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Deep dives about Carey
Long reads built from maps, newspapers and public records. All deep dives
- Ohio's first peopleOhio's first people arrived at least 13,000 years ago, hunted mastodons and giant sloths, and carried Coshocton flint hundreds of miles on foot.
- Ohio's Ice Age animalsOhio has yielded perhaps 200 mastodons and a giant beaver named for the state, plus a golf-course mastodon skeleton that now sits in a museum in Japan.
How Carey began
Carey was platted in 1843 by R. M. Shuler and W. J. Buell on land they owned, and named for Judge John Carey, an early prominent resident of the region. Carey is home to an early settlement of Luxembourgers and to the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation, the destination of an annual pilgrimage. Wikipedia dates habitation at nearby Sheriden Cave to around 11,000 BC.
Settled 1843, platted 1843, by R. M. Shuler and W. M. Buell (given as W. J. Buell by Wikipedia), on land they owned.
Where the name comes from
Carey was named for Judge John Carey, whom the 1884 county history describes as President of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad on which the town sits, and as deeply interested in its success. Judge Carey, born in Virginia in 1792, had settled in what became Crawford Township with his family in 1823 or 1824.
Before the town
No named Wyandot village or documented trail is recorded at the Carey townsite itself, but Sheriden Cave, near the village, is dated by Wikipedia to habitation around 11,000 BC. Elsewhere in Wyandot County, the record includes the historic Wyandot nation and the Upper Sandusky reservation and removal.
Nations recorded here: Paleo-Indian.
- Sheriden Cave (other) — near Carey, Wyandot County, Paleo-Indian, c. 11,000 BC (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — R. M. Shuler and W. M. Buell laid out the town of Carey, two years before Wyandot County itself was organized; the same year John Houck put up the first building, a frame hotel on Findlay (Main) Street that was still standing and in hotel use in 1884.
- — W. M. Buell, Carey's pioneer merchant, erected a one-story frame store, 22x80 feet, and opened with a general-merchandise stock valued at $10,000; McD. M. Carey, Judge Carey's son and a store clerk, claimed the honor of making the store's first sale.
- — Enos and William Wonder erect a mill at Carey, later run by Shuler; the Carey Mills proper begin in 1845 in a warehouse built by Buell & Welsh.
- — David Straw opens a small grocery in the fall with less than $50 in capital; by 1884 he is one of the three wealthiest men in the county.
- — The Gault House is built by John Houck and a partner about three years after the Commercial Hotel, the original frame building of 1843.
- — Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church is organized in the Evangelical church of Carey; it meets in the United Brethren building from April 1859.
- — The Bible Society of Carey and vicinity is organized as an auxiliary of the American Bible Society.
- — The People's Bank is established by David Straw, H. B. Gage and O. and C. Poesnal with $50,000 capital; Straw buys out his partners in 1869 and takes his son H. Straw in as partner in 1876.
- — The Church of Our Lady of Consolation is established by Bishop A. Rappe of Cleveland, its foundation laid that summer on ground donated by David Straw and his wife; work stops until 1870 and the 30 by 65 foot church, costing $3,000, is finished in 1873 under Rev. Joseph P. Gloden.
- — A two-story brick schoolhouse with five departments, costing $8,000, replaces the frame school of 1855-56, which had followed Carey's first school of 1843.
- — Fire destroys the old buildings that stood where the Nye Block is built in 1882.
- — Carey has three railroads (the Findlay Branch, the Cleveland, Sandusky & Cincinnati line and the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo), two hotels, a woolen mill and handle factory, cigar makers producing 200,000 to 300,000 cigars a year, and is described as a strong rival of Upper Sandusky.
- — Carey's population is 1,816, up from 692 in 1870 and 1,148 in 1880; it peaks at 3,901 in 2000 and is 3,565 in 2020.
- — Carey's Main Street was inundated in the great Ohio flood of March 1913, recorded in a surviving real-photo postcard.
Stories
Our Lady of Consolation and the Luxembourg settlers
Wikipedia describes Carey as home to an early settlement of Luxembourgers that continues to uphold its Luxembourg heritage. Each year an annual pilgrimage honoring Our Lady, Consoler of the Afflicted, is attended by crowds of people. The religious procession starts in the neighboring community of Frenchtown and ends in Carey, seven miles away, and it symbolizes the long journey of the Luxembourg immigrants and their search for new life in the United States. The Church of Our Lady of Consolation, according to the 1884 county history, was established in 1868 by Bishop Rappe of Cleveland on ground donated by David Straw and his wife, and its first church was finished in 1873.
David Straw, from a $50 grocery to the county's banker
David Straw was born in Pitt Township on March 28, 1826. In the fall of 1845 he opened a small grocery in the two-year-old village of Carey with a capital of less than $50, and by 1884 he was the only business man in Carey who had been in trade there since 1845, and one of the three wealthiest men in the county, a result the county history credits to his extraordinary energy and tact. He put up buildings that other merchants rented, donated the ground for Our Lady of Consolation Church in 1868, and in 1866 founded the People's Bank with $50,000 in capital. Within three years he bought out his partners and became its sole proprietor, and in 1876, when his son came of age, he gave him a $10,000 interest as a partner.
Photographs
Photo: 1913 real-photo postcard, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org · archive.org · archive.org · archive.org
Historic places
1 place in Carey on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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West End Elementary SchoolBuilding · Carey · listed 1987
- Address
- 200 West St.
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County · ZIP 43316
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1987
- NRIS reference number
- 87001989
- Coordinates
- 40.95169, -83.38680
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 (3 wells) The water here
- Carey Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Carey's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 2 public schools, 1 private school, 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.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Carey Fire DepartmentCarey
- Address
- 200 East North Street, Carey, OH 43316
- Coordinates
- 40.95392, -83.37924
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (2)
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Carey Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Carey
- Address
- 2016 Blue Devil Drive, Carey, OH 43316
- School district
- Carey Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 372
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 26
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 81.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 006957
- NCES school ID
- 390452602150
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Carey High School3 of 5 stars · Carey
- Address
- 2016 Blue Devil Drive, Carey, OH 43316
- School district
- Carey Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 484
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 29.74
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 73.7%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 100%
- Ohio building IRN
- 004887
- NCES school ID
- 390452602149
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)
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Our Lady of Consolation SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Carey
- Address
- 401 Clay St, Carey, OH 43316
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 142
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 15
- Students per teacher
- 9.46667
- Phone
- (419) 396-6166
- NCES private school ID
- 01060692
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (1)
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Dorcas Carey Public LibraryCentral library · Carey
- Address
- 236 E. Findlay St., Carey, OH 43316
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Dorcas Carey Public Library
- Open
- 2,912 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 6,400 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 21,684
- System's loans, FY2024
- 91,205
- People the system serves
- 5,140
- Phone
- (419) 396-7921
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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Carey Historical SocietyHistorical society · Carey
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Carey
- Coordinates
- 40.95368, -83.38332
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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Carey Ohio Police DepartmentCarey
- Address
- 127 North Vance Street, Carey, OH 43316
- Coordinates
- 40.95360, -83.38210
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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Continental Structural Plastics (0388000002)Toxics Release Inventory · Carey
- Address
- 2915 County Road 96, Carey, OH 43316
- County
- Wyandot County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43316THBDDCOUNT
- EPA registry ID
- 110000605382
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mineral Processing (0388000025)Toxics Release Inventory · Crawford Twp.
- Address
- 1855 County Highway 99, Crawford Twp., OH 43316
- County
- Wyandot County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4331WMNRLP1855C
- EPA registry ID
- 110008594823
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ppc InsulatorsToxics Release Inventory · Carey
- Address
- 225 N. Patterson St., Carey, OH 43316
- County
- Wyandot County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43316PRCLN225NP
- EPA registry ID
- 110000382960
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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Material Purple2025-08-10 · Carey
- Reported
- 2025-08-10
- What spilled
- Material Purple
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2508EPA0001346
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-08-10 · Carey
- Reported
- 2025-08-10
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2508EPA0001343
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-08-29 · Carey
- Reported
- 2023-08-29
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001517
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-04-10 · Carey
- Reported
- 2023-04-10
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 20 gallons
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000542
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-03-31 · Carey
- Reported
- 2022-03-31
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Carey, Wyandot County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000441
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 Carey, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43316 Carey | 59% | Groundwater wells (3 wells) | 3.9 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Carey Exempted Village · 3.5 stars overall | No digital FEMA flood map for this county |
Local government
Who holds office in Carey, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor (unofficial count) | Chad D. Kin (REP) 525, 49.95%; Jennifer Rathburn 526, 50.05% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council at Large | Anthony Fletcher 154, 54.23%; Chase Fletcher (DEM) 130, 45.77% |
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 2024-08-13
The county
Wyandot County: 8 ZIP codes, 22 cities, villages and townships, 23,021 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Carey, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.01 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 32.8 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 14.7 in
- a normal year brings 27.2 in
- a normal year
- 38.3 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.01 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 4.14 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.51 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.91 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.74 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.63 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.26 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.97 | 0.4 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.40 | 2.9 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.25 | 11.4 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 1.91 | 8.7 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.32 | 2.5 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 57.6 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1934 — 22.7 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 69.3 in |
| Wettest day on record | 21 August 2007 — 5.89 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 23 December 2004 — 11.98 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 6 February 1978 — 19.88 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Carey, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,757 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 Carey: 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
- 18
- those placed on the map inside Carey
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Air pollution | 6 |
| Hazardous waste | 5 |
| State sewer loans | 3 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 1 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| CARDINAL AGGREGATES INC | Air pollution director's approval | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| NATIONAL LIME & STONE CO CAREY PLANT | Air pollution inspection | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution violation resolved | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| CSP INNOVATIONS INC | Air pollution notice of violation | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| NATIONAL LIME & STONE CO - CAREY | Air pollution permit | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter | |
| TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC | Air pollution inspection | |
| NATIONAL LIME & STONE CO CAREY PLANT | Air pollution inspection | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| NATIONAL LIME & STONE CO - CAREY | Air pollution permit | |
| CAREY VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| NATIONAL LIME & STONE CO CAREY PLANT | 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 Carey, Ohio in?
Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, with 3,511 residents.
When was Carey, Ohio founded?
Carey was settled 1843; laid out 1843. Founders on record: R. M. Shuler and W. M. Buell (given as W. J. Buell by Wikipedia), on land they owned. Source
How did Carey, Ohio get its name?
Carey was named for Judge John Carey, whom the 1884 county history describes as President of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad on which the town sits, and as deeply interested in its success. Source
What ZIP code is Carey, Ohio?
Most of Carey is in ZIP code 43316.
Where does Carey, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Carey (Carey Village): Groundwater wells (3 wells).
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