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Grove City

City · Franklin County · 41,416 residents · 2% municipal income tax

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Local events in Grove City

21 events in the next 90 days from 2 public calendars. All local events in Grove City

  1. Evans Center Project Heart Strings Gift Collection

    Nov 2 to Dec 3 · 4330 Dudley Ave. · From City of Grove City

  2. Thrive After Five - Networking Event

    4:30 to 7:30 p.m. · From Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce

  3. Treats for Troops | Buckeye Military Moms

    11 a.m. to 2 p.m. · From City of Grove City

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Grove City began

Grove City grew out of a nineteen-lot plat that merchant William Foster Breck laid out in the summer of 1852 on his father-in-law's land along the Columbus and Harrisburg Turnpike, in Jackson Township, a stretch of southwestern Franklin County surveyed under Virginia's Revolutionary War bounty-land system rather than the rectangular federal grid used across most of Ohio. Tradition holds the village took its name from the groves of trees its founders left standing when they cleared the townsite. A turnpike, then a steam railroad and an interurban line, tied the farm village to Columbus seven miles to the north; it incorporated in 1866 and became a city in 1959 as its population passed 5,000. Adam G. Grant's 1889 subdivision park, named Beulah for his daughter, grew into Beulah Park, Ohio's first thoroughbred racetrack, which ran from 1923 to 2014 and has since become a housing development on the same ground. Grove City is now a Columbus suburb of more than 41,000 people, its historic Town Center still built around Breck's original Broadway plat.

Settled 1803, platted 1852, incorporated 1866, by William Foster Breck platted the village; the underlying land belonged to his father-in-law, John Smith.

Where the name comes from

Local histories say the founders named the new village for the groves of trees left standing when the townsite was cleared for Breck's 1852 plat. No source we found gives a competing explanation, though none of the sources are contemporary to 1852 either.

Before the town

Grove City was platted in 1852 inside Jackson Township, which lies within the Virginia Military District: roughly 4.2 million acres between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers that Virginia kept for itself when it ceded its Northwest Territory claims in 1784, to be issued afterward as bounty land to its Revolutionary War veterans. Virginia surveyed its own district the way it always had, by metes and bounds -- describing each claim by trees, streams and compass bearings rather than laying the federal government's square-mile grid over it -- so the land here was cut into irregular, individually numbered surveys before any settler arrived, unlike the rectangular townships of the Congress Lands immediately to the north and east. The 1880 county history shows what that meant on the ground: Hugh Grant Sr. bought about 450 acres in the township and moved his family onto it in the spring of 1805, but could not at first locate his own purchase and 'squatted' near the Scioto River instead, where he died in the winter of 1806-07; a few years later James Seeds bought 1,000 acres out of 'Daniel Morgan's survey, number one thousand, two hundred and ninety six,' one of the individually numbered tracts -- named for the Revolutionary War officer who had been issued the underlying bounty warrant -- that the township's farms were pieced together from. The Scioto River runs along Jackson Township's eastern line, which puts Grove City on the river's west side. Both the 1880 county history and the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society describe a Native presence in the township at the time of Grant's 1805 settlement -- the older source calling Native people there 'numerous' but 'not usually troublesome,' the historical society placing Shawnee villages generally along the Scioto River between Columbus and Chillicothe, a stretch that takes in this reach of the river -- without naming a specific village, camp or trail inside what is now Grove City. No mound, earthwork or named Native settlement site within Grove City or Jackson Township turned up in the sources searched. The nearest documented site is the Stringtown Site, a Late Archaic-period campsite roughly 3,000 to 8,000 years old that the Ohio History Connection has catalogued off Stringtown Road -- centuries before the historic-era nations named above, and evidence of people rather than a named nation. Elsewhere in Franklin County, the Native record includes the Adena and Hopewell mound-building cultures, the historic Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape, Mingo and other nations, and the treaties that ceded the county's land.

Nations recorded here: Shawnee.

  • Stringtown Site (camp) — off Stringtown Road near State Route 104, Grove City, Late Archaic, roughly 3,000 to 8,000 years ago (swfchs.org)

Timeline

  1. — The first permanent white settlers reach the area that becomes Jackson Township, including Percival Adams.
  2. — Hugh Grant Sr. moves his family onto a roughly 450-acre purchase in what becomes Jackson Township but, unable to locate his own metes-and-bounds survey, squats near the Scioto River instead; he is killed there in the winter of 1806-07 cutting a bee tree.
  3. — Jackson Township is organized under its present name and boundaries, set off from Franklin Township.
  4. — Adam Gantz builds the brick farmhouse in Jackson Township later known as the Gantz Homestead, using clay dug and fired on the farm.
  5. — William Foster Breck, a Carroll, Ohio merchant, scouts land belonging to his father-in-law John Smith in Jackson Township, the same year the log Highland Road Meeting House is raised nearby.
  6. — Breck plats a 19-lot village on 15 1/4 acres of Smith's land east of the Columbus and Harrisburg Turnpike and opens Grove City's first store.
  7. — Thirty-seven residents petition to incorporate Grove City on March 5; the village holds its first election May 10, choosing Dr. Joseph Bullen as its first mayor.
  8. — The Cincinnati, Midland and Columbus Railroad completes a line and depot at Grove City.
  9. — Adam G. Grant lays out a housing subdivision on former Breck land west of the rail line and builds a community park there, naming it Beulah for his daughter.
  10. — Grant's Grove City and Greenlawn Street Railway, an interurban line connecting the Beulah neighborhood to Columbus, makes its first run on October 31.
  11. — The Capital City Racing Association runs Beulah Park's first four races on April 21 on a new half-mile track, establishing Ohio's first thoroughbred racing facility.
  12. — Ernest Good and his wife discover Late Archaic-period spear points off Stringtown Road at what the Ohio History Connection later catalogues as the Stringtown Site.
  13. — Grove City's population passes 5,000 and the village becomes a city.
  14. — Three Jackson Township farmhouses are added to the National Register of Historic Places: the Gantz Homestead (1979), the Samuel Landes House (1987) and the A.G. Grant Homestead (1998).
  15. — Beulah Park runs its last race on May 3, the same day as the 140th Kentucky Derby, ending 91 years of racing at Grove City.

Stories

William Foster Breck plats Grove City

William Foster Breck was born April 27, 1806, at Marietta in Washington County, Ohio, and made his early living as a merchant in Carroll, a small town in Fairfield County, where he eventually ran a grist mill, a hotel and a general store. In 1840 he married Elizabeth Campbell Smith of Worthington, whose father, John Smith, owned land along the newly built Columbus and Harrisburg Turnpike in Jackson Township; Breck and his wife bought 273 acres from her father in the mid-1840s, and by 1848 Breck had built a two-story brick house on the west side of the turnpike, its porch looking out over the road's daily traffic of buggies, wagons and coaches. In the summer of 1852, the 1880 county history records, 'a son-in-law, William F. Breck, caused the lands to be platted, and to this embryo village he gave the name it now bears' -- nineteen lots on 15 1/4 acres on the turnpike's east side, laid out with William Sibray, a brick mason, and George Weygandt, a carpenter; a third partner, Breck's brother-in-law Jeremiah Smith, had taken part in the early planning but died before the plat was finished. By local tradition the new village took its name from the groves of trees the founders left standing when they cleared the site. Breck opened Grove City's first store, became its first postmaster, moved in a nearby gristmill, added a steam sawmill and a brick-and-tile works, and helped build the Presbyterian meetinghouse in 1861; thirty-seven residents petitioned to incorporate the village on March 5, 1866, two years after Breck died in what local histories describe only as a 'tragic farm accident.'

Beulah Park: from subdivision park to Ohio's first thoroughbred track

In 1889 Adam G. Grant laid out a housing subdivision west of the rail line and downtown, on ground that had once belonged to Grove City founder William Foster Breck, and built a community park there to help sell the lots; he named it Beulah, for his daughter, and for its first years it hosted picnics, Civil War reunions, revivals, baseball games and dances rather than races. The earliest recorded horse racing at Beulah dates only to 1895, when local residents ran informal meets on a track there, and the grounds also hosted the Franklin County Fair from 1912 to 1918. Colonel James M. Westwater bought the property in 1918 and improved the track; he sold it to the Capital City Racing Association in 1922, which built a new half-mile track and ran Beulah's first four official races on April 21, 1923, establishing it that year as Ohio's first thoroughbred racing facility. Columbus contractor Robert J. Dienst bought into the track in 1933 and became sole owner in 1937, expanding it to a one-mile oval and building it into what fans came to call the 'Little Saratoga'; his family ran Beulah until 1983, when it sold for $4.5 million and was briefly renamed Darby Downs before a 1986 buyer restored the old name. Penn National Gaming bought the track in 2010 and, not wanting Beulah competing with its own nearby Hollywood Casino, moved its racing license out of state; the last race ran May 3, 2014, the same day as the 140th Kentucky Derby, before a crowd of about 5,000 wagering just $90,000, ending 91 years of racing. The 213-acre property was redeveloped starting in 2017 into Beulah Park, a mixed housing development with a municipal park, trails and a medical complex -- returning the ground to something close to Grant's original purpose as a neighborhood park built to help sell houses.

Metes and bounds: settling land inside the Virginia Military District

Grove City sits inside what was once the Virginia Military District, roughly 4.2 million acres between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers that Virginia held back for itself when it ceded its claims north of the Ohio River in 1784, to be issued afterward as bounty land to its Revolutionary War veterans. Virginia surveyed its own district the way it always had, by metes and bounds -- describing each claim by trees, creeks and compass bearings rather than laying the federal government's square-mile grid over it -- so Jackson Township, which the Scioto River runs along the eastern edge of, was cut into irregular, individually numbered surveys years before any settler broke ground there, unlike the neat rectangular townships of the Congress Lands just to the north and east. The effect on an actual settler shows up in the 1880 county history: Hugh Grant Sr. bought about 450 acres in the township and moved his family onto it in the spring of 1805, but, 'not knowing the exact location of his purchase,' he 'squatted' on open land near the river instead -- and was killed there in the winter of 1806-07 while cutting a bee tree, before he had ever sorted out his own boundary lines. A few years later James Seeds bought 1,000 acres carved out of what the same history calls 'Daniel Morgan's survey, number one thousand, two hundred and ninety six' -- one of hundreds of individually surveyed and numbered tracts across the district named for the Revolutionary War officer to whom the underlying bounty warrant had been issued, whether or not that officer ever set foot on the land. Grove City's own 1852 plat, and the farms around it, were assembled piece by piece out of surveys like these -- Daniel Morgan's among them -- rather than out of a single evenly gridded township.

The Stringtown Site and Grove City's mammoth

In 1952 Ernest Good and his wife, an amateur-archaeologist couple from Grove City's Civic Drive, were searching farmland at Stringtown Road and Jackson Pike for Native American relics when they found something older: stemmed spear points that Ohio History Connection archaeology curator Brad Lepper later dated to the Late Archaic period, roughly 3,000 to 8,000 years old. The Ohio History Connection has since catalogued the find as the Stringtown Site, and over the following years the Goods turned up more than 250 projectile points there, enough that the location was likely a regular prehistoric campsite; they donated much of the collection to the state historical society between 1956 and 1963 and, in the 1970s, opened a room of their own home to the public as an informal 'Grove City Relic Museum.' A local historian who remembered visiting recalled arrowheads found along a former Native American trail leading down to the Scioto, in a stretch of the valley where, regional accounts say, Shawnee villages once stood between Columbus and Chillicothe. Grove City has a second, older mystery from the same corner of town: in 1899 workers digging clay at a brick-and-tile factory north of Columbus Street uncovered two twelve-foot tusks and a partial skull, which an Ohio State University professor identified at the time as a mastodon, though a modern look at surviving photographs of the tusks' curvature suggests it may actually have been a woolly mammoth. Nearly a hundred local residents turned out to be photographed at the pit, and the bones were shipped off to Ohio State and later to the state historical society -- where a handwritten note in the archives says they were disposed of in December 1902, so the remains no longer survive to settle the question.

The 1996 Ferrellgas explosion

On the afternoon of Monday, July 8, 1996, a propane tank caught fire at the Ferrellgas facility on Broadway just south of Grove City's Town Center, and the blaze spread from tank to tank in a cascading series of explosions that threw flames more than 100 feet into the air and sent black smoke up for miles. Jackson Township fire crews and Grove City police reached the scene within minutes of the first blast, around 2:30 p.m., and Fire Chief Danny Ashcraft ordered an evacuation of the surrounding area, worried that any of the facility's 30,000-gallon tanks -- or a matching tank next door at Southern Propane, or three more sitting on a rail car behind both properties -- might go up as well. 'If any of those tanks breached, we were in trouble,' Assistant Fire Chief Les Guy told the Grove City Record afterward. 'It would have gone off like a rocket and there's no telling where or what it could have hit.' Since the main fire could not be extinguished, crews instead poured water on the surrounding tanks to keep them cool while Columbus Fire and neighboring departments sent mutual aid to what became a four-alarm blaze; the adjacent Sue Ellen's Restaurant burned down in a secondary fire, and three men were taken to Ohio State University's hospital with burns. Principal Tom Rutan opened Grove City High School as a shelter, where cafeteria staff served an evening meal to roughly 150 evacuated residents before an all-clear let them go home by 7 p.m. A second, apparently unrelated fire broke out that same afternoon at a gas station on North Broadway, raising a brief fear that the propane blast had somehow reached the storm sewers before firefighters confirmed the two fires were unconnected.

Photographs

Horses at the Grove City fair track.
Horses at the Grove City fair track. (1900)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Postcard of the Grove City high school building, postmarked November 4, 1912.
Postcard of the Grove City high school building, postmarked November 4, 1912. (1912)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Beulah Park racetrack, in a photo advertising races from September 18 to October 9 with $1.50 admission.
Beulah Park racetrack, in a photo advertising races from September 18 to October 9 with $1.50 admission. (1926)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
The Gantz Homestead and garden, the 1832 brick farmhouse of Adam Gantz, now in Gantz Park.
The Gantz Homestead and garden, the 1832 brick farmhouse of Adam Gantz, now in Gantz Park. (2011)
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The A.G. Grant Homestead on Haughn Road, built around 1840.
The A.G. Grant Homestead on Haughn Road, built around 1840. (2011)
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · swfchs.org · en.wikipedia.org · swfchs.org · en.wikipedia.org · ohiohistory.libanswers.com · swfchs.org · swfchs.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · npgallery.nps.gov · archive.org · web.archive.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

3 places in Grove City on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Gantz HomesteadBuilding · Grove City · listed 1979
    Address
    2233 Gantz Rd.
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County · ZIP 43123
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1979
    NRIS reference number
    79001842
    Coordinates
    39.89785, -83.06278

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  2. Grant, A. G., HomesteadBuilding · Grove City · listed 1998
    Address
    4124 Haughn Rd.
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County · ZIP 43123
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1998
    NRIS reference number
    98000667
    Coordinates
    39.88015, -83.08517

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  3. Landes, Samuel, HouseBuilding · Lockbourne · listed 1987
    Address
    590 Hibbs Rd.
    Where
    Lockbourne, Franklin County · ZIP 43123
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1987
    NRIS reference number
    87000688
    Coordinates
    39.83602, -83.01313

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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.

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Water

Scioto River intake at the plant on Dublin Rd, a few miles below Griggs Dam, opposite Marble Cliff The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Grove City's boundary: 2 hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 2 nursing homes, 4 fire and EMS stations, 15 public schools, 3 private schools, 1 library, 3 museums, 1 police station, 9 public charging sites, 10 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 38 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (2)

  1. Grove City Methodist HospitalGeneral hospital · Grove City
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1375 Stringtown Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Beds
    26
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Phone
    (614) 566-9000

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  2. Mount Carmel Grove CityGeneral hospital · Grove City
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    5300 N Meadows Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Beds
    253
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Phone
    (614) 663-5000

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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.

Dialysis centers (3)

  1. Davita Grove City DialysisDialysis · Grove City
    Address
    4155 Kelnor Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    Dialysis stations
    8
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    2008-02-11
    Phone
    (614) 801-0323
    Medicare ID
    362716

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  2. Fmc - Grove CityDialysis · Grove City
    Address
    3149 Farm Bank Way, Grove City, OH 43123
    Dialysis stations
    16
    Medicare star rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2014-04-29
    Phone
    (614) 875-2349
    Medicare ID
    362810

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  3. Fresenius Kidney Care South Grove CityDialysis · Grove City
    Address
    5775 North Meadows Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    Dialysis stations
    13
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2019-07-01
    Phone
    (614) 801-2505
    Medicare ID
    362887

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Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Meadow Grove Transitional Care3 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    5919 Blue Star Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    94
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (614) 594-1600
    Medicare ID
    366446

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  2. Monterey Care Center2 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3929 Hoover Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    Certified beds
    148
    Residents on an average day
    106
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    OPTALIS HEALTH & REHABILITATION
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (614) 875-7700
    Medicare ID
    365077

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

Fire and EMS stations (4)

  1. Jackson Township Fire Department Station 201Grove City
    Address
    4343 Grove City Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    Coordinates
    39.88193, -83.10718

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  2. Jackson Township Fire Department Station 202Grove City
    Address
    3650 Hoover Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    Coordinates
    39.88878, -83.06854

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  3. Jackson Township Fire Department Station 203Grove City
    Address
    2650 London Groveport Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    Coordinates
    39.83980, -83.07635

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  4. Jackson Township Fire Department Station 204Grove City
    Address
    4900 Buckeye Parkway, Grove City, OH 43123
    Coordinates
    39.85682, -83.05370

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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 (15)

  1. Beulah Park Middle School2.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3160 Demorest Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    693
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    35.35
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    69%
    Ohio building IRN
    062190
    NCES school ID
    390448001655

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  2. Buckeye Woods Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    2525 Holton Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    741
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    36.42
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    90.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    121525
    NCES school ID
    390448000631

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  3. Central Crossing High School3 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    4500 Big Run South Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,660
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    82.07
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    74.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    91.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    142018
    NCES school ID
    390448004553

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  4. Grove City High School3 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    4665 Hoover Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,853
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    88.96
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82%
    Four-year graduation rate
    93.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    061325
    NCES school ID
    390448001662

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  5. Hayes Intermediate School5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    4436 Haughn Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    476
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25.22
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    90.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    152132
    NCES school ID
    390448004555

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  6. Highland Park Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    2600 Cameron St, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    467
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24.17
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    76.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    043026
    NCES school ID
    390448001664

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  7. Holt Crossing Intermediate School3.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    2706 Holt Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    729
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    36.71
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    65.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    138735
    NCES school ID
    390448003796

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  8. Jackson Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    2271 Holton Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    682
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    34.51
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    142000
    NCES school ID
    390448004552

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  9. JC Sommer Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3055 Kingston Ave, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    550
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    28
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    034892
    NCES school ID
    390448001674

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  10. Monterey Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3811 Hoover Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    440
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.05
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    025379
    NCES school ID
    390448001666

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  11. Park Street Intermediate School4 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3191 Park St, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    696
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    34.67
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    138750
    NCES school ID
    390448003813

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

  12. Richard Avenue Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Grove City
    Address
    3646 Richard Ave, Grove City, OH 43123
    School district
    South-Western City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    411
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    23.55
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    031468
    NCES school ID
    390448001673

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

  13. South-Western Career AcademyGrove City
    Address
    4750 Big Run South Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind (NCES)
    Career and Technical School
    Students, 2023-24
    0
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    37.5
    NCES school ID
    390448004554

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  14. South-Western Preschool CenterGrove City
    Address
    4324 Haughn Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    286
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8.8
    NCES school ID
    390448005114

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  15. The Bostic Head Start CenterGrove City
    Address
    2975 Kingston Ave, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    118
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    6
    NCES school ID
    390448005115

    NCES school record ↗ 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 (3)

  1. Beautiful Savior LutheranPrivate, religious, independent · Grove City
    Address
    2213 White Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind
    religious, independent
    Students, 2023-24
    55
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    5.1
    Students per teacher
    10.7843
    Phone
    (614) 875-1147
    NCES private school ID
    A1903412

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Grove City Christian SchoolPrivate, conservative Christian · Grove City
    Address
    4750 Hoover Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind
    conservative Christian
    Students, 2023-24
    835
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    55.9
    Students per teacher
    14.9374
    Phone
    (614) 875-3000
    NCES private school ID
    A9300753

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Our Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Grove City
    Address
    3752 Broadway, Grove City, OH 43123
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    404
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    19.6
    Students per teacher
    20.6122
    Phone
    (614) 875-6779
    NCES private school ID
    01059596

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Grove City Public LibraryBranch · Grove City
    Address
    3959 Broadway, Grove City, OH 43123
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Southwest Public Libraries
    Open
    3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    48,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    304,408
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,117,953
    People the system serves
    147,074
    Phone
    (614) 875-6716

    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 (3)

  1. Gardens At Gantz FarmArboretum or botanical garden · Grove City
    What it is
    Arboretum or botanical garden
    City
    Grove City
    Coordinates
    39.88076, -83.08130

    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. Pioneer Family History Preservation SocietyHistorical society · Grove City
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Grove City
    Coordinates
    39.83619, -83.05815

    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.

  3. Southwest Franklin County Historical SocietyHistorical society · Grove City
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Grove City
    Coordinates
    39.88216, -83.09277

    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. Grove City Police DepartmentGrove City
    Address
    3360 Park Street, Grove City, OH 43123
    Coordinates
    39.88187, -83.09227

    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.

Public EV charging (9)

  1. Best Western Executive Inn - Tesla Destination1 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    4026 Jackpot Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla Destination
    Phone
    877-798-3752

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. BROADWAYSTATION BROADWAY 24 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    3443 Park St, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Browns Farm2 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    5154 Browns Farm Lane, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Byers Chevrolet DC fast2 DC fast · Grove City
    Address
    5887 N Meadows Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. City of Grove City - Public Parking2 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    4069 1st St, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    614-277-3000

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. COTA G.C. P&R UNIT 26 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    2321 Old Stringtown Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    6 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Derby Square Shopping Center - Tesla Supercharger DC fast8 DC fast · Grove City
    Address
    2221 Stringtown Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    8 DC fast
    Plugs
    Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla
    Hours
    24 hours daily. Please check Tesla's online station map to see if an adapter is required at this location.
    Phone
    877-798-3752

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. GROVE CITY WEST GC MOB 14 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    3503 Southwest Blvd, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. INDUS HOTEL TRU2 Level 2 · Grove City
    Address
    1750 Buckeye Pl, Grove City, OH 43123
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

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

Facilities reporting toxic releases (10)

  1. 3M Co Grove City Ac&SToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3570 Sunshine Pl, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43123MCMPN3570S
    EPA registry ID
    110001129500

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

  2. American Nitrile Grove City (0125094034)Toxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3500 Southwest Blvd, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4312WMRCNN35SUT
    EPA registry ID
    110071318968

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

  3. Becker Powder Coatings IncToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3875 Brookham Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43123BCKRP3875B
    EPA registry ID
    110009617469

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

  4. Horton Emergency Vehicle CoToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3800 Mcdowell Road, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4312WHRTNM38MCD
    EPA registry ID
    110004572551

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

  5. Nexeo Solutions, Llc - Grove CityToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3250 Southwest Blvd., Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4312WNXSLT325SU
    EPA registry ID
    110071256795

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

  6. Robertshaw Controls CoToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3705 Marlane Dr, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43123RBRTS3705M
    EPA registry ID
    110009604286

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

  7. Senneca Holdings (Hmf Express)Toxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3655 Brookham Dr, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4312WSNNCH3655B
    EPA registry ID
    110072214422

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

  8. Sherwin-WilliamsToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3875 Brookham Drive, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4312WSHRWN3875B
    EPA registry ID
    110070285055

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

  9. Tiger Poly Mfg IncToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    6231 Enterprise Pkwy, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43123TGRPL6231E
    EPA registry ID
    110006322844

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

  10. Tosoh Smd IncToxics Release Inventory · Grove City
    Address
    3600 Gantz Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
    County
    Franklin County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4312WTSHSN36GAN
    EPA registry ID
    110000381934

    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 (38)

  1. Material White Reached water2025-12-01 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-12-01
    What spilled
    Material White
    Reached a waterway
    25 - Big Run
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2512EPA0001946

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

  2. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-11-06 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-11-06
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001813

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

  3. Arsenic (As)2025-07-19 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-07-19
    What spilled
    Arsenic (As)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001202

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

  4. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2025-06-18 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-06-18
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85); Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    31 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0001003

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

  5. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-06-17 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-06-17
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0000988

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

  6. Oil Transformer Pcb2025-06-04 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-06-04
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    251 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0000899

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

  7. Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)2025-05-22 · Grove City
    Reported
    2025-05-22
    What spilled
    Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)
    Largest amount reported
    300 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2505EPA0000824

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

  8. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-09-11 · Grove City
    Reported
    2024-09-11
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001563

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

  9. Sewage Human2024-02-27 · Grove City
    Reported
    2024-02-27
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2402EPA0000302

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

  10. Chemical(S) Unk2024-01-11 · Grove City
    Reported
    2024-01-11
    What spilled
    Chemical(S) Unk
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2401EPA0000066

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

  11. Waste Water2023-12-22 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-12-22
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002080

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

  12. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-08-24 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-08-24
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001469

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

  13. Sewage Human2023-07-31 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-07-31
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001303

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

  14. Natural Gas2023-06-20 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-06-20
    What spilled
    Natural Gas
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0001020

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

  15. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-06-01 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-06-01
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0000899

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

  16. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S) Reached water2023-05-02 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-05-02
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    25 - Marsh Run
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000709

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

  17. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S) Reached water2023-05-01 · Grove City
    Reported
    2023-05-01
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000704

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

  18. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-10-19 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-10-19
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2210EPA0001571

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

  19. Fish Kill Reached water2022-10-05 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-10-05
    What spilled
    Fish Kill
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2210EPA0001512

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

  20. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-09-18 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-09-18
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2209EPA0001424

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

  21. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2022-08-20 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-08-20
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    120 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001279

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

  22. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2022-05-31 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-05-31
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2205EPA0000796

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

  23. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-05-13 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-05-13
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    75 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2205EPA0000695

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

  24. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2022-03-12 · Grove City
    Reported
    2022-03-12
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000325

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

  25. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2021-12-06 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-12-06
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2112EPA0001817

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

  26. Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)2021-11-18 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-11-18
    What spilled
    Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2111EPA0001750

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

  27. Fish Kill2021-09-29 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-09-29
    What spilled
    Fish Kill
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2109EPA0001544

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

  28. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-05-01 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-05-01
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    70 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2105EPA0000596

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

  29. Material White Reached water2021-04-07 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-04-07
    What spilled
    Material White
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000474

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

  30. Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)2021-03-26 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-03-26
    What spilled
    Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2103EPA0000404

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

  31. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2021-03-04 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-03-04
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2103EPA0000287

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

  32. Oil Transformer Non Pcb Reached water2021-01-19 · Grove City
    Reported
    2021-01-19
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    72 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    01 - Crooked Creek
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2101EPA0000073

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

  33. Material Undetermined / Other2026-08-19 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-08-19
    What spilled
    Material Undetermined / Other
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001541

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

  34. Material Unknown2026-08-18 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-08-18
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001537

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

  35. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2026-08-04 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-08-04
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001418

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

  36. Acetic Acid / Vinegar2026-06-12 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-06-12
    What spilled
    Acetic Acid / Vinegar
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0001047

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

  37. Material Undetermined / Other2026-05-23 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-05-23
    What spilled
    Material Undetermined / Other
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000879

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

  38. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2026-04-27 · Grove City
    Reported
    2026-04-27
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    1 gallons
    Where
    Grove City, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000704

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
43123 Grove City 63% Scioto River intake at the plant on Dublin Rd, a few miles below Griggs Dam, opposite Marble Cliff 6.9 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1995 South-Western City · 3.5 stars overall 3.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Who holds office

OfficeNamePartyTerm endsContact
MAYOR ()Richard L. Stage
COUNCIL-AT-LARGE ()George J. Holinga
COUNCIL-AT-LARGE ()Jodi L. Burroughs
COUNCIL WARD ONE ()Ted A. Berry
COUNCIL WARD TWO ()Randy Holt
COUNCIL WARD THREE ()Alan Sturm
COUNCIL WARD FOUR ()Melissa Anderson
COUNCIL WARD FIVE ()Mohamed Omar

Roster as of 8/17/2026: county board of elections.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council at Large (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) George J. Holinga 7,472, 36.83%; Joel Newby 5,518, 27.2%; Julieann Burroughs 7,298, 35.97%
2025-11-04 Member of Council Ward 5 (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Candidate Withdrawn 854, 29.41%; Mohamed Omar 1,328, 45.73%; Write-in 722, 24.86%
2025-11-04 Member of Council Ward 3 Alan Sturm 2,346, 54.99%; Anthony Wilson 1,920, 45.01%
2025-11-04 Member of Council Ward 1 Greg Solt 1,524, 34.76%; Ted A. Berry 2,860, 65.24%
2023-11-07 GC For Member of Council at Large Aaron C. Schlabach 11,104, 40.93%; Jodi L. Burroughs 16,026, 59.07%
2023-11-07 GC For Member of Council (Ward 5) Candidate Withdrawn 2,040, 50.82%; Rodney W. Dew 1,974, 49.18%
2023-11-07 GC For Member of Council (Ward 4) Melissa J. Anderson 3,222, 53.31%; Roby Schottke 2,822, 46.69%
2023-11-07 GC For Member of Council (Ward 2) Randy L. Holt 4,198, 100.0%
2023-11-07 GC For Mayor Christine Houk 14,256, 44.38%; Richard L. Stage 17,868, 55.62%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Franklin County: 45 ZIP codes, 42 cities, villages and townships, 1,356,733 people.

Nearby places

Columbus Pleasant Township, Franklin County Jackson Township, Franklin County Urbancrest Franklin Township, Franklin County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
0.74 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
49.6 in
14.1 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
18.4 in
a normal year brings 17.5 in
a normal year
42.7 in
average of 23 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.74 — 28
September 2026 7.69 — 30
August 2026 10.34 — 31
July 2026 4.71 — 31
June 2026 4.97 — 30
May 2026 6.63 — 31
April 2026 3.17 — 30
March 2026 6.96 1.1 31
February 2026 2.84 4.1 28
January 2026 1.51 13.2 31
December 2025 2.49 11.0 31
November 2025 2.15 2.1 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 57.5 in
Driest year1934 — 23.1 in
Snowiest year1910 — 47.9 in
Wettest day on record14 September 1979 — 4.92 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day6 January 1910 — 9.61 in
Deepest snow on the ground9 February 1896 — 20.98 in

Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Grove City - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

47,863 days of records, 1893-06-01 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 Grove City: 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
181
those placed on the map inside Grove City
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge85
Hazardous waste33
Wetland and stream fill20
Air pollution15
Sewer and water-line construction8
Contaminated-site cleanup7
Public drinking water6
Site assessment2
State sewer loans2
Voluntary cleanup2
Medical waste1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
SWACO FRANKLIN COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL Air pollution permit
DARBYDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
BEULAH PARK DEVELOPMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BGB REALTY LLC, GROVE CITY Contaminated-site cleanup inspection
SWACO FRANKLIN COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL Air pollution permit
MEADOW GROVE RESERVE CONDOMINIUMS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
AMERICAN NITRILE GROVE CITY Air pollution director's orders
BGB REALTY LLC, GROVE CITY Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
SWACO FRANKLIN COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL Air pollution permit
HARRIS PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
HARRIS PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
MONTEREY CARE CENTER Public drinking water notice of violation
KIRKS FARM MARKET PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
KIRK WILLIAMS CO INC Air pollution report
RIESER BROTHERS INC Air pollution report
SWACO FRANKLIN COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL Air pollution permit
06024-1007 GROVE CITY WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HARRIS PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
HARRIS PROPERTY Wetland and stream fill permit
HOLTON RUN Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
06024-1014 GROVE CITY WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
GREEN OAKS OF GROVE CITY Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DARBYDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
GROVE CITY INN PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
DARBYDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PWS Public drinking water withdrawn

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 Grove City, Ohio in?

Grove City is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, with 41,416 residents.

When was Grove City, Ohio founded?

Grove City was settled 1803; laid out 1852; incorporated 1866. Founders on record: William Foster Breck platted the village; the underlying land belonged to his father-in-law, John Smith. Source

How did Grove City, Ohio get its name?

Local histories say the founders named the new village for the groves of trees left standing when the townsite was cleared for Breck's 1852 plat. Source

What ZIP code is Grove City, Ohio?

Most of Grove City is in ZIP code 43123.

Where does Grove City, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Grove City (Columbus Public Water System): Scioto River intake at the plant on Dublin Rd, a few miles below Griggs Dam, opposite Marble Cliff.

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