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Bowling Green

City · Wood County · 30,821 residents · 2.15% municipal income tax

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Local events in Bowling Green

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  1. Period Product Drive

    All day · Paid · From Bowling Green State University

  2. Wood County Safety Council

    7:30 to 9 a.m. · Bachman-Keil Meeting Rooms · From Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce

  3. BGSU Votes Election Day Celebration

    8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. · BGSU Letters · Paid · From Bowling Green State University

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Deep dives about Bowling Green

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How Bowling Green began

Bowling Green grew from a scattering of cabins entered on the swamp ridge south of Portage in 1832 into Wood County's seat of government after an 1866-1870 fight that moved the courthouse here from Perrysburg. Its post office, and later the town itself, took the name of Bowling Green, Kentucky, suggested on the spot around 1834 by a passing mail carrier. Incorporated as a village in 1855 and a city in 1901, it boomed in the mid-1880s when natural gas and oil were struck beneath the surrounding farmland, then grew through the twentieth century around the state normal school that became Bowling Green State University. It remains the Wood County seat today.

Settled 1832 (Elisha Martindale's cabin, the first in the future corporation, built spring 1833 on an October 1832 land entry), platted town grew informally around the 1834 post office; formally incorporated, incorporated village, 1855; city, 1901, by local settlers; incorporation by Wood County and the State of Ohio.

Where the name comes from

The settlement took its name from its post office, established around 1834 at Jacob Stauffer's cabin. Veteran mail carrier Joseph (Chauncey) Gordon, asked to help settle a dispute over what to call the new office, offered the name Bowling Green -- after Bowling Green, Kentucky, a town on one of his earlier mail routes -- in exchange for a glass of cider, and it stuck.

Before the town

No Native village, mound, earthwork or named site specific to the future site of Bowling Green was found in any source consulted; the county's own 1897 history states plainly that no such evidence exists anywhere in Wood County. The area lay within the swamp forest inland from the Maumee that the Ottawa, Wyandot and allied nations used chiefly for hunting and seasonal travel rather than permanent settlement.

Nations recorded here: Ottawa, Wyandot.

Timeline

  1. — Elisha Martindale makes the first land entry within the future city, a 40-acre tract in the northwest part of town; he builds his cabin there the following spring.
  2. — A post office named Bowling Green is established at Jacob Stauffer's cabin, the name suggested by mail carrier Joseph Gordon.
  3. — Bowling Green is detached from Plain and Center townships and incorporated as a village.
  4. — The Wood County seat formally moves from Perrysburg to Bowling Green after the county's 'Ten Years' War' court fight, and the new courthouse opens for business.
  5. — Gas is struck at 242 feet drilling a well at the county infirmary, an early local sign of the gas field that would soon transform the town.
  6. — The Bowling Green Natural Gas Company's first well strikes gas at 1,130 feet; within weeks gas is heating and lighting buildings downtown.
  7. — The present Wood County Courthouse, designed by Columbus architects Yost & Packard in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, is built and occupied.
  8. — Bowling Green is incorporated as a city.
  9. — A state commission selects Bowling Green, over 39 other Ohio communities, as the site of a new state normal school, citing its dry (no-alcohol) status and its central, rail-served location.
  10. — Bowling Green State Normal School opens with 304 students and 21 faculty, meeting temporarily at the local armory until its first permanent buildings are ready.
  11. — Members of Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd's gang kill Bowling Green police patrolman R. H. Castner during a confrontation in the city.
  12. — During World War II, Italian and German prisoners of war are put to work at Bowling Green's Heinz tomato-ketchup factory; the plant operates until 1975.
  13. — The runaway CSX 8888 freight train, carrying hazardous liquids and no engineer, passes through Bowling Green during a 66-mile unmanned run from Toledo before being boarded and stopped near Kenton, with no injuries or damage.

Stories

A tumbler of cider names the town

Around 1834, settlers gathered at Jacob Stauffer's cabin on a wooded ridge to petition for a post office but could not agree on what to call it. Joseph (Chauncey) Gordon, a mail carrier who had ridden routes on horseback since 1801 -- from Kentucky to Tennessee, then through the Ohio wilderness between Bellefontaine and Perrysburg -- happened to be passing through and stood listening from the cabin steps. He told Stauffer that for a glass of cider he would supply a name himself. Stauffer, who had a keg brought from Columbiana County, poured him one; Gordon swept his arm toward the landscape, toasted 'the new post office of Bowling Green' after a Kentucky town on one of his old routes, drank, and was mounting his horse again before the settlers finished writing the name into their petition. When the village incorporated in 1855, it kept the name the mail carrier had given its post office two decades earlier.

The courthouse built ahead of the lawsuit

Bowling Green did not wait for the courts to finish deciding whether it could have the county seat. Voters had approved moving the courthouse here from Perrysburg in an October 1866 election, but a contestant fought the result for years, through a recount, an 1868 trial and a final appeal the Ohio Supreme Court did not dismiss until August 1869. Bowling Green's backers broke ground on a new courthouse anyway in June 1868 and laid its cornerstone on the Fourth of July, gambling that the litigation would go their way. It did, and county offices moved into the finished building in April 1870. That courthouse burned or was replaced within a generation; the present Wood County Courthouse, designed by the Columbus firm Yost & Packard in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, broke ground November 28, 1893, and was occupied by the county commissioners on August 31, 1896.

Gas turns a swamp town into a boomtown

In August 1884, drillers hit gas at 242 feet while boring a well for the Wood County infirmary, and by December the Bowling Green Natural Gas Company had organized to chase it further. Its first well struck the main reservoir at 1,130 feet on March 6, 1885; three weeks later it was shot with explosives and began flowing about 400,000 cubic feet a day. By April 1, 1885, gas piped through 475 feet of line was fueling a planing mill, and that evening, the town's own historian wrote, 'the people of Bowling Green knew that they had entered upon a new era.' Wells kept multiplying through the 1880s, and the fortunes made drilling and refining oil and gas still show along Wooster Street, where many of the town's oldest and largest houses date from the boom years.

A runaway train passes through

On May 9, 2001, a CSX freight train hauling tank cars of hazardous liquid -- including a car of molten phenol, a toxic and corrosive chemical -- left the rail yard at Toledo without its engineer, who had climbed down to fix a switch and could not catch back up as the train accelerated. For more than two hours it rolled south unmanned at up to 51 miles per hour, passing through Bowling Green among other Wood County communities while highway crossings were cleared ahead of it and national news crews scrambled to follow what reporters nicknamed the 'Crazy Eights.' A CSX road foreman, Jon Hosfeld, finally caught up in a locomotive, climbed aboard the moving train near Kenton, and brought it to a stop after a run of roughly 66 miles. No one was hurt and nothing spilled, but the incident exposed gaps in railroad safety procedure that regulators studied for years afterward.

Photographs

The Wood County Courthouse at Bowling Green, built 1893-96, photographed around 1920.
The Wood County Courthouse at Bowling Green, built 1893-96, photographed around 1920. (c. 1920)
Photo: Gladieux Scrapbook Collection, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, via Digital Public Library of America, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Houses in Bowling Green's Boomtown Historic District, built from wealth generated by the 1880s oil and gas boom, photographed in 2019.
Houses in Bowling Green's Boomtown Historic District, built from wealth generated by the 1880s oil and gas boom, photographed in 2019. (2019)
Photo: Mbrickn, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

3 places in Bowling Green on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Floral HallBuilding · Bowling Green · listed 1982
    Address
    City Park on Conneaut Ave.
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County · ZIP 43402
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1982
    NRIS reference number
    82003666
    Coordinates
    41.37986, -83.65865

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  2. U.S. Post OfficeBuilding · Bowling Green · listed 1979
    Address
    305 N. Main St.
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County · ZIP 43402
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1979
    NRIS reference number
    79001980
    Coordinates
    41.37742, -83.65162

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  3. Wood County Courthouse And JailHistoric district · Bowling Green · listed 1974
    Address
    200 E. Court St.
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County · ZIP 43402
    What it is
    Historic district
    Listed on the National Register
    1974
    NRIS reference number
    74001651
    Coordinates
    41.37641, -83.64823

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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

Maumee River, pumped from a riverside intake on Ohio 65 into the 170-million-gallon Bowling Green Reservoir for storage before treatment The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Bowling Green's boundary: 1 hospital, 1 health center, 1 dialysis center, 3 nursing homes, 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 college, 3 power plants, 6 public schools, 1 private school, 2 libraries, 4 museums, 3 police stations, 7 public charging sites, 15 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 17 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (1)

  1. Wood County HospitalGeneral hospital · Bowling Green
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    950 West Wooster Street, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Beds
    196
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (419) 354-8900
    Medicare ID
    360029

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ 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.

Community health centers (1)

  1. Wood County Community Health CenterHealth center · Bowling Green
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Bowling Green
    Coordinates
    41.35549, -83.61625

    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.

Dialysis centers (1)

  1. Usrc Bowling GreenDialysis · Bowling Green
    Address
    1037 Conneaut Street, Suite 101, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Dialysis stations
    12
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    US Renal Care, Inc.
    Medicare certified since
    2001-02-26
    Phone
    (419) 353-1080
    Medicare ID
    362630

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).

Nursing homes (3)

  1. Bowling Green Manor4 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    1021 W Poe Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    96
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    HCF MANAGEMENT
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 352-4694
    Medicare ID
    365333

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

  2. Willows at Bowling Green The5 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    525 South Dunbridge Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Certified beds
    50
    Residents on an average day
    41
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (567) 365-2066
    Medicare ID
    366499

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

  3. Wood Haven Health Care Senior Living & Rehab4 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    1965 E Gypsy Lane Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Certified beds
    93
    Residents on an average day
    82
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    Government - County
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 353-8411
    Medicare ID
    365458
    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.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Bowling Green Fire Division Station 1Bowling Green
    Address
    552 East Court Street, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Coordinates
    41.37565, -83.64370

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  2. Bowling Green Fire Division Station 2Bowling Green
    Address
    1060 Pearl Street, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Coordinates
    41.37222, -83.67025

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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.

Colleges (1)

  1. Bowling Green State University-Main CampusPublic university · Bowling Green
    What it is
    Public university
    City
    Bowling Green
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    19,958
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $14,081
    Tuition and fees, out of state
    $22,070
    Graduation rate
    63% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 3,285)
    IPEDS unit ID
    201441

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.

Power plants (3)

  1. Bowling Green Energy Storage ProjectBatteries · 12 MW
    Capacity
    12 MW
    Main source
    Batteries
    Technology
    Batteries
    Operator
    VESI 21 LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2023
    EIA plant code
    65951

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Bowling Green Generating StationNatural gas · 38 MW
    Capacity
    38 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
    Operator
    American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Generating units
    2
    Built
    2000
    EIA plant code
    55262

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Bowling Green PeakingNatural gas · 29 MW
    Capacity
    29 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
    Operator
    American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2000
    EIA plant code
    7783

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.

Public schools (6)

  1. Bowling Green High School4.5 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    530 W Poe Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    School district
    Bowling Green City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    799
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    52.29
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84%
    Four-year graduation rate
    97.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    003285
    NCES school ID
    390436300185

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

  2. Bowling Green Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    1079 Fairview Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    School district
    Bowling Green City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    600
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    51
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    003293
    NCES school ID
    390436300186

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

  3. Bowling Green PreschoolBowling Green
    Address
    542 Haskins Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    104
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    5
    NCES school ID
    390436305093

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Conneaut Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    542 Haskins Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    School district
    Bowling Green City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    416
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    88.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    007203
    NCES school ID
    390436300187

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

  5. Crim Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    1020 Scott Hamilton Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    School district
    Bowling Green City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    342
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    70.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    007773
    NCES school ID
    390436300188

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

  6. Kenwood Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Bowling Green
    Address
    710 Kenwood Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    School district
    Bowling Green City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    292
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    80.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    018887
    NCES school ID
    390436300189

    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 (1)

  1. Northwest Ohio MontessoriPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Bowling Green
    Address
    812 N College Dr, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Kind
    nonsectarian, special program
    Students, 2023-24
    3
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    2.9
    Students per teacher
    1.03448
    Phone
    (419) 353-7407
    NCES private school ID
    A2302188

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (2)

  1. Wood County District Public LibraryCentral library · Bowling Green
    Address
    251 N. Main St., Bowling Green, OH 43402
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Wood County District Public Library
    Open
    3,484 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    53,878 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    152,932
    System's loans, FY2024
    604,144
    People the system serves
    60,312
    Phone
    (419) 352-5104

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

  2. Wood County District Public Library (Bowling Green)Bookmobile stop · Bowling Green
    Address
    251 N. Main St., Bowling Green, OH 43402
    What it is
    Bookmobile stop
    Library system
    Wood County District Public Library
    Open
    1,560 hours a year, 52 weeks
    System's visits, FY2024
    152,932
    System's loans, FY2024
    604,144
    People the system serves
    60,312
    Phone
    (419) 352-5104

    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 (4)

  1. Bowling Green State University PlanetariumScience or technology museum · Bowling Green
    What it is
    Science or technology museum
    City
    Bowling Green
    Coordinates
    41.37656, -83.63702

    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. Dorothy Uber Bryan GalleryArt museum · Bowling Green
    What it is
    Art museum
    City
    Bowling Green
    Coordinates
    41.37656, -83.63702

    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.

  3. School Of Art GalleriesArt museum · Bowling Green
    What it is
    Art museum
    City
    Bowling Green
    Coordinates
    41.37656, -83.63702

    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.

  4. Simpson Garden ParkArboretum or botanical garden · Bowling Green
    What it is
    Arboretum or botanical garden
    City
    Bowling Green
    Coordinates
    41.37801, -83.67403

    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 (3)

  1. Bowling Green Police DivisionBowling Green
    Address
    175 West Wooster Street, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Coordinates
    41.37458, -83.65165

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  2. Bowling Green State University Police DepartmentBowling Green
    Address
    100 College Park Office Building, Bowling Green, OH 45403
    Coordinates
    41.38318, -83.64028

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

  3. Wood County Sheriff's OfficeBowling Green
    Address
    1960 East Gypsy Lane Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Coordinates
    41.35491, -83.61248

    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 (7)

  1. Bowling Green State University - Parking Lot 201 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    E Wooster St, Bowling Green, OH 43403
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-372-2531

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

  2. Bowling Green State University - Parking Lot 81 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    707 E Merry Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43403
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-372-2531

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  3. Bowling Green State University - Parking Lot A4 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    819 E Wooster St, Bowling Green, OH 43403
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    $1 per hour
    Phone
    419-372-9949

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  4. Bowling Green State University - Parking Lot E1 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    Pike St & Thurstin Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43403
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-372-2531

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  5. City of Bowling Green - City Park1 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    520 Conneaut Ave, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    419-354-6223

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  6. City of Bowling Green - Parking Lot 21 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    125 S Prospect St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-354-6246

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  7. City of Bowling Green - Parking Lot 31 Level 2 · Bowling Green
    Address
    132 S Church St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily; pay lot
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-354-6246

    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 (15)

  1. A-Gas Us IncToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1100 Haskins Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4340WRCLMT11HAS
    EPA registry ID
    110066978596

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

  2. Betco Accessory BuildingToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    400 Van Camp Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4340WBTCCR4VANC
    EPA registry ID
    110070069266

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

  3. Cast Masters Division *Toxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1145 Fairview Ave., Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402CSTMS1145F
    EPA registry ID
    110000766494

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

  4. Cooper StandardToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1175 N Main St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402CPRND1175N
    EPA registry ID
    110000744614

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

  5. Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc. (0387020330)Toxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    400 Van Camp Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402CPRTR400VA
    EPA registry ID
    110009613631

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

  6. Dowa Tht America IncToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    2130 S Woodlands Cir, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402DWTTM213SW
    EPA registry ID
    110020518475

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

  7. Erg Environmental ServicesToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    527 E Woodland Circle, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4340WLMPSN527EW
    EPA registry ID
    110004731880

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

  8. Ishikawa Gasket America IncToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    828 Van Camp Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402SHKWG828VA
    EPA registry ID
    110011943825

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

  9. Lamson & Sessions CoToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    501 East Poe Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402LMSNS501EP
    EPA registry ID
    110000383139

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

  10. Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling GreenToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1142 N Main St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402CHMRN1142N
    EPA registry ID
    110000383102

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

  11. Marathon Special ProdsToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    13300 Van Camp Rd., Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402MRTHN13300
    EPA registry ID
    110000383148

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

  12. Remtec InternationalToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    436 N Enterprise St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    43413RMTCN436NE
    EPA registry ID
    110002316930

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

  13. RmtToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1032 S Maple St, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43402GRNMN1032S
    EPA registry ID
    110042073261

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

  14. Scott and Fetzer CoToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    1100 Haskins Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    43402RMTCN11HAS
    EPA registry ID
    110009423203

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

  15. Vehtek Systems IncToxics Release Inventory · Bowling Green
    Address
    2125 Woodbridge Blvd, Bowling Green, OH 43402
    County
    Wood County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    43402VHTKS2125W
    EPA registry ID
    110012208208

    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 (17)

  1. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-11-11 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2025-11-11
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001839

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

  2. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2025-11-11 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2025-11-11
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001832

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

  3. Antifreeze Vehicle Cooling2025-10-27 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2025-10-27
    What spilled
    Antifreeze Vehicle Cooling
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2510EPA0001756

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

  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-03-09 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2024-03-09
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000375

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

  5. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-09-28 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2023-09-28
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    15 gallons
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2309EPA0001692

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

  6. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-09-12 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2023-09-12
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    70 gallons
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2309EPA0001600

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

  7. Bromine (Br)2023-04-12 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2023-04-12
    What spilled
    Bromine (Br)
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000566

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

  8. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-08-08 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2022-08-08
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001199

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

  9. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2022-04-20 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2022-04-20
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85); Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2204EPA0000548

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

  10. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-03-08 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2022-03-08
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000296

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

  11. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2022-02-11 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2022-02-11
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2202EPA0000164

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

  12. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2021-06-22 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2021-06-22
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000912

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

  13. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc Reached water2021-03-22 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2021-03-22
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Reached a waterway
    87 - Toussaint Creek
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2103EPA0000375

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

  14. Antifreeze Vehicle Cooling2026-08-23 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2026-08-23
    What spilled
    Antifreeze Vehicle Cooling
    Largest amount reported
    1 gallons
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001579

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

  15. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2026-05-12 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2026-05-12
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000794

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

  16. Waste Water2026-04-07 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2026-04-07
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000588

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

  17. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2026-03-19 · Bowling Green
    Reported
    2026-03-19
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Bowling Green, Wood County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000436

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
43403 Bowling Green 100% Maumee River, pumped from a riverside intake on Ohio 65 into the 170-million-gallon Bowling Green Reservoir for storage before treatment 6.1 pCi/L average radon No homes in the parcel records Bowling Green City · 4.5 stars overall 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43402 Bowling Green 81% Maumee River, pumped from a riverside intake on Ohio 65 into the 170-million-gallon Bowling Green Reservoir for storage before treatment 3.8 pCi/L average radon Appraisal records without year built Bowling Green City · 4.5 stars overall 0.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 3 of 3 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 2 of 2.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2025-11-04 Issue: Bowling Green City Additional 0.15 percent Income Tax Safety 3,3861,598Passed (67.94% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: Bowling Green City Replacement 2 Mills (2.0 mills, replacement) 3,5731,251Passed (74.07% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: Bowling Green SD Income Tax Renewal 3,4652,539Passed (57.71% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 School Board Stephen C. Bateson 2,941, 28.98%; Norman J. Geer 3,470, 34.19%; Ryan Myers 3,738, 36.83%
2025-11-04 Municipal Court Judge (Term Commencing 1-1-2026) Alyssa Blackburn 9,184, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Council-at-Large Katelyn Elliott (DEM) 2,784, 34.69%; Mark Hollenbaugh (DEM) 3,041, 37.89%; Gregory W. Robinette (REP) 2,200, 27.41%
2025-11-04 Council-Ward 4 Audrey Baker (DEM) 963, 38.78%; William J. Herald (REP) 1,520, 61.22%
2025-11-04 Council-Ward 3 Kathleen E. Dennis (DEM) 1,123, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Council-Ward 2 Joel O'Dorisio (DEM) 576, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Council-Ward 1 Jordan Musgrave (DEM) 189, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Bd. of Ed. Stephen Bateson 3,782, 15.24%; Rick Busselle 994, 4.0%; Joseph M. Edens 3,420, 13.78%; Howard A. Gonyer 3,806, 15.33%; Steven C. Goyer 1,393, 5.61%; Tracy Hovest 3,999, 16.11%; Brian A. Paskvan 3,570, 14.38%; Peggy A. Thompson 3,859, 15.55%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked. The county's results on file run through 2026-11-03; 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 Bowling Green, Wood County and its school district:

  • Bowling Green City: Renews and increases a 2.95-mill property tax levy for the parks & recreation of Bowling Green City for 5 years, beginning in 2026.
  • Wood County: Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the provide & maintain senior citizens services or facilities of Wood 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

Wood County: 28 ZIP codes, 42 cities, villages and townships with pages here, 134,176 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025).

Nearby places

Plain Township, Wood County Middleton Township, Wood County Washington Township, Wood County Center Township, Wood County Webster Township, Wood County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.39 in
2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
rain so far in 2026
29.5 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
8.6 in
a normal year brings 24.4 in
a normal year
35.2 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.41 — 31
September 2026 2.69 — 30
August 2026 3.89 — 31
July 2026 4.07 — 31
June 2026 3.05 — 30
May 2026 2.34 — 31
April 2026 5.90 — 30
March 2026 4.45 — 31
February 2026 0.49 0.2 28
January 2026 1.19 8.4 31
December 2025 1.93 3.8 31
November 2025 1.35 3.5 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year1950 — 52.7 in
Driest year1963 — 19.0 in
Wettest day on record10 July 1979 — 4.49 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day28 February 1900 — 12.99 in
Deepest snow on the ground6 February 1978 — 20.00 in

83% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside Bowling Green; the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.

56,917 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-31. 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 2026-11-03): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-03 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 Bowling Green: 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
117
those placed on the map inside Bowling Green

Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:

  • OMEGA JV2 BOWLING GREEN GENERATING STATION (air pollution, latest Apr 2, 2026)
  • OPPIDAN BOWLING GREEN DATA CENTER (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Feb 4, 2025)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste37
Wastewater and stormwater discharge26
Air pollution21
State water loans9
Sewer and water-line construction7
Contaminated-site cleanup6
Public drinking water6
Cessation Of Regulated Operations1
Composting1
Underground injection wells1
Voluntary cleanup1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
THE DELONG COMPANY INC Air pollution permit
AMP BOWLING GREEN PEAKING PLANT Air pollution permit
PASCHAL BIHN & SONS EXCAVATING LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Air pollution permit
AMP BOWLING GREEN PEAKING PLANT Air pollution permit
PRINCIPLE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
VITAL AND FHR NORTH AMERICA LLC Air pollution report
ERIC PALMER TRUCKING & EXCAVATING Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
GRAND RAPIDS VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
THOMAS LOEW PROPERTIES PWS Public drinking water inspection
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water monitoring results
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
FAB STEEL INC Air pollution notice of violation
GRAND RAPIDS VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
THE DELONG COMPANY INC Air pollution permit
AMP BOWLING GREEN PEAKING PLANT Air pollution permit
COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE BOWLING GREEN SEAL PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LLC Hazardous waste inspection
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
GRAND RAPIDS VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
BOWLING GREEN CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
SUNOCO PIPELINE LP- FOS3 CANDLE 2 Air pollution permit
SUNOCO PIPELINE LP- FOS3 CANDLE 1 Air pollution 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 Bowling Green, Ohio in?

Bowling Green is a city in Wood County, Ohio, with 30,821 residents.

When was Bowling Green, Ohio founded?

Bowling Green was settled 1832 (Elisha Martindale's cabin, the first in the future corporation, built spring 1833 on an October 1832 land entry); laid out town grew informally around the 1834 post office; formally incorporated; incorporated village, 1855; city, 1901. Founders on record: local settlers; incorporation by Wood County and the State of Ohio. Source

How did Bowling Green, Ohio get its name?

The settlement took its name from its post office, established around 1834 at Jacob Stauffer's cabin. Source

What ZIP code is Bowling Green, Ohio?

Bowling Green is served by ZIP codes 43403 and 43402; 43403 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Bowling Green, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Bowling Green (Bowling Green City): Maumee River, pumped from a riverside intake on Ohio 65 into the 170-million-gallon Bowling Green Reservoir for storage before treatment.

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