The story
Local history for this place is being researched county by county outward from Franklin County; here is what the records say.
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Amherst City41% of residentsLake Erie (mainly via Elyria)
- Oberlin Water Department30% of residentsWest Branch Black River, via Oberlin Upground Reservoir
- Rural Lorain Co. Water A17% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
- South Amherst Village5% of residentsLake Erie
- Wakeman Village4% of residentsLake Erie
- Northern Ohio Rural Water2% of residentsLake Erie
- Firelands Manor MHP1% of residentsLake Erie via Avon Lake Regional Water (blended with Rural Lorain Co. Water Authority supply)
- Erie Co. Vermilion District0% of residentsLake Erie
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Henrietta Township, Lorain County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44889 Wakeman Township and Wakeman | 6% | Mostly private wells | 5.9 pCi/L average radon | Parcel list only | Western Reserve Local · 3.5 stars overall | 7.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44074 Oberlin | 5% | West Branch Black River, via Oberlin Upground Reservoir | 3.6 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1960 | Oberlin City · 4.5 stars overall | 2.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44001 Amherst | 4% | Lake Erie, drawn through 24-inch and 42-inch intake pipes on the lake bottom about 1,500 feet offshore from Elyria's lakefront pumping plant, which is physically sited in Lorain | 4.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1971 | Amherst Exempted Village · 4 stars overall | 0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
The county
Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people.
Nearby places
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