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How Brewster began
Brewster was founded as a railroad town by the Barry-Pontius Company, a Canton real-estate firm of James D. Barry and Jackson W. Pontius, for the shops and yards of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, which began producing locomotives there in 1910; a post office called Brewster opened the same year. The railroad built and erected fifty of its own steam engines at the Brewster shops, and its Brewster Railroad YMCA of 1916, at 45 South Wabash Avenue, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Brewster counted 928 residents in 1920, 1,464 in 1930, 2,025 in 1960 and 2,113 in 2020, and the shops still do contract repair of locomotives and freight cars.
Settled 1910, by Barry-Pontius Company for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway.
Where the name comes from
The sources do not say for whom or what Brewster was named. Lehman's 1916 county history says the Barry-Pontius Company founded the railroad town.
Before the town
No Native American village, mound, or treaty site specific to Brewster is documented in the sources consulted.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware).
Timeline
- — The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway begins locomotive production at its new Brewster shops, and a post office opens under the Brewster name.
- — The Barry-Pontius Company of Canton, whose partners were James D. Barry and Jackson W. Pontius (who died in 1909), founds the railroad town of Brewster for the shops and yards of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, according to Lehman's 1916 county history, which does not date the founding.
- — The Brewster Railroad YMCA is constructed to house railroad workers.
- — The census counts 928 residents in Brewster, up to 1,464 in 1930, 1,534 in 1940 and 1,618 in 1950.
- — The census counts 2,025 residents, a rise of 25.2 percent over 1950; the count reaches 2,321 in 1980 and 2,324 in 2000.
- — The National Park Service publishes the National Register record for the Brewster Railroad YMCA (reference 85000486), built by the Wheeling & Lake Erie in 1916, with transportation as its area of significance for 1900 to 1924.
- — A Retail Watch article names Brewster Dairy the largest Swiss cheese plant in the United States; Brewster is also headquarters of the Shearer's Foods snack company, Wikipedia notes.
- — The census counts 2,113 residents in Brewster, the same as 2,112 in 2010.
Stories
A railroad that built its own locomotives
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway began producing locomotives at its Brewster shops in 1910. According to Wikipedia, over the years the railroad built and rolled boilers and erected fifty of its own steam engines there, a feat never tried by many larger and more famous railroads. Brewster is the location of the corporate headquarters and shops of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, and the shops continue to perform contract repairs, upgrades and fabrication of locomotives and freight cars. The Brewster Railroad YMCA, built in 1916 by the railroad, has a National Register of Historic Places record.
A town platted by a real-estate firm
Brewster was not settled by farmers drifting into a clearing; it was laid out as a railroad town. Lehman's 1916 history of Stark County, in a biography of Canton real-estate man James D. Barry, says that his firm, the Barry-Pontius Company, founded the railroad town of Brewster, where the shops and yards of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway are located, and platted additions to New Berlin, Louisville and Canton. Barry had been secretary of the Canton City Water Works board from 1899 to 1903, then went into real estate and insurance and joined the late Jackson W. Pontius, who died in 1909 and whose name stayed on the firm.
Photographs
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ruhrfisch and Nyttend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org · npgallery.nps.gov
Historic places
1 place in Brewster on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Brewster Railroad YMCA/Wandle HouseBuilding · Brewster · listed 1985
- Address
- 45 S. Wabash Ave.
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County · ZIP 44613
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1985
- NRIS reference number
- 85000486
- Coordinates
- 40.71289, -81.59818
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.
Water
Groundwater wells (5 wells) The water here
- Brewster Village98% of residentsGroundwater wells (5 wells)
- Navarre Village2% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Lake Sherman Village0% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Aqua Ohio - Massillon0% of residentsWells in Tuscarawas Valley sand & gravel aquifer
- Canton Public Water System0% of residentsGlacial sand-and-gravel aquifer (3 well fields)
- Mount Eaton Village0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Brewster's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 power plant, 3 public schools, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 5 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Brewster Convalescent Center2 of 5 stars · Brewster
- Address
- 264 Mohican Street Ne, Brewster, OH 44613
- Certified beds
- 60
- Residents on an average day
- 53
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 fine totalling $62,113, 1 payment denial (latest 2023-08-28)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 767-4179
- Medicare ID
- 366264
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 (1)
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Brewster Fire DepartmentBrewster
- Address
- 110 East Main Street, Brewster, OH 44613
- Coordinates
- 40.71019, -81.59716
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.
Power plants (1)
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DG AMP Solar BrewsterSolar · 2 MW
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- DG AMP Solar, LLC
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2018
- EIA plant code
- 61818
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 (3)
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Fairless Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Navarre
- Address
- 12000 Navarre Rd SW, Navarre, OH 44662
- School district
- Fairless Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 596
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 35
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 81.2%
- Ohio building IRN
- 009488
- NCES school ID
- 390498405410
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fairless High School4 of 5 stars · Brewster
- Address
- 800 7th St SE, Brewster, OH 44613
- School district
- Fairless Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 335
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 23
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 74.5%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 011171
- NCES school ID
- 390498403709
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fairless Middle School3 of 5 stars · Navarre
- Address
- 11836 Navarre Rd SW, Navarre, OH 44662
- School district
- Fairless Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 311
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 21.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 73.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 018572
- NCES school ID
- 390498400701
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.
Public libraries (1)
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Pam S. Belloni Memorial BranchBranch · Navarre
- Address
- 12000 Navarre Road, Sw, Navarre, OH 44662
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Massillon Public Library
- Open
- 2,366 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 3,394 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 122,460
- System's loans, FY2024
- 508,065
- People the system serves
- 32,560
- Phone
- (330) 767-9939
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 (1)
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Brewster-Sugarcreek Township Historical SocietyHistorical society · Brewster
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Brewster
- Coordinates
- 40.71254, -81.59782
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)
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Brewster Village Police DepartmentBrewster
- Address
- 145 1st Street Southwest, Brewster, OH 44613
- Coordinates
- 40.71279, -81.59879
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (3)
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Brewster Cheese Company Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Brewster
- Address
- 800 S. Wabash Avenue, Brewster, OH 44613
- County
- Stark County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 4461WBRWST8SWAB
- EPA registry ID
- 110070557890
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Shearer's FoodsToxics Release Inventory · Brewster
- Address
- 692 N Wabash Ave, Brewster, OH 44613
- County
- Stark County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 4461WSHRRS692NW
- EPA registry ID
- 110070814198
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Shearer's Foods, Brewster OhToxics Release Inventory · Brewster
- Address
- 692 Wabash Ave N, Brewster, OH 44613
- County
- Stark County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 4461WSHRRS692WA
- EPA registry ID
- 110015645113
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 (5)
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2024-09-26 · Brewster
- Reported
- 2024-09-26
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2409EPA0001651
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude Reached water2023-03-26 · Brewster
- Reported
- 2023-03-26
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Reached a waterway
- Unnamed
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000456
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2022-03-13 · Brewster
- Reported
- 2022-03-13
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Largest amount reported
- 1,000 gallons
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000326
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2021-02-28 · Brewster
- Reported
- 2021-02-28
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 250 gallons
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2102EPA0000260
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2026-02-16 · Brewster
- Reported
- 2026-02-16
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Largest amount reported
- 300 gallons
- Where
- Brewster, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000182
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 Brewster, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44613 Brewster | 100% | Groundwater wells (5 wells) | 3.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1944 | Fairless Local · 3.5 stars overall | 10% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44662 Bethlehem Township and Navarre | 1% | Mostly private wells | 6.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1962 | Fairless Local · 3.5 stars overall | 1.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Brewster, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustee | of Public Affairs BOARD DISSOLVED s | D | 2027-12-31 | 330-232-0140 9-17-90 Village of East Canton Mayor Spencer David 240 N. High St. East Canton 44730 330-546-5853 NP 1-1-24 to 12-31-27 Stark Village of East Canton Clerk-Treasurer POSITION DISSOLVED 2003 Village of East Canton Member of Council Belew, Sr. Robert W. 207 W. Nassau St. East Canton 44730 |
Roster as of 2026-08-12: county board of elections.
Money issues on the ballot since 2015: 4 of 4 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Issue: Village of Brewster | 319 | 173 | Passed (64.84% for) |
| 2021-05-04 | Issue: Village of Brewster Income Tax | 60 | 49 | Passed (55.05% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | Issue: Village of Brewster, Fire Levy | 617 | 413 | Passed (59.9% for) |
| 2019-05-07 | Issue: Village of Brewster | 126 | 115 | Passed (52.28% for) |
| 2016-11-08 | Issue: Village of Brewster, Income Tax | 552 | 465 | Passed (54.28% for) |
| 2015-11-03 | Issue: Village of Brewster Fire | 473 | 243 | Passed (66.06% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council | Dale A. Fox 321, 25.02%; David M. Godwin 299, 23.3%; Thomas J. Hilliard 299, 23.3%; Sydney A. Radich 364, 28.37% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Charles Hawk 540, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Council | Scott Killy 343, 44.95%; Brett Long 420, 55.05% |
| 2023-11-07 | Clerk-Treasurer | K. Kris King 512, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Dale A. Fox 160, 26.94%; David M. Godwin 123, 20.71%; Thomas J. Hilliard 138, 23.23%; Sydney A. Radich 173, 29.12% |
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Dave Godwin 189, 35.59%; Charles Hawk 342, 64.41% |
| 2019-11-05 | Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Brett Long 317, 37.74%; Mike Schwab 265, 31.55%; Jerry Weaver 258, 30.71% |
| 2019-11-05 | Clerk-Treasurer | K. Kris King 449, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Dale A. Fox 276, 20.41%; Andrew Hess 277, 20.49%; Thomas Hilliard 284, 21.01%; Sydney A. Radich 280, 20.71%; Steven Tharp, Jr. 235, 17.38% |
| 2015-11-03 | Mayor | Michael E. Schwab 564, 100.0% |
| 2015-11-03 | Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Tanya Davis 224, 19.72%; David M. Godwin 281, 24.74%; Charles B. Hawk 388, 34.15%; Sydney A. Radich 243, 21.39% |
| 2015-11-03 | Clerk-Treasurer | K. Kris King 592, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2025-03-11
The county
Stark County: 34 ZIP codes, 36 cities, villages and townships, 374,115 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Brewster, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.48 in
- 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
- rain so far in 2026
- 32.7 in
- 2.0 in below normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 24.6 in
- a normal year brings 32.0 in
- a normal year
- 40.6 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.48 | — | 30 |
| September 2026 | 2.89 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 3.75 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.78 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 2.02 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.63 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 5.95 | 0.1 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 5.43 | 1.9 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.10 | 4.4 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.68 | 18.3 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.19 | 11.0 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.56 | 0.8 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 1990 — 54.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 25.2 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 75.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 6.13 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 25 November 1950 — 13.15 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 19 February 1910 — 22.31 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 1% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Brewster - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,608 days of records, 1893-01-01 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 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 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 Brewster: 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
- 20
- those placed on the map inside Brewster
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| State sewer loans | 10 |
| Hazardous waste | 2 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 2 |
| Air pollution | 1 |
| Source-water protection | 1 |
| State water loans | 1 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SHEARER'S FOODS INC - BREWSTER OH | Air pollution report | |
| WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| STA SR 0093 0434 PID 119348 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| STA SR 0093 0434 PID 119348 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water letter | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Source-water protection report | |
| BREWSTER WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| BREWSTER WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| BREWSTER WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| NEW FAIRLESS HIGH SCHOOL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water letter | |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection |
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 Brewster, Ohio in?
Brewster is a village in Stark County, Ohio, with 2,113 residents.
When was Brewster, Ohio founded?
Brewster was settled 1910. Founders on record: Barry-Pontius Company for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Source
How did Brewster, Ohio get its name?
The sources do not say for whom or what Brewster was named. Source
What ZIP code is Brewster, Ohio?
Most of Brewster is in ZIP code 44613.
Where does Brewster, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Brewster (Brewster Village): Groundwater wells (5 wells).
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