Columbiana

City · Columbiana County · 6,533 residents · 1% municipal income tax

Columbiana County

Local events in Columbiana

44 events in the next 90 days from 1 public calendar. All local events in Columbiana

  1. Adult Crafternoon

    6 to 7 p.m. · Salchow Room · From Columbiana Public Library

  2. Busy Hands

    3 to 4 p.m. · Knotts Senior Room · From Columbiana Public Library

  3. YA Diwali Mandala Dot Painting

    4 to 5 p.m. · Children's Programming Room · From Columbiana Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Notable people from Columbiana

Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans

How Columbiana began

Columbiana was founded in 1805 by Joshua Dixon and William Heald, straddling parts of Beaver, Fairfield and Unity townships, and took the name of the county that surrounds it -- itself a coined tribute to Christopher Columbus. It incorporated as a village in 1837 and grew slowly around its churches, schools and small industry; the 1842 Jones-Bowman House on Pittsburgh Street, built by an abolitionist's son, is believed to have sheltered freedom-seekers on the Underground Railroad. Tire manufacturer Harvey S. Firestone, born on his grandfather's Columbiana farm in 1868, kept lifelong ties to the town, and the golf course occupying the old family homestead still carries the Firestone name. Columbiana reached city status in 2000 and remains a small, walkable Columbiana County community of about 6,500 people.

Settled 1805, platted 1805, incorporated 1837 (village); 2000 (city), by Joshua Dixon and William Heald.

Where the name comes from

Columbiana took its name directly from Columbiana County, which was itself coined from 'Columbus' -- honoring Christopher Columbus -- and the Latinate suffix '-iana'; some older accounts instead trace the county name to a blend of 'Columbus' and 'Anna'.

Before the town

No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, camp or burial site within present Columbiana's boundaries. The town was platted in 1805, a decade after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville had confirmed the cession of this part of eastern Ohio (itself following the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh), so its founding came after organized Native settlement in the immediate area had already ended.

Timeline

  1. — Joshua Dixon and William Heald found the settlement that becomes Columbiana.
  2. — Columbiana incorporates as a village.
  3. — J. Jones, son of an abolitionist, builds the house on Pittsburgh Street later known as the Jones-Bowman House, believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad.
  4. — Columbiana organizes a formal school district, moving away from one-room schoolhouses.
  5. — The town's first modern high school opens.
  6. — Harvey S. Firestone is born on his grandfather's farm near Columbiana.
  7. — E. Bowman purchases the 1842 Jones house, giving the property its combined Jones-Bowman name.
  8. — Harvey Firestone founds the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, after a decade making rubber tires for carriages.
  9. — A postcard depicts Columbiana's Methodist Episcopal Church and its high school building side by side.
  10. — Firestone Park opens on 53 acres donated by Harvey Firestone to his hometown.
  11. — The Jones-Bowman House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  12. — Columbiana is reclassified from village to city.

Stories

The farm boy who put the world on rubber tires

Harvey Samuel Firestone was born in 1868 on the Columbiana farm his grandfather had built, and grew up doing the ordinary work of a 19th-century Ohio farm family before leaving for a job with the Columbus Buggy Company. In 1890 he started making rubber tires for horse-drawn carriages, a modest trade that put him in place for the much bigger opportunity automobiles created a decade later: in 1900 he founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which grew into one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world and a close, decades-long business partner of Henry Ford. Firestone never stopped identifying with his hometown -- he donated 53 acres to create Firestone Park, which opened to Columbiana residents in 1935, and the family homestead where he grew up is now the site of the Links at Firestone Farms, a golf course that opened in 2003 carrying his name over the same ground.

A house built by an abolitionist's son

When J. Jones built his two-story, L-shaped house on Pittsburgh Street in 1842 -- a spiral staircase inside, four wood-burning fireplaces, unaltered from that day to this -- he was the son of a committed abolitionist, and local tradition holds that the house served as a station on the Underground Railroad, sheltering people escaping slavery on their way north. E. Bowman bought the property in 1885, giving the house its lasting combined name, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It stands today much as it was built, one of relatively few physical traces in the county of the network of antislavery activism that also ran through Salem and its Anti-Slavery Bugle a few miles away.

Photographs

Postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the high school, Columbiana, Ohio, 1910.
Postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the high school, Columbiana, Ohio, 1910. (1910)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Large-letter 'Greetings from Columbiana, Ohio, The Biggest Little Town in Ohio' postcard, published by Mahoning Valley Distribution Agency.
Large-letter 'Greetings from Columbiana, Ohio, The Biggest Little Town in Ohio' postcard, published by Mahoning Valley Distribution Agency. (1953)
Photo: Steve Shook (Wikimedia Commons, via Flickr), CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Historic places

1 place in Columbiana on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Jones-Bowman HouseBuilding · Columbiana · listed 1976
    Address
    540 Pittsburgh St.
    Where
    Columbiana, Columbiana County · ZIP 44408
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001383
    Coordinates
    40.88238, -80.68527

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

Every historic place in Columbiana County on the full map

Water

Groundwater wells (11 wells) The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Columbiana's boundary: 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 4 shale and injection wells, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Parkside Health Care Center3 of 5 stars · Columbiana
    Address
    930 East Park Avenue, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Certified beds
    75
    Residents on an average day
    62
    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
    WINDSOR HOUSE, INC.
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 482-5547
    Medicare ID
    365766
  2. St Mary's Alzheimer's Center4 of 5 stars · Columbiana
    Address
    1899 Garfield Rd, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Certified beds
    90
    Residents on an average day
    76
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $66,973 (latest 2024-10-24)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    WINDSOR HOUSE, INC.
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 549-9259
    Medicare ID
    365715

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Columbiana Fire DepartmentColumbiana
    Address
    23 South Vine Street, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Coordinates
    40.88794, -80.69557

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 (3)

  1. Columbiana High School4 of 5 stars · Columbiana
    Address
    700 Columbiana Waterford Rd, Columbiana, OH 44408
    School district
    Columbiana Ex Vill School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    306
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20.51
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.5%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    007062
    NCES school ID
    390453202175
  2. Joshua Dixon Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Columbiana
    Address
    333 N Middle St, Columbiana, OH 44408
    School district
    Columbiana Ex Vill School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    401
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    23
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    86.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    008540
    NCES school ID
    390453202176
  3. South Side Middle School5 of 5 stars · Columbiana
    Address
    720 Columbiana Waterford Rd, Columbiana, OH 44408
    School district
    Columbiana Ex Vill School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    295
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    13
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    93.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    033340
    NCES school ID
    390453202177

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. Heartland Christian School & PreschoolPrivate, religious, independent · Columbiana
    Address
    28 Pittsburgh St, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Kind
    religious, independent
    Students, 2023-24
    457
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    31.8
    Students per teacher
    14.3711
    Phone
    (330) 482-2331
    NCES private school ID
    A9702663

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Columbiana Public LibraryCentral library · Columbiana
    Address
    332 N. Middle St., Columbiana, OH 44408
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Columbiana Public Library
    Open
    3,224 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    16,790 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    101,660
    System's loans, FY2024
    173,605
    People the system serves
    8,061
    Phone
    (330) 482-5509

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)

  1. Historical Society Of Columbiana And Fairfield TownshipHistorical society · Columbiana
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Columbiana
    Coordinates
    40.88873, -80.69283

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.

Police stations (1)

  1. Columbiana Police DepartmentColumbiana
    Address
    28 South Vine Street, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Coordinates
    40.88775, -80.69504

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. Columbiana CJD DC fast2 DC fast · Columbiana
    Address
    100 Commerce Circle, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546
  2. ELECTRIC DEPT STATION 12 Level 2 · Columbiana
    Address
    126 S Main St, Columbiana, OH 44408
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Shale and injection wells (4)

  1. Firestone Homestead Pad A 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Geopetro Llc
    County
    Columbiana County
    API well number
    34029218530000
    Coordinates
    40.87427, -80.63399

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  2. Firestone Homestead Pad A 2HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Geopetro Llc
    County
    Columbiana County
    API well number
    34029218500000
    Coordinates
    40.87431, -80.63403

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  3. Firestone Homestead Pad A 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Geopetro Llc
    County
    Columbiana County
    API well number
    34029218510000
    Coordinates
    40.87436, -80.63407

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  4. Firestone Homestead Pad A 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Geopetro Llc
    County
    Columbiana County
    API well number
    34029218520000
    Coordinates
    40.87441, -80.63410

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)

  1. Col-Pump Company, Inc. (0215010001)Toxics Release Inventory · Columbiana
    Address
    131 East Railroad St, Columbiana, OH 44408
    County
    Columbiana County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44408CLPMP131EA
    EPA registry ID
    110000389589

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 (3)

  1. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2025-07-25 · Columbiana
    Reported
    2025-07-25
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Columbiana, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001246
  2. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-12-20 · Columbiana
    Reported
    2024-12-20
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Columbiana, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2412EPA0002053
  3. Waste Water2026-08-21 · Fairfield Twp
    Reported
    2026-08-21
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Largest amount reported
    3,000 gallons
    Where
    Fairfield Twp, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001571

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

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 2 of 2 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2024-11-05 Issue: City of Columbiana Tax Levy Fire 2,146979Passed (68.67% for)
2022-11-08 Issue: Columbiana City Tax Levy EMS Ambulance 1,945573Passed (77.24% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council Dan Dattilio 1,248, 30.85%; Ty Graham 907, 22.42%; Richard Liston (REP) 1,176, 29.07%; John Yenges 714, 17.65%
2021-11-02 Member of Council Amanda J. Banner (REP) 396, 33.76%; Daniel P. Bekar (REP) 414, 35.29%; Ted Souder 363, 30.95%
2021-11-02 Mayor Rick Noel (REP) 478, 100.0%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Columbiana County: 20 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 106,075 people.

Nearby places

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Columbiana, day by day, from 1892 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.19 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
34.4 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
36.0 in
a normal year brings 31.8 in
a normal year
41.2 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.19 — 29
September 2026 5.47 — 30
August 2026 4.49 — 31
July 2026 3.31 — 31
June 2026 2.04 — 30
May 2026 5.09 — 31
April 2026 5.38 — 30
March 2026 3.97 4.3 31
February 2026 0.95 6.9 28
January 2026 2.54 24.8 31
December 2025 2.48 12.3 31
November 2025 1.77 0.5 30
On the record, 1892–2026
Wettest year1898 — 53.2 in
Driest year1949 — 25.8 in
Snowiest year1910 — 72.3 in
Wettest day on record9 September 2004 — 4.58 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day20 April 1901 — 19.37 in
Deepest snow on the ground28 November 1950 — 25.97 in

Mostly estimated. Only 6% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Columbiana - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

49,124 days of records, 1892-05-01 to 2026-10-29. 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 Columbiana: 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
23
those placed on the map inside Columbiana
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge10
Hazardous waste4
Air pollution2
Public drinking water2
Sewer and water-line construction2
Brownfield1
Source-water protection1
State water loans1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
COLUMBIANA WWTP LABORATORY Sewer and water-line construction permit
COLUMBIANA WWTP LABORATORY Sewer and water-line construction permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water warning letter
COLUMBIANA WWTP LABORATORY Sewer and water-line construction permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
CROWN RIDGE AT FIRESTONE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water report
CROWN RIDGE AT FIRESTONE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COLUMBIANA EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water report
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water withdrawn
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water letter
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
FIRESTONE FARMS - CLUBHOUSE SECTION Sewer and water-line construction permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
FIRESTONE FARMS - CLUBHOUSE SECTION Sewer and water-line construction permit
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
COLUMBIANA CITY PWS Public drinking water report

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 Columbiana, Ohio in?

Columbiana is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with 6,533 residents.

When was Columbiana, Ohio founded?

Columbiana was settled 1805; laid out 1805; incorporated 1837 (village); 2000 (city). Founders on record: Joshua Dixon and William Heald. Source

How did Columbiana, Ohio get its name?

Columbiana took its name directly from Columbiana County, which was itself coined from 'Columbus' -- honoring Christopher Columbus -- and the Latinate suffix '-iana'; some older accounts instead trace the county name to a blend of 'Columbus' and 'Anna'. Source

What ZIP code is Columbiana, Ohio?

Most of Columbiana is in ZIP code 44408.

Where does Columbiana, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Columbiana (Columbiana City): Groundwater wells (11 wells).

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