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Brunswick

City · Medina County · 35,454 residents · 2% municipal income tax

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Local events in Brunswick

15 events in the next 90 days from 5 public calendars. All local events in Brunswick

  1. Trick or Treat

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

  2. Mayor’s Court

    5:15 to 6 p.m. · Brunswick City Hall · From City of Brunswick

  3. Campus Visit - Brunswick University Center

    Starts 2 p.m. · Brunswick University Center · Paid · From Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Brunswick began

Brunswick Township was first settled in the spring of 1815, with Solomon and Frederick Demming arriving on March 4 of that year to build the township's first cabins; a wave of families followed that summer and fall. Local tradition gives two competing explanations for the township's name -- that it was drawn at random from a hat, or that it was chosen deliberately for Brunswick, Germany, for its pleasant sound. The township's first post office opened in 1820 with Dr. Seth Blood, its first physician, serving as postmaster. A farming township through the 19th century, it grew slowly until the postwar Cleveland suburban boom reached it in the mid-20th century; the city and Brunswick Hills Township split off from the old township on the same day in 1960, the city incorporating as a village on February 1 and chartering as a city on October 2. Today it is Medina County's largest city by population, a residential suburb about 20 miles southwest of Cleveland.

Settled 1815-03-04 (Solomon and Frederick Demming, first settlers), incorporated 1960-02-01 (village); 1960-10-02 (city), by organized as Brunswick Township within the Connecticut Western Reserve.

Where the name comes from

Two explanations for the name are recorded in local histories and neither is confirmed as definitive: one holds that the township's name was drawn at random from a hat during an early organizational meeting; the other, that it was chosen deliberately for Brunswick, Germany (Braunschweig), because it had a pleasant sound to the settlers choosing it.

Before the town

No Native village, mound, trail or documented encounter site specific to Brunswick Township or the modern city has turned up in the sources we checked. The 1881 county history describes the township, seventy years before its telling, as home to "the rude deer-skin wigwams of the Indians" and their trails and hidden game lairs, and recalls bands of Indians in war paint passing through during the War of 1812 period, but names no specific village, camp, mound or dated encounter tied to this particular township. The township lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve land that stayed formally closed to settlement until the 1805 Treaty of Fort Industry extinguished Native claims west of the Cuyahoga River; the county-level history file carries the fuller treaty context and the one specific, dated Native encounter located anywhere in Medina County -- Potawatomi hunters meeting a squatter in neighboring Liverpool Township in 1810.

Timeline

  1. — The Connecticut Land Company purchases the Western Reserve, including the future Brunswick Township, from the state of Connecticut.
  2. — Solomon and Frederick Demming arrive in the township, erect log cabins and begin clearing land for corn, potatoes and a garden, the first white settlers.
  3. — John Hulet, Seymour Chapin, John Stearns, Andrew Demming and Henry Bogue arrive with their families and settle in different parts of the township.
  4. — Brunswick Township organizes within what becomes Medina County.
  5. — The township's population is recorded at 167 in Medina County's first census.
  6. — Settlers petition for a post office in the township; the request is granted, and Dr. Seth Blood, the township's first practicing physician, is appointed first Postmaster, with the office located at his residence.
  7. — Township population peaks at 1,417 for the 19th century before beginning a long decline as farm families left for cities.
  8. — Brunswick incorporates as a village, splitting from the old Brunswick Township, which becomes Brunswick Hills Township on the same reorganization.
  9. — Brunswick charters as a city.
  10. — City population reaches 27,645, a 74.4 percent increase over 1960 as Cleveland's suburban growth reaches Medina County.
  11. — Cuyahoga Community College opens the Brunswick University Center, an extension campus in the city.
  12. — A tornado rated a high-end EF1 or EF2 strikes Brunswick.

Stories

A Name Drawn From a Hat

Nobody in Brunswick can say for certain where the township's name came from, and the two stories that survive don't agree. One account, repeated in local histories, holds that early settlers organizing the township in 1815 simply drew the name Brunswick out of a hat along with the names of other townships being carved out of the Connecticut Western Reserve that year -- a common enough practice when Yankee proprietors needed to fill in a map faster than they could debate it. The other story credits a more deliberate choice: that the name was picked for Brunswick, Germany, because settlers liked how it sounded. Either way, the name stuck through a century and a half as a quiet farming township, until Cleveland's postwar suburban growth finally reached it and, on the same day in 1960, split the old township into the city of Brunswick and the separate Brunswick Hills Township that surrounds it.

From Farm Township to Cleveland Suburb

For its first century, Brunswick Township grew the way most of rural Medina County did: slowly, and mostly on foot or by wagon. Its population climbed from 167 residents at the county's first census in 1818 to 1,417 by 1850, then leveled off and even declined through the later 1800s as young families left worn-out farms for cities and the western frontier. That pattern held until well into the 20th century. Then, in a single generation, Cleveland's postwar suburban expansion reached Medina County: Brunswick split from its township and incorporated as a village and then a city in 1960, and its population nearly tripled by 1980 to over 27,000. By 2020 it stood at more than 35,000 -- Medina County's largest city -- a transformation from farm township to bedroom suburb that happened almost entirely within living memory.

Building a Barn Without Whisky

In Brunswick's earliest years, no barn-raising was supposed to happen without whisky on hand for the crew, and Capt. John Stearns found out how firmly his neighbors believed it. He had everything ready and a day set for raising his new barn when word went around that not a drop of whisky could be bought or borrowed anywhere in the township -- the nearest supply was in Tallmadge, a two-day round trip. His neighbors grumbled that he should have seen to it earlier, but on the appointed day they showed up anyway, went to work, and raised the barn regardless. The settlers made, in the old account's words, "the fortunate discovery that a building could be safely and speedily built without the use of whisky," and after that it became unremarkable to see a Brunswick barn go up dry.

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

Water

Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Brunswick's boundary: 1 dialysis center, 3 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 college, 1 high-hazard dam, 8 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 2 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Dialysis centers (1)

  1. Davita Kidney Center Of BrunswickDialysis · Brunswick
    Address
    3812 Center Road, Suite 101, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Dialysis stations
    16
    Medicare star rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    2014-05-22
    Phone
    (330) 220-4502
    Medicare ID
    362809

    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. Brunswick Pointe Transitional Care5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    4355 Laurel Road, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Certified beds
    91
    Residents on an average day
    84
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 741-8000
    Medicare ID
    366459

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

  2. Pearlview Rehab & Wellness Ctr2 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    4426 Homestead Dr, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Certified beds
    68
    Residents on an average day
    40
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    DIVINE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 225-9121
    Medicare ID
    365452

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

  3. Willowood Care Center of Brunswick3 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    1186 Hadcock Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Certified beds
    100
    Residents on an average day
    73
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    CARECORE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 225-3156
    Medicare ID
    365785

    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)

  1. Brunswick Division of Fire HeadquartersBrunswick
    Address
    1094 Hadcock Road, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Coordinates
    41.24594, -81.82479

    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.

Colleges (1)

  1. Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-BrunswickFor-profit two-year college · Brunswick
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Brunswick
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    140
    Graduation rate
    61% within three years (a class of 33)
    IPEDS unit ID
    363882

    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.

High-hazard dams (1)

  1. Lake Brunswick DamPlum Creek · condition: satisfactory
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 09/02/2024)
    River or stream
    Plum Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    16 ft
    Storage
    133 acre-feet
    Completed
    1930
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Medina County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Brunswick
    Last inspection
    11/21/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00623

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

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

Public schools (8)

  1. Applewood Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    3891 Applewood Dr, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    475
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    27
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84%
    Ohio building IRN
    000877
    NCES school ID
    390436600203

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

  2. Brunswick High School4.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    3581 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,984
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    91
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.7%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    003970
    NCES school ID
    390436600204

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

  3. Brunswick Memorial Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    3845 Magnolia Dr, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    376
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    90%
    Ohio building IRN
    071357
    NCES school ID
    390436600205

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

  4. Brunswick Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    1483 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,369
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    80
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    81.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    098426
    NCES school ID
    390436604330

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

  5. Crestview Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    300 W 130th St, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    448
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    94.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    007633
    NCES school ID
    390436600208

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

  6. Hickory Ridge Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    4628 Hickory Ridge Ave, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    419
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    89.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    064675
    NCES school ID
    390436600209

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

  7. Huntington Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    1931 Huntington Cir, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    485
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    30.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    88%
    Ohio building IRN
    017145
    NCES school ID
    390436604205

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

  8. Walter Kidder Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Brunswick
    Address
    3650 Grafton Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    School district
    Brunswick City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    467
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    31.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    86.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    014001
    NCES school ID
    390436600210

    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. St Ambrose SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Brunswick
    Address
    923 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    508
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26.3
    Students per teacher
    19.3156
    Phone
    (330) 460-7301
    NCES private school ID
    01058322

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Brunswick BranchBranch · Brunswick
    Address
    3649 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Medina County District Library
    Open
    3,016 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    30,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    566,020
    System's loans, FY2024
    2,898,154
    People the system serves
    153,551
    Phone
    (330) 273-4150

    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.

Police stations (1)

  1. Brunswick Division of PoliceBrunswick
    Address
    4095 Center Road, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Coordinates
    41.23977, -81.83285

    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 (2)

  1. CRESTMONT DRIVECRESTMONT2 DC fast1 DC fast · Brunswick
    Address
    2961 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  2. Liberty Ford Brunswick DC fast6 DC fast · Brunswick
    Address
    3101 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
    Ports
    6 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    FORD_CHARGE
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-357-1009

    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 (2)

  1. Columbia Chemica CorpToxics Release Inventory · Brunswick
    Address
    3097 Interstate Pky., Brunswick, OH 44212
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44212CLMBC3097I
    EPA registry ID
    110000591707

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

  2. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc - Brunswick FacilityToxics Release Inventory · Brunswick
    Address
    1169 Industrial Pkwy, Brunswick, OH 44212
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44212SFTYK1169I
    EPA registry ID
    110000388544

    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 (8)

  1. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-06-03 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2025-06-03
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    75 gallons
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0000889

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

  2. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-03-16 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2025-03-16
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    75 gallons
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2503EPA0000374

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

  3. Asbestos2024-03-27 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2024-03-27
    What spilled
    Asbestos
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000481

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

  4. Paint Waste(S)2024-01-04 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2024-01-04
    What spilled
    Paint Waste(S)
    Largest amount reported
    55 gallons
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2401EPA0000019

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

  5. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-07-20 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2023-07-20
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    150 gallons
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001225

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

  6. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-11-01 · Brunswick
    Reported
    2022-11-01
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    27 gallons
    Where
    Brunswick, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2211EPA0001631

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

  7. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2022-03-18 · Hinckley Twp
    Reported
    2022-03-18
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    4 gallons
    Where
    Hinckley Twp, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000366

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

  8. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2021-08-19 · Hinckley Twp
    Reported
    2021-08-19
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Hinckley Twp, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2108EPA0001303

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44212 Brunswick 78% Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline 2.9 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1979 Brunswick City · 4.5 stars overall 2.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 2 of 2 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #1 2,7721,631Passed (62.96% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #2 3,1671,336Passed (70.33% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #3 1,8292,697Failed (40.41% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #4 3,536974Passed (78.4% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #5 1,8342,668Failed (40.74% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #6 1,9852,441Failed (44.85% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #7 2,6971,708Passed (61.23% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #8 3,4141,057Passed (76.36% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #9 2,1822,258Failed (49.14% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #10 2,0472,474Failed (45.28% for), unofficial
2025-11-04 Issue: Brunswick City Charter Amendment #11 3,532915Passed (79.42% for), unofficial
2023-11-07 Issue 16: Proposed Tax Brunswick City (levy type not on the results report) 7,4674,573Passed (62.02% for), unofficial
2023-05-02 Issue 7: Proposed Bond Issue Brunswick City 4,0332,233Passed (64.36% for)
2019-11-05 13: 13 Proposed Muni Income Tax City of Brunswick 3,3962,923Passed (53.74% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council at Large (unofficial count) Joseph P. Delsanter 2,291, 30.87%; Kristy Piper 2,710, 36.51%; Tim Smith 2,421, 32.62%
2025-11-04 Mayor (unofficial count) Ron Falconi 2,924, 62.94%; Christopher Farrenholz 1,722, 37.06%
2021-11-02 Member of Council at Large (unofficial count) Joseph P. Delsanter 2,651, 25.13%; Kristy Piper 2,574, 24.4%; Keri Russell 2,563, 24.29%; Tim Smith 2,762, 26.18%; Member of Council Brunswick Ward 3, 0.03%
2021-11-02 Mayor (unofficial count) Ron Falconi 3,998, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 4 Drew Burge 548, 36.17%; Anthony P. Capretta 967, 63.83%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 3 Frank A. Raso 741, 51.89%; Andrea Rodriguez 687, 48.11%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 2 Nicholas J. Hanek 1,096, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 1 Michael J. Abella Jr. 1,358, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Mayor Ron Falconi 5,711, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Council at Large Joseph P. Delsanter 2,620, 18.0%; Dan Geyer 1,990, 13.68%; Patricia Hanek 3,201, 22.0%; Alex Johnson 1,745, 11.99%; Jim Nabors 2,365, 16.25%; Brian K. Ousley 2,631, 18.08%
2017-11-07 Board of Education Tina Dame 3,132, 17.91%; Phillip D. Frate 2,504, 14.32%; Grant D. Relic 4,062, 23.22%; Tammy S. Schebek 3,703, 21.17%; Mary A. Weinhauer 4,091, 23.39%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

The county

Medina County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 180,994 people.

Nearby places

Brunswick Hills Township, Medina County

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Brunswick, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.17 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
37.3 in
2.3 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
42.4 in
a normal year brings 58.3 in
a normal year
41.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.17 — 28
September 2026 3.49 — 30
August 2026 6.42 — 31
July 2026 3.57 — 31
June 2026 3.54 — 30
May 2026 4.27 — 31
April 2026 6.77 — 30
March 2026 3.36 1.8 31
February 2026 1.04 12.5 28
January 2026 2.64 28.1 31
December 2025 2.54 18.5 31
November 2025 1.79 5.2 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 65.8 in
Driest year1963 — 19.0 in
Snowiest year1910 — 105.0 in
Wettest day on record27 August 1903 — 6.02 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day5 February 1906 — 15.28 in
Deepest snow on the ground9 November 1913 — 22.01 in

Mostly estimated. Only 13% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Brunswick - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,358 days of records, 1893-01-01 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 Brunswick: 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
47
those placed on the map inside Brunswick
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge18
Air pollution14
Hazardous waste9
Wetland and stream fill4
Public drinking water2
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
ST AMBROSE NORTH PARKING LOT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
KELLER-HANNA DRIVE PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
KELLER-HANNA DRIVE PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
CHAD LOWTHER/BENJAMIN FRANCENA/LOVEJOY FARM Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CHAD LOWTHER/BENJAMIN FRANCENA/LOVEJOY FARM Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
THE VILLAS ON PEARL Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WAITE CREMATION CENTER Air pollution permit
FEDERAL-MOGUL POWER TRAIN GVT BRUNSWICK Air pollution report
WAITE CREMATION CENTER Air pollution report
COLUMBIA CHEMICAL BUILDING ADDITION Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA LLC DBA SPEEDWAY #3691 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MEDINA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge report
SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA LLC DBA SPEEDWAY #3691 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
PEARL HOLLOW PLAZA PWS Public drinking water inspection
PEARL HOLLOW PLAZA PWS Public drinking water inspection
RELINE INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RELINE INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NBW INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
22052 OCG BRUNSWICK LLC Wetland and stream fill permit
SURTEC INC Hazardous waste cleanup response
SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS INC Hazardous waste cleanup response
22052 OCG BRUNSWICK LLC Wetland and stream fill permit
22052 OCG BRUNSWICK LLC Wetland and stream fill permit
22052 OCG BRUNSWICK LLC Wetland and stream fill permit
22052 OCG BRUNSWICK LLC 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 Brunswick, Ohio in?

Brunswick is a city in Medina County, Ohio, with 35,454 residents.

When was Brunswick, Ohio founded?

Brunswick was settled 1815-03-04 (Solomon and Frederick Demming, first settlers); incorporated 1960-02-01 (village); 1960-10-02 (city). Founders on record: organized as Brunswick Township within the Connecticut Western Reserve. Source

How did Brunswick, Ohio get its name?

Two explanations for the name are recorded in local histories and neither is confirmed as definitive: one holds that the township's name was drawn at random from a hat during an early organizational meeting; the other, that it was chosen deliberately for Brunswick, Germany (Braunschweig), because it had a pleasant sound to the settlers choosing it. Source

What ZIP code is Brunswick, Ohio?

Most of Brunswick is in ZIP code 44212.

Where does Brunswick, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Brunswick (Cleveland Public Water System): Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline.

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