Geneva

City · Ashtabula County · 5,924 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax

Ashtabula County

Local events in Geneva

71 events in the next 90 days from 4 public calendars. All local events in Geneva

  1. Fall into Spring Wine Trail

    10 a.m. to 10 p.m. · Ohio Wine Producers Association · From Visit Canton (Canton/Stark County CVB)

  2. The H20 Band

    2 to 5 p.m. · Hundley Cellars · From Visit Ashtabula County

  3. The Elm Street Blues Band

    5 to 8 p.m. · Harpersfield Winery · From Visit Ashtabula County

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Geneva began

Geneva grew from an 1816 withdrawal of settlers from Harpersfield Township who organized their own community and named it for Geneva, New York. The area had already drawn settlers from Connecticut and New York from 1805, and grew through the nineteenth century as a farm-trade town on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, reaching Geneva in 1872. Dr. William Hendry planted the city's first commercial vineyard in 1859, launching an industry that made Geneva the heart of Ohio's grape country -- Ashtabula County still grows about 70 percent of the state's grapes -- and the city has celebrated that history each September since 1966 with the Geneva Grape Jamboree. Geneva incorporated as a village in 1866 and a city in 1958. It is also the adopted hometown of Platt Rogers Spencer, who developed the widely taught Spencerian system of cursive handwriting and died in Geneva in 1864.

Settled 1805 (area first settled), 1816 (Geneva organized, withdrawing from Harpersfield Township), incorporated 1866 (village), 1958 (city), by Settlers withdrawing from Harpersfield Township in May 1816.

Where the name comes from

Geneva is named for Geneva, New York, itself named for the Swiss city of Geneva.

Before the town

No Native American village, trail, or site specific to Geneva is documented in the sources consulted.

Timeline

  1. — Settlement of the area begins, with families arriving from Connecticut and New York.
  2. — Harpersfield Township is organized by settlers from Harpersfield, New York, initially including the future Geneva area.
  3. — Caleb Spencer's family, including six-year-old Platt Rogers Spencer, moves to Ashtabula County following his father's death; Platt later settles in Geneva and develops the Spencerian system of penmanship there.
  4. — A group of settlers north of Harpersfield village withdraw to form their own township, naming it Geneva after Geneva, New York.
  5. — Platt Rogers Spencer publishes, with Victor M. Rice, his first major penmanship manual, later republished as Spencerian or Semi-Angular Penmanship; by the 1850s the Spencerian method becomes the standard cursive hand taught in American schools.
  6. — Dr. William Hendry plants Geneva's first commercial vineyard, founding what becomes the city's signature grape and wine industry.
  7. — Platt Rogers Spencer dies in Geneva on May 16.
  8. — Geneva incorporates as a village.
  9. — The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway reaches Geneva, spurring trade and growth.
  10. — The East Geneva Rural School is renamed Platt R. Spencer School in his honor.
  11. — Geneva incorporates as a city.
  12. — Geneva holds its first annual Grape Jamboree, celebrating its grape-growing and wine-making heritage.
  13. — The city unveils the Spencerian Monument honoring Platt Rogers Spencer.

Stories

The penman of Geneva

Platt Rogers Spencer was six years old in 1806 when his father, a Revolutionary War veteran, died and his family moved to what was still largely unsettled Ashtabula County. Paper was scarce on the frontier, and the boy practiced his passion for fine lettering wherever he could find a surface -- birch bark, leather, patches of snow, even the flyleaves of his mother's Bible. He eventually settled in Geneva and, over the 1820s and 1830s, worked out a flowing, slanted style of cursive writing based on ovals and curves he modeled on water-smoothed beach pebbles. He opened a writing academy in Geneva and, with Victor M. Rice, published his first instructional manual in 1848. The style, formally named Spencerian penmanship, spread through Spencer's own schools and through Bryant & Stratton business colleges his students founded in more than fifty American cities, and by the 1850s it had become the standard handwriting taught in the nation's schools, a position it held into the early twentieth century. Spencer died in Geneva in 1864; the city renamed a school for him in 1937 and dedicated a monument to him in 2012.

Photographs

South Broadway looking toward Main Street in downtown Geneva; modern photograph
South Broadway looking toward Main Street in downtown Geneva; modern photograph (2022)
Photo: André Carrotflower, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Water

Lake Erie, drawn at a shoreline intake near Ashtabula Harbor into a plant that sits only about 4 feet above lake water elevation The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Geneva's boundary: 1 hospital, 3 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 2 libraries, 2 museums, 1 police station, 3 Superfund sites, 4 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (1)

  1. Uhhs - Memorial Hosp of GenevaGeneral hospital · Geneva
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    870 West Main Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva
    Phone
    (440) 466-1141
    Medicare ID
    361307

Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.

Nursing homes (3)

  1. Geneva Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing2 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    1140 South Broadway, Geneva, OH 44041
    Certified beds
    80
    Residents on an average day
    69
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 payment denial (latest 2024-06-03)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    AOM HEALTHCARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 466-5809
    Medicare ID
    366326
  2. Pine Grove Healthcare Center5 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    840 Sherman Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    Certified beds
    67
    Residents on an average day
    64
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 415-0502
    Medicare ID
    366366
  3. Rae Ann Geneva1 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    839 W Main Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    Certified beds
    76
    Residents on an average day
    61
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 466-5733
    Medicare ID
    366047

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

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Geneva Fire DepartmentGeneva
    Address
    44 North Forest Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    Coordinates
    41.80627, -80.94632

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. Geneva High School3.5 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    1301 S Ridge Rd E, Geneva, OH 44041
    School district
    Geneva Area City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    649
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    33.12
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    76%
    Four-year graduation rate
    93.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    013219
    NCES school ID
    390440501003
  2. Geneva Middle School3 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    839 Sherman St, Geneva, OH 44041
    School district
    Geneva Area City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    470
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26.25
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    67%
    Ohio building IRN
    013227
    NCES school ID
    390440504215
  3. Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Geneva
    Address
    755 Austin Rd, Geneva, OH 44041
    School district
    Geneva Area City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    376
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    71.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    012015
    NCES school ID
    390440505575

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.

Public libraries (2)

  1. Ashtabula Cnty District LibraryBookmobile stop · Geneva
    Address
    860 Sherman St, Geneva, OH 44041
    What it is
    Bookmobile stop
    Library system
    Ashtabula County District Library
    Open
    506 hours a year, 50 weeks
    System's visits, FY2024
    196,924
    System's loans, FY2024
    251,619
    People the system serves
    48,578
    Phone
    (440) 466-4521
  2. Geneva Public LibraryBranch · Geneva
    Address
    860 Sherman St, Geneva, OH 44041
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Ashtabula County District Library
    Open
    3,031 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    17,127 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    196,924
    System's loans, FY2024
    251,619
    People the system serves
    48,578
    Phone
    (440) 466-4521

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. Ashtabula County Genealogical SocietyHistorical society · Geneva
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Geneva
    Coordinates
    41.79456, -80.94130

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

  2. Platt R Spencer Meml ArchivesMuseum · Geneva
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Geneva
    Coordinates
    41.79456, -80.94130

    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. Geneva Police DepartmentGeneva
    Address
    44 North Forest Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    Coordinates
    41.80665, -80.94618

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 (3)

  1. Advanced Technology CorporationSuperfund program · Geneva
    Address
    193 North Avenue, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OH0001098748
    EPA registry ID
    110009304083
  2. Geneva City DumpSuperfund program · Geneva
    Address
    Austin Road, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD980611891
    EPA registry ID
    110009323437
  3. True Temper Sports IncorporatedSuperfund program · Geneva
    Address
    Water Street and North Avenue, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD004166740
    EPA registry ID
    110060950546

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 (4)

  1. Advanced Tech CorpToxics Release Inventory · Geneva
    Address
    101 North Eagle Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44041DVNCD11NEA
    EPA registry ID
    110004592799
  2. Coca-Cola FoodsToxics Release Inventory · Geneva
    Address
    260 North Eagle Street, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44041CCCLF260NO
    EPA registry ID
    110002110224
  3. Corespan IncToxics Release Inventory · Geneva
    Address
    200 North Ave, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44041CRSPN200NO
    EPA registry ID
    110001629630
  4. Premix-Hadlock Composites LlcToxics Release Inventory · Geneva
    Address
    110 N Eagle St, Geneva, OH 44041
    County
    Ashtabula County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    44041HDLCK110NO
    EPA registry ID
    110000385565

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 (4)

  1. Material Unknown Reached water2024-09-12 · Geneva
    Reported
    2024-09-12
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Geneva, Ashtabula County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001569
  2. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2023-07-21 · Geneva
    Reported
    2023-07-21
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Geneva, Ashtabula County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001235
  3. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-04-09 · Geneva
    Reported
    2021-04-09
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Geneva, Ashtabula County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000494
  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-03-06 · Geneva
    Reported
    2021-03-06
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Geneva, Ashtabula County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2103EPA0000292

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

Local government

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

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2019-05-07 12: 12 Geneva City Police 380376Passed (50.26% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council at Large Jeff Griffiths 988, 47.41%; Robert Rosebrugh 939, 45.06%; Write-In: John H. Travis 73, 3.5%; Write-In: Dana Schenk 30, 1.44%
2019-11-05 Member of Council at Large Philip Cordova 784, 23.72%; Robert Rosebrugh 639, 19.33%; Jeffrey A. Griffiths 585, 17.7%; Mario Butera 532, 16.1%; Susan Hagan 528, 15.98%; Write-In: James E. Baehr 230, 6.96%

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

Auditor of State record

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.23 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
32.1 in
5.2 in below normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
66.4 in
a normal year brings 83.8 in
a normal year
44.6 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.23 — 30
September 2026 2.81 — 30
August 2026 6.08 — 31
July 2026 2.78 — 31
June 2026 3.37 — 30
May 2026 3.78 0.0 31
April 2026 4.51 0.0 30
March 2026 4.48 5.1 31
February 2026 0.56 11.6 28
January 2026 2.56 49.8 31
December 2025 3.23 23.3 31
November 2025 2.06 8.1 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 66.5 in
Driest year1963 — 25.9 in
Snowiest year2005 — 129.3 in
Wettest day on record14 October 1893 — 4.90 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day9 December 1962 — 20.99 in
Deepest snow on the ground29 November 1950 — 32.28 in

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

48,593 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-30. 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 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 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 Geneva: 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
38
those placed on the map inside Geneva
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
State sewer loans7
Hazardous waste6
Air pollution5
Contaminated-site cleanup5
Voluntary cleanup4
State water loans3
Wastewater and stormwater discharge3
Sewer and water-line construction2
Site assessment2
Brownfield1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
GENEVA TRAILER PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
GENEVA MOTEL Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
HADLOCK PLASTICS LLC, A SUBSIDIARY OF A SCHULMAN INC Air pollution permit
GENEVA MOTEL Wastewater and stormwater discharge compliance letter
BENSEN GAS STATION Contaminated-site cleanup assessment
BENSEN GAS STATION Brownfield assessment
CIRCLE K #5204 Hazardous waste compliance letter
BENSEN GAS STATION Brownfield assessment
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup cleanup cost recovery
BENSEN GAS STATION Brownfield assessment
GENEVA WWTP State sewer loans
GENEVA MOTEL Wastewater and stormwater discharge compliance letter
HADLOCK PLASTICS, LLC, A SUBSIDIARY OF A. SCHULMAN, INC Air pollution compliance letter
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Site assessment assessment
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup inspection
GENEVA MOTEL Wastewater and stormwater discharge compliance letter
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup inspection
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup inspection
HADLOCK PLASTICS LLC, A SUBSIDIARY OF A SCHULMAN INC Air pollution permit
GENEVA WWTP State sewer loans
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup cleanup cost recovery
GENEVA MOTEL Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
GENEVA WWTP State sewer loans
ATC LIGHTING AND PLASTICS INC. Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS INC, GENEVA Voluntary cleanup inspection

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 Geneva, Ohio in?

Geneva is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, with 5,924 residents.

When was Geneva, Ohio founded?

Geneva was settled 1805 (area first settled), 1816 (Geneva organized, withdrawing from Harpersfield Township); incorporated 1866 (village), 1958 (city). Founders on record: Settlers withdrawing from Harpersfield Township in May 1816. Source

How did Geneva, Ohio get its name?

Geneva is named for Geneva, New York, itself named for the Swiss city of Geneva. Source

What ZIP code is Geneva, Ohio?

Most of Geneva is in ZIP code 44041.

Where does Geneva, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Geneva (Geneva City): Lake Erie, drawn at a shoreline intake near Ashtabula Harbor into a plant that sits only about 4 feet above lake water elevation.

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