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East Palestine

Village · Columbiana County · 4,746 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in East Palestine

Nothing is posted for East Palestine itself yet; here is what is on within 10 miles. All local events in East Palestine

  1. Adult Crafternoon

    6 to 7 p.m. · Salchow Room · Columbiana · 8.7 mi · From Columbiana Public Library

  2. Busy Hands

    3 to 4 p.m. · Knotts Senior Room · Columbiana · 8.7 mi · From Columbiana Public Library

  3. YA Diwali Mandala Dot Painting

    4 to 5 p.m. · Children's Programming Room · Columbiana · 8.7 mi · From Columbiana Public Library

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Lakes near East Palestine

The history under the water: the valley before, the dam, the stories. All Ohio lakes

How East Palestine began

East Palestine was platted in 1828 by Thomas McCalla and William Grate as Mechanicsburg, then renamed in 1833 for the region of Palestine, part of a wave of biblically named towns in the area. It grew through the 19th and 20th centuries on ceramics and rubber manufacturing -- a pottery founded in 1880 became the W.S. George Pottery Company in 1904 and operated into the 1980s -- and peaked at nearly 5,750 residents in 1920 before a long, slow decline returned it to village status in 2011. The village became a name known nationwide on February 3, 2023, when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on its eastern edge and released hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride burned off in a controversial controlled release; the disaster's health, environmental and political fallout continues to define East Palestine's most recent chapter.

Settled 1828, platted 1828 (as Mechanicsburg), incorporated 1875, by Thomas McCalla and William Grate.

Where the name comes from

Platted in 1828 as Mechanicsburg, the village was renamed East Palestine in 1833 for the region of Palestine in West Asia, part of a broader pattern of biblical place-naming among the area's early settlers.

Before the town

No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, camp or burial site within present East Palestine's boundaries. The GNIS historical-name record for the area lists only 'State Line,' an old post office or place name unrelated to Native settlement. The village was platted in 1828, more than three decades after the treaties that ceded this part of eastern Ohio (the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh, confirmed by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville).

Timeline

  1. — Thomas McCalla and William Grate plat the village as Mechanicsburg.
  2. — The village is renamed East Palestine.
  3. — East Palestine incorporates.
  4. — A pottery is established that will grow into the W.S. George Pottery Company.
  5. — The pottery is reorganized as the W.S. George Pottery Company.
  6. — East Palestine's population peaks at 5,750.
  7. — The W.S. George Pottery plant ceases operation after a century in business.
  8. — East Palestine is reclassified from city back to village after its population fell below 5,000.
  9. — A Norfolk Southern freight train derails at 8:55 p.m. on the village's eastern edge after a wheel bearing overheats; 38 cars derail and 11 tank cars spill roughly 100,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals including vinyl chloride, benzene and butyl acrylate.
  10. — Officials conduct a controlled release and burn of vinyl chloride from five tank cars, later found by the NTSB chair to have been unnecessary; the burn releases phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air.
  11. — The EPA reports removal of about 167,000 tons of contaminated soil from the derailment site.

Stories

The night the wheel bearing failed

At 8:55 p.m. on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed on the eastern edge of East Palestine after an overheated wheel bearing failed, sending 38 cars off the tracks. Eleven of the derailed tank cars carried hazardous materials, and roughly 100,000 gallons of chemicals including vinyl chloride, benzene and butyl acrylate spilled at the site. Three days later, worried the tanks could explode, officials conducted a controlled release and burn of vinyl chloride from five cars -- a decision NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy later testified was not actually necessary, since the manufacturer had said the chemical was stable, and one that sent a black plume of phosgene and hydrogen chloride over the village. More than 43,000 aquatic animals died in nearby waterways, independent testing by Carnegie Mellon and Texas A&M later found chemicals above long-term exposure limits, and by October 2023 the EPA had hauled away some 167,000 tons of contaminated soil -- a single winter night that reshaped how the village of roughly 4,700 people is known nationally.

From Mechanicsburg to the Pottery works

East Palestine started in 1828 as Mechanicsburg, a plat laid out by Thomas McCalla and William Grate, and took its lasting name five years later as part of a local fashion for biblical place names. Its economic backbone through most of the 19th and 20th centuries was ceramics: a pottery works founded in 1880 grew into the W.S. George Pottery Company by 1904, one of several Columbiana County potteries riding the same clay deposits and river-and-rail access that made East Liverpool famous, and it kept firing kilns into the 1980s. Rubber manufacturers McGraw Tire & Rubber and National Tire & Rubber also operated in the village during its early-20th-century peak, when the population briefly touched 5,750 in 1920 -- a high-water mark East Palestine has not seen again.

Photographs

Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, in August 2022, six months before the Norfolk Southern derailment.
Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, in August 2022, six months before the Norfolk Southern derailment. (2022)
Photo: 636Buster (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Log Cabin Museum, East Palestine, Ohio.
The Log Cabin Museum, East Palestine, Ohio. (2018)
Photo: 636Buster (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Water

Groundwater wells (5 wells) The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside East Palestine's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 1 Superfund site, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 10 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (1)

  1. Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center4 of 5 stars · East Palestine
    Address
    100 Covington Drive, East Palestine, OH 44413
    Certified beds
    65
    Residents on an average day
    60
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    MICHAEL SLYK
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 426-2920
    Medicare ID
    366378

    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. East Palestine Fire DepartmentEast Palestine
    Address
    67 East Clark Street, East Palestine, OH 44413
    Coordinates
    40.83594, -80.53880

    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 (3)

  1. East Palestine Elementary School4 of 5 stars · East Palestine
    Address
    195 W Grant St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    School district
    East Palestine City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    400
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    28
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    004838
    NCES school ID
    390439200876

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

  2. East Palestine High School3.5 of 5 stars · East Palestine
    Address
    360 W Grant St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    School district
    East Palestine City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    264
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    70.5%
    Four-year graduation rate
    94.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    009134
    NCES school ID
    390439200878

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

  3. East Palestine Middle School3 of 5 stars · East Palestine
    Address
    320 W Grant St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    School district
    East Palestine City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    269
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    18
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    72.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    038844
    NCES school ID
    390439200879

    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.

Bridges rated poor (1)

  1. Hunston Rd 443 over Leslie RunPoor · built 1940
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1940
    Length
    12 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    1,561
    Coordinates
    40.83395, -80.55269

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.

Public libraries (1)

  1. East Palestine Memorial Public LibraryCentral library · East Palestine
    Address
    309 N. Market St., East Palestine, OH 44413
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    East Palestine Memorial Public Library
    Open
    3,040 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    11,673 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    31,772
    System's loans, FY2024
    53,087
    People the system serves
    4,794
    Phone
    (330) 426-3778

    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 (2)

  1. East Palestine Area Historical Society Unity & Middleton TownshipHistorical society · East Palestine
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    East Palestine
    Coordinates
    40.83271, -80.53679

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

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

  2. East Palestine Historical SocietyHistorical society · East Palestine
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    East Palestine
    Coordinates
    40.83909, -80.54573

    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)

  1. East Palestine Police DepartmentEast Palestine
    Address
    75 East Main Street, East Palestine, OH 44413
    Coordinates
    40.83248, -80.53835

    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.

Superfund sites (1)

  1. M & W FoundrySuperfund program · East Palestine
    Address
    895 E Taggart St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    County
    Columbiana County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000510085
    EPA registry ID
    110011388541

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

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (3)

  1. American Runner CoToxics Release Inventory · East Palestine
    Address
    200 James St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    County
    Columbiana County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44413MRCNR200JA
    EPA registry ID
    110002111697

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

  2. East Palestine ChinaToxics Release Inventory · East Palestine
    Address
    870 West Main St, East Palestine, OH 44413
    County
    Columbiana County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44413STPLS870WM
    EPA registry ID
    110004716433

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

  3. Kenmar Division of Ethan AllenToxics Release Inventory · East Palestine
    Address
    795 E. Martin St., East Palestine, OH 44413
    County
    Columbiana County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44413THNLL795EA
    EPA registry ID
    110002111704

    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 (10)

  1. Material Gray Reached water2025-11-13 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2025-11-13
    What spilled
    Material Gray
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001858

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

  2. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85) Reached water2024-01-28 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2024-01-28
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    72 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    15 - Sulphur Run
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2401EPA0000145

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

  3. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2023-08-23 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2023-08-23
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    15 - Sulphur Run
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001461

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

  4. Soap Nos (Not Specified) Reached water2023-06-01 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2023-06-01
    What spilled
    Soap Nos (Not Specified)
    Largest amount reported
    2 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    15 - Sulphur Run
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0000898

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

  5. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2023-04-07 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2023-04-07
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000535

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

  6. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-01-04 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2023-01-04
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2301EPA0000021

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

  7. Sewage Human2022-02-17 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2022-02-17
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2202EPA0000194

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

  8. Sewage Human2021-05-09 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2021-05-09
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2105EPA0000639

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

  9. Sewage Human2026-05-24 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2026-05-24
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000888

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

  10. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2026-02-18 · East Palestine
    Reported
    2026-02-18
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos); Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Reached a waterway
    15 - Sulphur Run
    Where
    East Palestine, Columbiana County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000199

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44413 East Palestine 66% Groundwater wells (5 wells) 4.1 pCi/L average radon Appraisal records without year built East Palestine City · 3 stars overall 5.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 4 of 5 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2024-11-05 Issue: Village of East Palestine Tax Levy Roads 9931,036Failed (48.94% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: East Palestine Village Tax Levy Fire 882532Passed (62.38% for)
2022-11-08 Issue: East Palestine Village Tax Levy Park 1.0 Mill (1.0 mills) 949519Passed (64.65% for)
2022-11-08 Issue: East Palestine Village Tax Levy Park 2.0 Mill (2.0 mills) 899571Passed (61.16% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Tax Levy Police 561206Passed (73.14% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 1 66496Passed (87.37% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 2 605148Passed (80.35% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East PalestineCharter Amendment 4 636108Passed (85.48% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 5 538195Passed (73.4% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 6 582151Passed (79.4% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 7 573148Passed (79.47% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 8 282454Failed (38.32% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 9 619107Passed (85.26% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: East Palestine Charter Amendment 10 504229Passed (68.76% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council Timothy J. Blythe 862, 25.64%; Neko Figley 210, 6.25%; Lenny Glavan 759, 22.58%; Bruce Grope 203, 6.04%; Linda L. May 684, 20.35%; David R. Peters 644, 19.16%
2023-11-07 Mayor Misti Allison 614, 43.42%; Trent R. Conaway 800, 56.58%
2022-11-08 Member of Council Linda L. May 666, 51.35%; Amanda Smith 631, 48.65%
2021-11-02 Member of Council Don Elzer 227, 13.08%; Thomas Anthony Povenski, Jr. 538, 30.99%; Jessica Rocco 523, 30.13%; Douglas Simpson 448, 25.81%

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

Unity Township, Columbiana County Middleton Township, Columbiana County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.85 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
40.7 in
5.8 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
33.2 in
a normal year brings 25.9 in
a normal year
41.1 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.85 — 29
September 2026 6.39 — 30
August 2026 6.00 — 31
July 2026 4.92 — 31
June 2026 3.21 — 30
May 2026 4.99 — 31
April 2026 5.37 — 30
March 2026 4.62 3.8 31
February 2026 1.02 6.2 28
January 2026 2.34 23.1 31
December 2025 2.55 10.7 31
November 2025 1.90 0.2 30
On the record, 1892–2026
Wettest year2018 — 56.7 in
Driest year1963 — 27.6 in
Snowiest year1978 — 71.6 in
Wettest day on record8 June 1897 — 4.24 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 17.29 in
Deepest snow on the ground28 November 1950 — 26.66 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside East Palestine, 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.

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 East Palestine: 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
34
those placed on the map inside East Palestine
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste7
State water loans6
Wastewater and stormwater discharge5
Brownfield4
Air pollution3
State sewer loans3
Contaminated-site cleanup1
Public drinking water1
Scrap tires1
Source-water protection1
Voluntary cleanup1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
EAST PALESTINE GOVERNMENT CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WALNUT ST FOUNDRY EAST PALESTINE Contaminated-site cleanup assessment
BROOKDALE AVENUE BRIDGE RELOCATION ASSIGNED Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
JASAR RECYCLING INC Brownfield assessment
WALNUT ST FOUNDRY, EAST PALESTINE Contaminated-site cleanup assessment
EAST PALESTINE PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
JASAR RECYCLING INC Brownfield assessment
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water warning letter
JASAR RECYCLING INC Brownfield assessment
EAST PALESTINE GOVERNMENT CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
JASAR RECYCLING INC Brownfield assessment
EAST PALESTINE GOVERNMENT CENTER Wetland and stream fill permit
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
E R ADVANCED CERAMICS INC Air pollution report
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water report
EAST PALESTINE PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
EAST PALESTINE PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BROOKDALE AVENUE BRIDGE RELOCATION ASSIGNED Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water letter
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
EAST PALESTINE LEAKE OIL Brownfield assessment
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
EAST PALESTINE LEAKE OIL Brownfield assessment
EAST PALESTINE CITY PWS Public drinking water violation resolved

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 East Palestine, Ohio in?

East Palestine is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, with 4,746 residents.

When was East Palestine, Ohio founded?

East Palestine was settled 1828; laid out 1828 (as Mechanicsburg); incorporated 1875. Founders on record: Thomas McCalla and William Grate. Source

How did East Palestine, Ohio get its name?

Platted in 1828 as Mechanicsburg, the village was renamed East Palestine in 1833 for the region of Palestine in West Asia, part of a broader pattern of biblical place-naming among the area's early settlers. Source

What ZIP code is East Palestine, Ohio?

Most of East Palestine is in ZIP code 44413.

Where does East Palestine, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for East Palestine (East Palestine Village): Groundwater wells (5 wells).

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