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Bedford

City · Cuyahoga County · 13,149 residents · 3% municipal income tax

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Local events in Bedford

49 events in the next 90 days from 2 public calendars. All local events in Bedford

  1. Family Storytime

    10:30 to 11 a.m. · Bedford Branch · Free · From Cuyahoga County Public Library

  2. Pokémon Club

    2 to 3 p.m. · Bedford Branch · Free · From Cuyahoga County Public Library

  3. Halloween: Trick or Treat

    6 to 8 p.m. · From City of Bedford

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Deep dives about Bedford

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Notable people from Bedford

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History from Bedford

People and inventions tied to this place, each with its sources. All people · All inventions

How Bedford began

Bedford grew up around a waterfall on Tinker's Creek, where Adams and Starr built the first mill in 1815; the surrounding township, organized in 1823, was renamed for a settler's New England hometown. The village incorporated in 1837 and became a chair-making center, home to the Taylor Chair Company from 1816 until its 2012 closing, one of the longest-running manufacturers in the Western Reserve. Canal and railroad traffic through the 1800s and later oil, foundry, and machine-parts industry built the town into a small city, which took city status in the 1930s. Bedford lost its northeast corner to the new city of Bedford Heights in 1951 and today is a small Cleveland suburb whose historic square and 19th-century houses anchor a National Register district.

Settled 1813-1815 (first settlers at Tinker's Creek; Elijah Nobles credited by one source as first official settler in 1810), incorporated village, March 15, 1837 (population 475); city, 1930 or 1932 (sources differ), by Adams and Starr built the first mill in 1815; Hezekiah Dunham laid out the town center with a public square.

Where the name comes from

Township 6 was renamed Bedford Township in 1823 by settler Daniel Benedict. Sources disagree on which Bedford he was honoring: Wikipedia's article on the city says Bedford, New York, while the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History says he named it for his hometown in Connecticut. No source reviewed here resolves the conflict.

Before the town

No source we reviewed identifies a specific, named Native American village, mound, or treaty site within present Bedford. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History states only that the area was 'inhabited by Native Americans as early as 11,000 years ago,' without naming a site. The Tinker's Creek valley sits within the broader Cuyahoga region occupied by Late Prehistoric Whittlesey-culture villages (about AD 1000-1600), whose best-documented Cuyahoga County example is South Park Village; no source found here places a Whittlesey site specifically in Bedford. By the 18th century the area lay within the range of the Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot, and other nations who used the Cuyahoga River corridor as a travel route, and it was ceded to the United States by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, whose boundary line ran roughly along the Cuyahoga River not far to the west.

Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot.

Timeline

  1. — The first settlers arrive at Tinker's Creek, drawn by the waterfalls and hardwood forest that becomes Bedford.
  2. — Adams and Starr build the first mill at the mouth of Tinker's Creek, harnessing the falls that power the village's early industry.
  3. — Benjamin Franklin Fitch begins making split-bottom chairs at his cabin, the start of what becomes the Taylor Chair Company.
  4. — The township organizes and is renamed Bedford Township by settler Daniel Benedict.
  5. — The Ohio and Erie Canal opens, bringing new trade traffic near Bedford.
  6. — Bedford incorporates as a village with a population of 475.
  7. — The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad reaches Bedford.
  8. — The Taylor Chair Company incorporates with $100,000 in capital, after Fitch's descendants had run it for decades.
  9. — Bedford's northeast corner separately incorporates as the city of Bedford Heights.
  10. — The Taylor Chair Company, in continuous operation since 1816, closes for good; its brand and intellectual property are bought by Gasser Chair Company of Youngstown that September.
  11. — An explosion at the I. Schumann & Co. plant in Bedford hospitalizes 14 people with burn injuries.

Stories

A cabin chairmaker becomes the Western Reserve's longest-running manufacturer

In 1816 Benjamin Franklin Fitch began turning out split-bottom chairs from his own cabin in what would become Bedford Township, using local timber and the power of Tinker's Creek. The business passed to his son-in-law William O. Taylor in the 1840s and then to Vincent A. Taylor, who took the firm to a prize at the 1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition and formal incorporation as the Taylor Chair Company in 1885 with $100,000 in capital. The company kept adapting: it began designing office furniture in 1913 and hit peak employment after World War II, staying in the same family's hands for seven generations. It finally closed for good on June 15, 2012, after 196 years, and that September the Gasser Chair Company of Youngstown bought its brand and intellectual property; the company's own archives were split between the Bedford Historical Society and the Western Reserve Historical Society.

The Square and the falls that built it

Bedford's early plan centered on a public square laid out by settler Hezekiah Dunham, with room set aside for a town hall and school, and the town hall standing there by 1874. The square and the falls of Tinker's Creek just downstream from it appear in a run of early-1900s postcards -- 'The Square, Bedford, Ohio,' shot between 1905 and 1915, and a 1913 view of the Union Street Bridge -- that survive today through the Digital Public Library of America, evidence of how central the creek and its waterpower were to the town's identity even as its economy shifted from milling to chairs, ore-handling machinery, and later pharmaceuticals.

Photographs

Postcard view of the public square, Bedford, Ohio
Postcard view of the public square, Bedford, Ohio (c. 1905-1915)
Photo: Miami University Libraries Digital Collections (via Flickr), no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Postcard of the Union Street Bridge, Bedford, Ohio
Postcard of the Union Street Bridge, Bedford, Ohio (1913)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · case.edu · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

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

  1. Bedford Baptist ChurchBuilding · Bedford · listed 2002
    Address
    750 Broadway Ave.
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44146
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    2002
    NRIS reference number
    02001618
    Coordinates
    41.38994, -81.53395

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Bedford Township HallBuilding · Bedford
    Address
    30 South Park St.
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44146
    What it is
    Building
    Latest NPS certification action
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    02001455
    Coordinates
    41.38985, -81.53511

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  3. Cleveland And Pittsburgh Railroad BridgeStructure · Bedford · listed 1975
    Address
    Tinker's Creek
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44146
    What it is
    Structure
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001351
    Coordinates
    41.38467, -81.53409

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  4. Dunham, Hezekiah, HouseBuilding · Bedford · listed 1975
    Address
    729 Broadway
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44146
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001352
    Coordinates
    41.39098, -81.53426

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  5. Gates, Holsey, HouseBuilding · Bedford · listed 1975
    Address
    762 Broadway
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44146
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001354
    Coordinates
    41.38981, -81.53377

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

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.

Every historic place in Cuyahoga County on the full map

Water

The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Bedford's boundary: 1 health center, 1 fire or EMS station, 5 public schools, 3 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 5 public charging sites, 2 Superfund sites, 7 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Community health centers (1)

  1. Bedford Health CenterHealth center · Bedford
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Bedford
    Coordinates
    41.40898, -81.53806

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Bedford Fire DepartmentBedford
    Address
    165 Center Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    Coordinates
    41.39722, -81.53748

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

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.

Public schools (5)

  1. Bedford High School4 of 5 stars · Bedford
    Address
    481 Northfield Rd, Bedford, OH 44146
    School district
    Bedford City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    880
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    71.99
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    64.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    002022
    NCES school ID
    391001700127

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

  2. Carylwood Intermediate School3.5 of 5 stars · Bedford
    Address
    1387 Caryl Dr, Bedford, OH 44146
    School district
    Bedford City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    241
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    17.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    63.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    005041
    NCES school ID
    391001700128

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

  3. Central Primary School3 of 5 stars · Bedford
    Address
    799 Washington St, Bedford, OH 44146
    School district
    Bedford City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    396
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    27
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Ohio building IRN
    005561
    NCES school ID
    391001700129

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

  4. Excel Academy2 of 5 stars · Bedford
    Address
    485 Northfield Rd, Bedford, OH 44146
    School district
    Bedford City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    94
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8.59
    Report card, 2025-26
    2 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    35.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    41%
    Ohio building IRN
    019796
    NCES school ID
    391001706192

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

  5. Glendale Primary School1 of 5 stars · Bedford
    Address
    400 W Glendale St, Bedford, OH 44146
    School district
    Bedford City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    304
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25
    Report card, 2025-26
    1 of 5 stars
    Ohio building IRN
    013607
    NCES school ID
    391001700132

    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.

Bridges rated poor (3)

  1. Cr223a Union St over Tinkers CreekPoor · built 1933
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1933
    Length
    23 ft
    Owner
    State
    Vehicles a day
    5,700
    Coordinates
    41.38619, -81.53101

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Egbert Rd Cr 167 over Norfolk Southern RrPoor · built 1976
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1976
    Length
    50 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    1,326
    Coordinates
    41.38136, -81.53270

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Turney Road Cr 72 over Wood CreekPoor · built 1933
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Culvert
    Built
    1933
    Length
    8 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    7,493
    Coordinates
    41.39210, -81.55879

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Bedford BranchBranch · Bedford
    Address
    70 Columbus Rd., Bedford, OH 44146
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,499 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    16,455 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 439-4997

    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. Bedford Historical SocietyHistorical society · Cleveland
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Cleveland
    Coordinates
    41.38981, -81.53509

    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. Montana Institute Of The ArtsHistorical society · Bedford
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Bedford
    Coordinates
    41.39206, -81.53630

    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. Bedford Police DepartmentBedford
    Address
    165 Center Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    Coordinates
    41.39704, -81.53867

    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 (5)

  1. Bedford City Hall Parking Lot2 Level 2 · Bedford
    Address
    165 Center Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    FLO
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-356-8911

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

  2. CITY OF BEDFORD MUNI LOT 24 Level 2 · Bedford
    Address
    695 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH 44146
    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 ↗

  3. Hyundai of Bedford4 Level 2 · Bedford
    Address
    18300 Rockside Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    888-998-2546

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

  4. Jay Honda DC fast1 DC fast · 1 Level 2 · Bedford
    Address
    175 Broadway Avenue, Bedford, OH 44146
    Ports
    1 DC fast · 1 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

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

  5. Kia of Bedford2 Level 2 · Bedford
    Address
    18180 Rockside Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    888-998-2546

    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.

Superfund sites (2)

  1. American Steel Drum Service IncorporationSuperfund program · Bedford
    Address
    154 Northfield Rd, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD000370353
    EPA registry ID
    110004579885

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

  2. Bedford Anodizing, Walton HillsSuperfund program · Walton Hills
    Address
    7010 Krick Road, Walton Hills, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD087715686
    EPA registry ID
    110009669698

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

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (7)

  1. Ben Venue Laboratories IncToxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    300 Northfield Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146BNVNL300NO
    EPA registry ID
    110000904674

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

  2. Franklin Oil Corp OhioToxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    40 S Park Street, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146FRNKL40SOU
    EPA registry ID
    110000814502

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

  3. Man-Gill Chemical Co.-Paint GroupToxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    214 Northfield Rd., Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146MNGLL214NO
    EPA registry ID
    110000388241

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

  4. Morgan Electro Ceramics (1318031627)Toxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    232 Forbes Rd., Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146MRGNM232FO
    EPA registry ID
    110000388250

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

  5. Republic Environmental Systems-C1Toxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    33 Industry Drive, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146VRGRN33IND
    EPA registry ID
    110000388303

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

  6. Tier Environmental Llc - Hukill Environmental ServicesToxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    7013 Krick Rd, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44146HKLLC7013K
    EPA registry ID
    110000388232

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

  7. Wellman, S.K. CorporationToxics Release Inventory · Bedford
    Address
    200 Egbert Road, Bedford, OH 44146
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44146SKWLL200EG
    EPA registry ID
    110000617324

    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 (2)

  1. Waste Water Reached water2025-08-15 · Bedford
    Reported
    2025-08-15
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001372

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

  2. Contaminated Water Reached water2021-08-02 · Bedford
    Reported
    2021-08-02
    What spilled
    Contaminated Water
    Reached a waterway
    18 - Tinkers Creek
    Where
    Bedford, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2108EPA0001174

    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 Bedford, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44146 Bedford 44% The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park 2.5 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1959 Bedford City · 3 stars overall 0.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

Who holds office in Bedford, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Auditor of State record

The county

Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.

Nearby places

Bedford Heights Oakwood Walton Hills

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.87 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
34.7 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
47.8 in
a normal year brings 36.8 in
a normal year
40.9 in
average of 20 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.87 — 28
September 2026 2.81 — 30
August 2026 6.91 — 31
July 2026 2.82 — 31
June 2026 2.83 — 30
May 2026 4.17 — 31
April 2026 6.42 0.1 30
March 2026 3.39 1.9 31
February 2026 0.91 9.8 28
January 2026 2.59 36.0 31
December 2025 2.83 16.5 31
November 2025 2.41 10.9 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year2011 — 64.8 in
Driest year1934 — 21.9 in
Snowiest year2010 — 107.6 in
Wettest day on record1 September 1901 — 3.66 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 12.99 in
Deepest snow on the ground18 December 1951 — 22.01 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Bedford, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

43,290 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-28. 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 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 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 Bedford: 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
75
those placed on the map inside Bedford
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste20
Voluntary cleanup13
Air pollution10
Wastewater and stormwater discharge10
Site assessment6
Contaminated-site cleanup5
Wetland and stream fill3
Composting2
State sewer loans2
Cessation Of Regulated Operations1
Landfills1
Public drinking water1
1 smaller programs
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
HIKMA USA INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BEDFORD WWTP Sewer and water-line construction permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
REWORLD BEDFORD LLC Air pollution notice of violation
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
PIR 4036 - HIGH & AVERY AVE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
PIR 4037 - NORTHFIELD & SOLON Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BEDFORD OUTPATIENT CAMPUS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MR T'S PAINTING & SANDBLASTING INC Air pollution report
IOPPOLO CONCRETE CORP Air pollution report
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
BEDFORD CITY PWS Public drinking water report
MORGAN ELECTRO CERAMICS INC Hazardous waste inspection
BARTLETT ROAD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
BEDFORD YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
BARTLETT ROAD COMMERCIAL 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 Bedford, Ohio in?

Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 13,149 residents.

When was Bedford, Ohio founded?

Bedford was settled 1813-1815 (first settlers at Tinker's Creek; Elijah Nobles credited by one source as first official settler in 1810); incorporated village, March 15, 1837 (population 475); city, 1930 or 1932 (sources differ). Founders on record: Adams and Starr built the first mill in 1815; Hezekiah Dunham laid out the town center with a public square. Source

How did Bedford, Ohio get its name?

Township 6 was renamed Bedford Township in 1823 by settler Daniel Benedict. Source

What ZIP code is Bedford, Ohio?

Most of Bedford is in ZIP code 44146.

Where does Bedford, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Bedford (Cleveland Public Water System): The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park.

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