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How Huron began
Huron sits at the mouth of the Huron River on Lake Erie, a stretch of shoreline French-Canadian traders such as Gabriel Hunot and John Baptiste Flammand worked from the 1780s before Flammand built a trading post about two miles up the river around 1805. Huron Township organized in 1809, and the village was platted with port facilities at the river mouth in the early 1820s, becoming a major shipbuilding center by the 1830s and later a railroad and iron-ore port after the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad reached it in 1880. The river itself carries the name of the Wyandot (also called Huron), who held villages around Sandusky Bay through the late 1700s; a Moravian mission settlement called Petquotting stood on the river a few miles upstream between 1787 and 1791 and again after 1804, on ground that later became the village of Milan.
Settled c. 1805 (John Baptiste Flammand's trading post), platted 1821-1824, by grew from a river-mouth trading post into a platted port village.
Where the name comes from
Named for the Huron River, itself named for the Huron people, also called the Wyandot (sometimes rendered Wendot or Junundat), who held a number of villages around Sandusky Bay in the late 1700s. The name Huron appears on maps by at least 1778; earlier recorded names for the river included Guahadahuri (1755), Canesadooharie (1755) and Notowacy Thepy (1760).
Before the town
The Huron River takes its name from the Wyandot (Huron), who held multiple villages around Sandusky Bay in the late 1700s; the river's earlier recorded names -- Guahadahuri and Canesadooharie (1755) and Notowacy Thepy (1760) -- suggest still older Native usage before the Huron/Wyandot name became standard on maps by 1778. No source found records a Native village, mound or trail sited specifically at the river's mouth, where the city of Huron now stands. A few miles upriver, Moravian missionary David Zeisberger led a group of Christian-convert Native Americans to found the mission settlement of Petquotting on the Huron River in 1787; regional unrest forced them to Canada in 1791, but some returned in 1804 to resettle the same ground, which by 1817 had become the village of Milan -- covered in that unit's own file.
Nations recorded here: Wyandot.
- Petquotting (Moravian mission settlement) (village) — Huron River, about 3 miles north of present Milan (upstream of the city of Huron), 1787-1791, refounded 1804 (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — French-Canadian traders including Gabriel Hunot worked the lower Huron River.
- — Quebec-born trapper and trader John Baptiste Flammand established a trading post about two miles inland on the Huron River's east bank.
- — Huron Township was established.
- — A town plat was surveyed and port facilities were developed at the mouth of the Huron River.
- — Huron became a major Great Lakes shipbuilding center.
- — The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad began greatly expanding Huron's port on the east bank of the river.
- — The first cargo of iron ore was received at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad docks in Huron.
- — A photograph of the Huron lighthouse on Lake Erie was made, later digitized by the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
- — The City of Huron established its own water department and built its first filtration plant in 1909; the present square concrete Huron Harbor Light on the west pier was built in this era, though Wikipedia's own entry gives inconsistent construction and first-lit years for it (1939 built, 1936 first lit).
Stories
A river named twice, a mission remembered once
Long before Huron existed as a platted port, French-Canadian traders like Gabriel Hunot worked the river in the 1780s, trading with Wyandot and other Native families along a waterway that European maps had called Guahadahuri and Canesadooharie in the 1750s before the name Huron -- for the Wyandot people themselves -- became standard by 1778. A few miles upstream from where Huron's harbor now sits, the Moravian missionary David Zeisberger led a band of Christian-convert Native Americans to found the mission settlement of Petquotting on the river in 1787; regional violence during the years around the Northwest Indian War forced the mission to Canada in 1791, but some of its people returned in 1804 to resettle the same ground. That resettlement grew, by 1817, into the village of Milan -- meaning the Huron River carries, in a single name and a single watershed, both the memory of the Wyandot for whom it and Huron are named and the specific, dated history of one of Ohio's Moravian Indian missions.
Photographs
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jstuby, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
2 places in Huron on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Christ Episcopal ChurchBuilding · Huron · listed 1975
- Address
- Park and Ohio Sts.
- Where
- Huron, Erie County · ZIP 44839
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001379
- Coordinates
- 41.39594, -82.55492
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Huron SchoolBuilding · Huron · listed 2011
- Address
- 325 Ohio St.
- Where
- Huron, Erie County · ZIP 44839
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 2011
- NRIS reference number
- 11000366
- Coordinates
- 41.39526, -82.55933
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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.
Water
Lake Erie surface-water intake crib about 2,200 feet from shore, feeding a 36-inch line through a screen to a raw-water wet well on shore at the Huron WTP. The water here
- Huron City93% of residentsLake Erie
- Erie Co. Huron East District7% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Huron's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 4 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 4 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Admirals Pointe Nursing & Rehabilitation5 of 5 stars · Huron
- Address
- 1920 Cleveland Rd W, Huron, OH 44839
- Certified beds
- 90
- Residents on an average day
- 85
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 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
- (419) 433-4990
- Medicare ID
- 365968
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Huron Fire DepartmentHuron
- Address
- 413 Main Street, Huron, OH 44839
- Coordinates
- 41.39248, -82.55756
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (4)
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Huron High School5 of 5 stars · Huron
- Address
- 710 Cleveland Rd W, Huron, OH 44839
- School district
- Huron City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 377
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 22.4
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 89.9%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 100%
- Ohio building IRN
- 017194
- NCES school ID
- 390441301063
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Huron Sports AcademyHuron
- Address
- 712 Cleveland Rd E, Huron, OH 44839
- NCES school ID
- 391007010906
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McCormick Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Huron
- Address
- 325 Ohio St, Huron, OH 44839
- School district
- Huron City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 269
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 18.95
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 83.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 023473
- NCES school ID
- 390441301064
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Woodlands Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Huron
- Address
- 1810 Maple Ave, Huron, OH 44839
- School district
- Huron City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 529
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 29
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 91.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 064287
- NCES school ID
- 390441301066
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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Firelands Montessori AcademyPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Huron
- Address
- 329 Ohio St, Huron, OH 44839
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 61
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 11.9
- Students per teacher
- 5.12605
- Phone
- (419) 433-6181
- NCES private school ID
- K9304399
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St Peter Elementary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Huron
- Address
- 429 Huron St, Huron, OH 44839
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 97
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 11.6
- Students per teacher
- 8.36207
- Phone
- (419) 433-4640
- NCES private school ID
- 01060943
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (1)
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Huron Public LibraryCentral library · Huron
- Address
- 333 Williams St., Huron, OH 44839
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Huron Public Library
- Open
- 3,640 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 34,111 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 133,120
- System's loans, FY2024
- 169,325
- People the system serves
- 10,548
- Phone
- (419) 433-5009
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Heymann Historical SocietyHistorical society · Bellevue
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Bellevue
- Coordinates
- 41.38947, -82.55875
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.
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Huron Historical And Cultural CenterHistorical society · Huron
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Huron
- Coordinates
- 41.39224, -82.55864
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)
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Huron City Police DepartmentHuron
- Address
- 413 Main Street, Huron, OH 44839
- Coordinates
- 41.39244, -82.55764
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (4)
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Ardagh Metal Beverage Usa Inc (0322012011)Toxics Release Inventory · Huron
- Address
- 1608 Sawmill Parkway, Huron, OH 44839
- County
- Erie County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4483WRDGHM168SA
- EPA registry ID
- 110071092257
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ferro Corporation-Leglo OperationToxics Release Inventory · Huron
- Address
- 1710 Sawmill Parkway, Huron, OH 44839
- County
- Erie County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
- EPA program ID
- 44839FRRCR1710S
- EPA registry ID
- 110001628695
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Huron
- Address
- 900 Denton Drive, Huron, OH 44839
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4483WHMNTC9DENT
- EPA registry ID
- 110070290478
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Iac Huron (Fka Lear Corp.) (0322010214)Toxics Release Inventory · Huron
- Address
- 1608 Sawmill Pkwy, Huron, OH 44839
- County
- Erie County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44839SLLVN1608S
- EPA registry ID
- 110042089995
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 (2)
-
Fish Kill Reached water2021-03-11 · Huron
- Reported
- 2021-03-11
- What spilled
- Fish Kill
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Huron, Erie County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2103EPA0000319
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Paint Waste(S)2026-06-10 · Huron
- Reported
- 2026-06-10
- What spilled
- Paint Waste(S)
- Where
- Huron, Erie County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2606EPA0001026
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 Huron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44839 Huron | 56% | Lake Erie surface-water intake crib about 2,200 feet from shore, feeding a 36-inch line through a screen to a raw-water wet well on shore at the Huron WTP. | 4.9 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1973 | Huron City · 4.5 stars overall | 3.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Huron, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Sam Artino 1,449, 25.36%; William D. Biddlecombe 1,355, 23.71%; Joe Dike 1,494, 26.15%; Matt Grieves 1,416, 24.78% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council | Mark Joseph Claus 1,142, 23.63%; Sharon Gallagher 635, 13.14%; Glen A. Ginesi 741, 15.33%; Joel Davis Hagy 1,364, 28.22%; Monty Tapp 951, 19.68% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council | William D. Biddlecombe 563, 31.02%; Joe Dike 1,252, 68.98% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 0 / 2 / 15; 2021 0 / 0 / 17; 2022 1 / 2 / 14; 2023 1 / 2 / 14; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 1 / 15.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-05-21
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-10-22
The county
Erie County: 7 ZIP codes, 15 cities, villages and townships, 78,997 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Huron, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.23 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 34.4 in
- 2.4 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 19.4 in
- a normal year brings 29.5 in
- a normal year
- 37.6 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.23 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 2.95 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.99 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 4.61 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.34 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.68 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.22 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 2.97 | 0.0 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.30 | 3.8 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.14 | 15.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 1.98 | 6.4 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.46 | 0.3 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 56.6 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 19.5 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 81.2 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 7.33 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 14 February 2007 — 14.02 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 1 February 1978 — 22.25 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 2% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Huron - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,198 days of records, 1893-04-01 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 Huron: 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
- 28
- those placed on the map inside Huron
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- RYE BEACH ROAD SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Jul 21, 2026)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 7 |
| Air pollution | 5 |
| State water loans | 4 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 4 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 3 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 3 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| FOSTER 202 PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| DELETE-HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| HURON HARBOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| RYE BEACH ROAD SUBSTATION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| HURON HARBOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| RYE BEACH ROAD SUBSTATION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| NORTH COAST CREMATORY | Air pollution report | |
| BIRCHWOOD DRIVE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| HURON CITY PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| FOSTER 202 PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ERIE CO VERMILION W DISTRICT PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation |
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 Huron, Ohio in?
Huron is a city in Erie County, Ohio, with 6,922 residents.
When was Huron, Ohio founded?
Huron was settled c. 1805 (John Baptiste Flammand's trading post); laid out 1821-1824. Founders on record: grew from a river-mouth trading post into a platted port village. Source
How did Huron, Ohio get its name?
Named for the Huron River, itself named for the Huron people, also called the Wyandot (sometimes rendered Wendot or Junundat), who held a number of villages around Sandusky Bay in the late 1700s. Source
What ZIP code is Huron, Ohio?
Most of Huron is in ZIP code 44839.
Where does Huron, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Huron (Huron City): Lake Erie surface-water intake crib about 2,200 feet from shore, feeding a 36-inch line through a screen to a raw-water wet well on shore at the Huron WTP.
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