Evendale

Village · Hamilton County · 2,669 residents · 1.2% municipal income tax

Hamilton County

Local events in Evendale

Evendale itself has 4 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Evendale

  1. Tweens and Teens: Minute to Win It Games and Challenges

    4:30 to 5:15 p.m. · Sharonville Branch Library · Sharonville · 1.0 mi · From Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Videos about Evendale

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How Evendale began

Evendale grew up around a large aircraft-engine plant on Reading Road that broke ground on October 23, 1940 for the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright, and was dedicated on June 12, 1941 as American rearmament accelerated ahead of World War II. Ownership passed to Electric Auto-Lite before General Electric bought the plant outright in 1957, completing the purchase by the end of 1958; the site became "GE Evendale" after the surrounding village incorporated in 1952. GE moved the headquarters of its Aircraft Engine Group from Lynn, Massachusetts to Evendale in 1979, and the site, now GE Aerospace, remains the company's aircraft-engine headquarters today, the dominant force in the small village's economy and identity.

Incorporated 1952, by Village incorporated around the GE (formerly Wright Aeronautical) aircraft-engine plant.

Where the name comes from

The origin of the name "Evendale" is not documented.

Before the town

No Native American village, trail, mound or treaty line specific to the Evendale site itself is recorded; a village built up entirely around a twentieth-century industrial plant in the Mill Creek valley.

Timeline

  1. — An Evendale post office is listed among the Hamilton County post offices in the 1881 county history.
  2. — Ground is broken on October 23 for an aircraft-engine plant on Reading Road, built for the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright.
  3. — The plant is dedicated on June 12, ahead of full U.S. entry into World War II.
  4. — On February 28, the first two General Electric J47 jet engines built at the plant are delivered to the U.S. Air Force, marking its full operational opening under GE production.
  5. — The village of Evendale is established, after which the plant becomes known as "GE Evendale."
  6. — General Electric completes its purchase of the plant from Electric Auto-Lite, begun in 1957.
  7. — In September, GE announces it is moving the headquarters of its Aircraft Engine Group from Lynn, Massachusetts to Evendale.
  8. — The census counts 3,090 residents in Evendale.
  9. — The census counts 2,767 residents in Evendale.
  10. — The census counts 2,669 residents in Evendale.

Stories

A village built around a wartime engine plant

Evendale exists in its present form because of a single decision made on the eve of American rearmament: in October 1940, ground was broken on Reading Road for an aircraft-engine plant for Curtiss-Wright's Wright Aeronautical division, dedicated the next June just months before Pearl Harbor. Ownership shifted twice after the war, from Electric Auto-Lite to General Electric, which completed its purchase in 1958, and the surrounding community incorporated as the village of Evendale in 1952, giving the plant its lasting name, GE Evendale. The relationship deepened further in 1979, when GE moved the headquarters of its entire Aircraft Engine Group from Lynn, Massachusetts to the Evendale site, making a village of a few thousand residents the corporate and engineering center of one of the world's largest jet-engine makers, a status GE Aerospace's Evendale campus still holds.

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

Water

Ohio River intake at the plant's riverfront on Kellogg Ave in the California neighborhood, east Cincinnati The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Evendale's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 1 private school, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 museum, 1 police station, 4 public charging sites, 1 Superfund site, 12 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 10 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Evendale Fire DepartmentCincinnati
    Address
    10500 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Coordinates
    39.25624, -84.42043

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 (1)

  1. Evendale Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Cincinnati
    Address
    3940 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    School district
    Princeton City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    202
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    90.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    010843
    NCES school ID
    390446701549

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 Rita School for The DeafPrivate, Catholic · Cincinnati
    Address
    1720 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45215
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    50
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    17.6
    Students per teacher
    2.84091
    Phone
    (513) 771-7600
    NCES private school ID
    01607873

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Bridges rated poor (1)

  1. Glendale Milford over Norfolk Southern Rr-SortPoor · built 1960
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1960
    Length
    46 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    24,750
    Coordinates
    39.25419, -84.43566

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.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)

  1. Gorman Heritage FarmArboretum or botanical garden · Cincinnati
    What it is
    Arboretum or botanical garden
    City
    Cincinnati
    Coordinates
    39.24810, -84.42550

    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. Evendale Police DepartmentCincinnati
    Address
    10500 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Coordinates
    39.25675, -84.41932

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 (4)

  1. Brendamour Evendale Business Center2 Level 2 · Cincinnati
    Address
    2630 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    AMPUP
    Hours
    Contact station for hours of availability.
    Phone
    833-692-6787
  2. Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises Inc2 Level 2 · Cincinnati
    Address
    10855 Medallion Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546
  3. TRIHEALTH EVENDALE2 Level 2 · Cincinnati
    Address
    3155 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  4. Village of Evendale2 Level 2 · Cincinnati
    Address
    10500 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    AMPUP
    Hours
    Contact station for hours of availability
    Phone
    513-956-2665

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

Superfund sites (1)

  1. Us Air Force Afp Plt 36Superfund program · Evendale
    Address
    I-75 at Neumann Way, N-123, Evendale, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    Federal facility
    Yes
    EPA program ID
    OH7570024623
    EPA registry ID
    110009304270

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 (12)

  1. Aluminum Extruded Shapes IncToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10549 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241LMNMX10549
    EPA registry ID
    110002113338
  2. Cincinnati Electronics CorpToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    2630 Glendale - Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241CNCNN2630G
    EPA registry ID
    110001626036
  3. Formica Corporation - Evendale (1431150801)Toxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10155 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241FRMCC10155
    EPA registry ID
    110000393725
  4. Ge Aerospace Evendale PlantToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    One Neumann Way, Cincinnati, OH 45215
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    45215GNRLL1NEUM
    EPA registry ID
    110000393191
  5. Graphic Packaging InternationalToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10600 Evendale Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241MNVLL10600
    EPA registry ID
    110000814860
  6. Kdm Signs, Inc. (1431153991)Toxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10450 North Medallion Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241KDMSG145NM
    EPA registry ID
    110000393066
  7. Masonite CorpToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10360 Evendale Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    45241MSNTC10360
    EPA registry ID
    110001626385
  8. National Starch & Chemical CoToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    2960 Exon Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241NTNLS2960E
    EPA registry ID
    110000393734
  9. Neyra Inds IncToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10700 Evendale Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241NYRND10700
    EPA registry ID
    110004577912
  10. Nisbet-Brower Marble, LlcToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    10801 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241NSBTB181RE
    EPA registry ID
    110014360716
  11. Sealtron IncToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
    Address
    9705 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45215
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45215SLTRN9705R
    EPA registry ID
    110002113105
  12. Univar Solutions Usa Llc - Evendale (1431152467)Toxics Release Inventory · Evendale
    Address
    2788 Glendale-Milford Rd, Evendale, OH 45241
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45241SHLND2788G
    EPA registry ID
    110000393743

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. Ammonia (Nh3)2025-04-17 · Evendale
    Reported
    2025-04-17
    What spilled
    Ammonia (Nh3)
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000582
  2. Contaminated Water2024-06-19 · Evendale
    Reported
    2024-06-19
    What spilled
    Contaminated Water
    Largest amount reported
    1,000 gallons
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0001036
  3. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2024-04-11 · Evendale
    Reported
    2024-04-11
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000595
  4. Oil Vegetable / Bio Reached water2024-03-21 · Evendale
    Reported
    2024-03-21
    What spilled
    Oil Vegetable / Bio
    Reached a waterway
    31 - Mill Creek
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000448
  5. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-07-19 · Evendale
    Reported
    2023-07-19
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001211
  6. Potassium Hydroxide / Potash Lye / Caustic Potash (Koh)2023-07-06 · Evendale
    Reported
    2023-07-06
    What spilled
    Potassium Hydroxide / Potash Lye / Caustic Potash (Koh)
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001114
  7. Ink / Printing Ink2022-08-01 · Evendale
    Reported
    2022-08-01
    What spilled
    Ink / Printing Ink
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001162
  8. Oil Crude Reached water2022-06-07 · Evendale
    Reported
    2022-06-07
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2206EPA0000849
  9. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2026-03-18 · Evendale
    Reported
    2026-03-18
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000426
  10. Ammonia (Nh3)2026-03-01 · Evendale
    Reported
    2026-03-01
    What spilled
    Ammonia (Nh3)
    Where
    Evendale, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000268

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

Local government

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

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council Steven Berke 582, 37.07%; Mike Stroh 502, 31.97%; Wanda Walker-Smith 486, 30.96%
2023-11-07 Member of Council Beth McDaniel 1,077, 31.45%; Christopher Patterson 964, 28.15%; Tom Sextro 928, 27.09%; Diane Cunningham Redden 456, 13.31%
2023-11-07 Mayor Richard H. Finan 1,094, 75.97%; Stiney Vonderhaar 346, 24.03%
2021-11-02 Member of Council Steven J. Berke 695, 30.09%; Carolyn Smiley-Robertson 602, 26.06%; Bill Puthoff 576, 24.94%; Tim Sansbury 437, 18.92%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Hamilton County: 54 ZIP codes, 47 cities, villages and townships, 843,791 people.

Nearby places

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.12 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
45.3 in
5.9 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
12.6 in
a normal year brings 15.1 in
a normal year
46.6 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.12 — 28
September 2026 6.42 — 30
August 2026 5.91 — 31
July 2026 4.90 — 31
June 2026 6.32 — 30
May 2026 7.07 — 31
April 2026 3.79 — 30
March 2026 6.84 0.1 31
February 2026 1.25 3.7 28
January 2026 1.65 8.8 31
December 2025 2.55 11.2 31
November 2025 3.90 2.0 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 75.7 in
Driest year1934 — 21.6 in
Snowiest year2010 — 52.1 in
Wettest day on record5 March 1897 — 4.61 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day8 December 1917 — 11.53 in
Deepest snow on the ground20 December 1919 — 17.02 in

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

48,096 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 Evendale: 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
37
those placed on the map inside Evendale
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste13
Air pollution10
Site assessment6
Wastewater and stormwater discharge4
Contaminated-site cleanup2
Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities1
Voluntary cleanup1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
GENERAL ELECTRIC AEROSPACE - EVENDALE PLANT Air pollution permit
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Hazardous waste assessment
LINEHAUL HEAVY DUTY LLC Hazardous waste violation resolved
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Air pollution permit
KDM SIGNS INC Air pollution permit
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
LINEHAUL HEAVY DUTY LLC Hazardous waste notice of violation
GENERAL ELECTRIC AEROSPACE - EVENDALE PLANT Air pollution inspection
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Air pollution permit
KDM SIGNS INC Air pollution permit
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
SO-LOW ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT CO Air pollution report
WORLDWIDE EQUIPMENT INC Air pollution report
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Hazardous waste report
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Air pollution permit
KDM SIGNS INC Air pollution permit
REPUBLIC SERVICES EVENDALE TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection
FORMICA CORP EVENDALE PLANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge report
UNIVAR USA- CINCINNATI (EX) Voluntary cleanup director's approval
UNIVAR USA- CINCINNATI (EX) Voluntary cleanup director's approval
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA LLC - EVENDALE Air pollution permit
KDM SIGNS INC Air pollution notice of violation
REPUBLIC SERVICES EVENDALE TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities report
SHARONVILLE IMF EAST LOT Wastewater and stormwater discharge 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 Evendale, Ohio in?

Evendale is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, with 2,669 residents.

When was Evendale, Ohio founded?

Evendale was incorporated 1952. Founders on record: Village incorporated around the GE (formerly Wright Aeronautical) aircraft-engine plant. Source

How did Evendale, Ohio get its name?

The origin of the name "Evendale" is not documented. Source

What ZIP code is Evendale, Ohio?

Most of Evendale is in ZIP code 45241.

Where does Evendale, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Evendale (Cincinnati Public Water System): Ohio River intake at the plant's riverfront on Kellogg Ave in the California neighborhood, east Cincinnati.

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