Ridge Rd.
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County · ZIP 44011
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002104
    Coordinates
    41.44729, -82.03251

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  3. Hurst, William E., HouseBuilding · Avon · listed 1974
    Address
    33065 Detroit Ave.
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County · ZIP 44011
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1974
    NRIS reference number
    74001550
    Coordinates
    41.45338, -81.98519

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  4. Williams, Henry Harrison, HouseBuilding · Avon · listed 1978
    Address
    37392 Detroit Rd.
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County · ZIP 44011
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002105
    Coordinates
    41.44958, -82.03829

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  5. Wilson--Falkner--Baldauf HouseBuilding · Avon · listed 2010
    Address
    3260 Center Rd.
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County · ZIP 44011
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    2010
    NRIS reference number
    10000278
    Coordinates
    41.44052, -82.01939

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Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

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Water

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Avon's boundary: 3 hospitals, 4 nursing homes, 1 high-hazard dam, 5 public schools, 3 private schools, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 6 public charging sites, 10 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 10 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (3)

  1. Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalGeneral hospital · Avon
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    33300 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Beds
    126
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (216) 308-7684
    Medicare ID
    360364

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  2. Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospitals, LlcRehabilitation hospital · Avon
    What it is
    Rehabilitation hospital
    Address
    33355 Health Campus Boulevard, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Beds
    60
    Ownership
    Proprietary
    Phone
    (440) 937-9099

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  3. University Hospitals Avon Rehabilitation HospitalRehabilitation hospital · Avon
    What it is
    Rehabilitation hospital
    Address
    37900 Chester Road, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Beds
    50
    Ownership
    Proprietary
    Phone
    (440) 695-7100

    Hospital's website ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.

Nursing homes (4)

  1. Avon Oaks Nursing Home5 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    37800 French Creek Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    91
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    COLEV GESTETNER
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 934-5204
    Medicare ID
    365762

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Avon Place Healthcare Center2 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    32900 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Certified beds
    91
    Residents on an average day
    82
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 937-6201
    Medicare ID
    365155

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. St Mary of The Woods4 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    35755 Detroit Road, Avon, OH 44011
    Certified beds
    50
    Residents on an average day
    44
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    Non profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SAINT THERESE SENIOR COMMUNITIES
    Takes
    Medicare
    Phone
    (440) 937-6869
    Medicare ID
    366342

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Woods on French Creek Nursing & Rehab Center The4 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    37845 Colorado Avenue, Avon, OH 44011
    Certified beds
    74
    Residents on an average day
    70
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $26,685 (latest 2025-11-06)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 695-1400
    Medicare ID
    366426
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

High-hazard dams (1)

  1. Willoway Upground No. 5 DamSlater Ditch · condition: satisfactory
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 08/22/2024)
    River or stream
    Slater Ditch
    Purpose
    Water Supply
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    12 ft
    Storage
    71 acre-feet
    Completed
    1999
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Lorain County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Avon
    Last inspection
    11/29/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH02990

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.

Public schools (5)

  1. Avon Early Learning Center4 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    3075 Stoney Ridge Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    School district
    Avon Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    389
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    13
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Ohio building IRN
    001362
    NCES school ID
    390481103112

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Avon East Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    3100 Nagle Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    School district
    Avon Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    616
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    33
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Ohio building IRN
    001354
    NCES school ID
    390481103111

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Avon Heritage Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    35575 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    School district
    Avon Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    952
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    48.7
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    92.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    000701
    NCES school ID
    390481105137

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Avon High School5 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    37545 Detroit Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    School district
    Avon Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,428
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    69.61
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    95.5%
    Four-year graduation rate
    99.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    001370
    NCES school ID
    390481103110

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Avon Middle School5 of 5 stars · Avon
    Address
    3445 Long Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    School district
    Avon Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,070
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    54.78
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    92.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    126359
    NCES school ID
    390481101426

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Private schools (3)

  1. Avon Montessori AcademyPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Avon
    Address
    37701 Colorado Ave C, Avon, OH 44011
    Kind
    nonsectarian, special program
    Students, 2023-24
    22
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    3
    Students per teacher
    7.33333
    Phone
    (440) 934-1774
    NCES private school ID
    A0990098

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Holy Trinity SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Avon
    Address
    2610 Nagel Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    455
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24
    Students per teacher
    18.9583
    Phone
    (440) 937-6420
    NCES private school ID
    01058606

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. St Mary of The Immaculate Conception SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Avon
    Address
    2680 Stoney Ridge Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    167
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    12
    Students per teacher
    13.9167
    Phone
    (440) 934-6246
    NCES private school ID
    01058592

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. AvonBranch · Avon
    Address
    37485 Harvest Dr., Avon, OH 44011
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Lorain Public Library
    Open
    3,211 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    26,400 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    450,372
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,343,185
    People the system serves
    145,206
    Phone
    (440) 934-4743

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)

  1. Avon Historical SocietyHistorical society · Avon
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Avon
    Coordinates
    41.44803, -82.02895

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  2. Miller Nature PreserveArboretum or botanical garden · Avon
    What it is
    Arboretum or botanical garden
    City
    Avon
    Coordinates
    41.44828, -82.01905

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.

Police stations (1)

  1. Avon Police DepartmentAvon
    Address
    36145 Detroit Road, Avon, OH 44011
    Coordinates
    41.45867, -82.02257

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.

Public EV charging (6)

  1. Avon Hospital6 Level 2 · Avon
    Address
    33300-33100 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Avon, OH 44011
    Ports
    6 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Joyce Buick GMC DC fast2 DC fast · AVON
    Address
    38039 CHESTER ROAD, AVON, OH 44011
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Mark Wahlberg Chevrolet of Avon DC fast6 DC fast · 6 Level 2 · Avon
    Address
    37995 Chester Road, Avon, OH 44011
    Ports
    6 DC fast · 6 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, J1772
    Network
    RED_E
    Phone
    313-262-6722

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. MEIJER STORES 308 AVON 14 Level 2 · Avon
    Address
    1801 Nagel Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Menards Avon 3357 (Avon, OH) DC fast12 DC fast · Avon
    Address
    35700 Chester Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    Ports
    12 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    Electrify America
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    833-632-2778

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Pilot Travel Center 4 DC fast4 DC fast · Avon
    Address
    39115 Colorado Ave, Avon, OH 44011
    Ports
    4 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    eVgo Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    877-455-3833

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (10)

  1. Advanced Polymer Coatings LtdToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    951 Jaycox Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4401WDVNCD951JA
    EPA registry ID
    110004701378

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Barentz AvonToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    1390 Jaycox Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4401WBRNTZ139JA
    EPA registry ID
    110071410584

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Chemtron CorpToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    35850 Schneider Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44011CHMTR35850
    EPA registry ID
    110000385137

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Cutting Dynamics IncToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    980 Jaycox Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44011CTTNG98JAY
    EPA registry ID
    110022523072

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Freeman Manufacturing & SupplyToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    1101 Moore Rd., Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44011FRMNM1101M
    EPA registry ID
    110000496927

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. L & W Engineering CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    1190 Jaycox Road, Avon, OH 44011
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4401WLWNGN119JA
    EPA registry ID
    110070332112

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Parker Hannifin CorpToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    1160 Center Rd., Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44011PRKRH1160C
    EPA registry ID
    110002110064

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. Shurtech Brands at Henkel Corporation SiteToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    32150 Just Imagine Drive, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4401WSHRTC3215J
    EPA registry ID
    110039084558

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Techmer PmToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    38620 Chester Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44011DPNTV38620
    EPA registry ID
    110001129519

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  10. Xerxes CorpToxics Release Inventory · Avon
    Address
    34250 Mills Rd, Avon, OH 44011
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44011XRSCR34250
    EPA registry ID
    110012641025

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.

Spills reported since 2021 (10)

  1. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2025-11-04 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-11-04
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001801

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Chemical(S) Unk2025-10-16 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-10-16
    What spilled
    Chemical(S) Unk
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2510EPA0001714

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-07-16 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-07-16
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    8 gallons
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001183

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Material Unknown2025-04-12 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-04-12
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000551

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-03-21 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-03-21
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2503EPA0000410

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Flammable Liquid (Nos)2025-03-08 · Avon
    Reported
    2025-03-08
    What spilled
    Flammable Liquid (Nos)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2503EPA0000320

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-07-02 · Avon
    Reported
    2024-07-02
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2407EPA0001113

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. Material Black2023-04-03 · Avon
    Reported
    2023-04-03
    What spilled
    Material Black
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000504

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-03-06 · Avon
    Reported
    2023-03-06
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2303EPA0000353

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  10. Acid Nos (Not Specified)2026-03-11 · Avon
    Reported
    2026-03-11
    What spilled
    Acid Nos (Not Specified)
    Where
    Avon, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000351

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44011 Avon 100% Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant 3.5 pCi/L average radon Median year built 2001 Avon Local · 5 stars overall 3.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

How its elections and ballot issues came out and the state auditor's record.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 4 Scott C. Radcliffe 663, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 3 Tony Moore 740, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 2 Ann Marie Etienne 588, 53.94%; Dennis McBride 502, 46.06%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 1 Jennifer Demaline 871, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Mayor Bryan K. Jensen 3,581, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked. The county's results on file run through 2026-05-05; later elections are not loaded yet.

Auditor of State record

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Statewide question: State Issue 3: Voter ID

Local questions for Avon, Lorain County and its school district:

  • Lorain County: Authorizes an additional 0.45-mill property tax levy for the care & placement of children & children services of Lorain County for 5 years, beginning in 2026.

Races, candidates and every question for an address: your ballot. County offices and judges are on your county board's sample ballot.

The county

Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships with pages here, 323,219 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025).

Nearby places

No nearby place shares a ZIP code with Avon in the atlas yet.

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Avon, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
3.06 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
37.0 in
2.5 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
38.8 in
a normal year brings 47.0 in
a normal year
40.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 3.06 — 30
September 2026 2.19 — 30
August 2026 5.22 — 31
July 2026 4.44 — 31
June 2026 3.66 — 30
May 2026 4.91 — 31
April 2026 7.03 — 30
March 2026 3.15 1.5 31
February 2026 0.65 7.2 28
January 2026 2.67 30.0 31
December 2025 3.32 19.0 31
November 2025 1.98 5.5 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year (estimated)2011 — 61.8 in
Driest year (estimated)1963 — 17.4 in
Snowiest year (estimated)1910 — 87.2 in
Wettest day (estimated)7 September 1996 — 5.27 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day (estimated)25 November 1950 — 15.35 in
Deepest snow on the ground (estimated)11 November 1913 — 19.02 in

Mostly estimated. Only 5% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Avon - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

56,916 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-30. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-02): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-02 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for Avon: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
88
those placed on the map inside Avon
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge28
Hazardous waste25
Wetland and stream fill11
Air pollution7
Sewer and water-line construction5
Site assessment4
Contaminated-site cleanup3
Composting2
Public drinking water1
Scrap tires1
Underground injection wells1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
WESTHAVEN ESTATES Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
KURTZ BROS INC - AVON PRODUCTION FACILITY Air pollution report
OHIO CONTAINER SERVICES LLC Air pollution inspection
REWORLD TRON CORP Hazardous waste permit
REWORLD TRON CORP Hazardous waste notice of violation
REWORLD TRON CORP Hazardous waste permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
ACHIEVE CREDIT UNION Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
AVON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
COOPER DISPOSAL LLC Scrap tires registration
COOPER DISPOSAL LLC Scrap tires inspection
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
VILLAS OF NAGEL FARMS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON CAMPUS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
COOPER DISPOSAL LLC Scrap tires inspection
CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON CAMPUS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
REWORLD TRON CORP Hazardous waste notice of violation
REWORLD TRON CORP Hazardous waste assessment
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
PRUETER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

Quick answers

What county is Avon, Ohio in?

Avon is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, with 24,847 residents.

When was Avon, Ohio founded?

Avon was settled 1812 or 1813 (Noah Davis, lake shore, left within a year); summer-fall 1814 (Wilbur Cahoon, Nicholas Young and Lewis Austin, the permanent settlement); incorporated 1917 (village), 1961 (city). Founders on record: Wilbur Cahoon and party (Montgomery County, New York). Source

How did Avon, Ohio get its name?

The informal name before 1818 was Xeuma; at organization on 27 October 1818 the township was called Troy; in December 1824, on the petition of forty citizens, the Lorain County commissioners changed it to Avon (Boynton's 1876 address and the 1916 centennial history both give 1824; the 1879 county history prints 1834, which looks like a misprint, since Lorain County itself was only created in 1824). Source

What ZIP code is Avon, Ohio?

Most of Avon is in ZIP code 44011.

Where does Avon, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Avon (Avon City): Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant.

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