Local events in Lisbon
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History from Lisbon
People and inventions tied to this place, each with its sources. All people · All inventions
How Lisbon began
Lisbon was platted February 16, 1803, by Baptist minister Lewis Kinney as New Lisbon, named for the Portuguese capital, and became Columbiana County's seat the same year the county organized; it shortened its name to Lisbon in 1895. It published the Ohio Patriot, described as Ohio's first newspaper, from 1809 to 1833, and hosted a short-lived, locally controversial communal religious group, the Spirit Fruit Society, from 1899 until hostility over its beliefs on marriage forced it out in 1904. Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan surrendered nearby in July 1863, and the village later gave the country future Supreme Court Justice John Hessin Clarke, Senator and campaign strategist Mark Hanna, and Congressman Clement Vallandigham. Lisbon remains a small county-seat village of under 3,000 people, its courthouse square still anchoring downtown.
Settled 1803, platted 1803-02-16, incorporated 1825-02-07, by Lewis Kinney.
Where the name comes from
Platted in 1803 as New Lisbon, for Lisbon, Portugal; the village shortened its name to Lisbon in 1895.
Before the town
No source reviewed names a specific Native American village, camp or burial site within present Lisbon's boundaries. The village was platted in 1803, after the region's Native land claims had been ceded under the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and confirmed by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. The county-wide record includes the killing near nearby West Point (in neighboring Madison Township) remembered as the last local bloodshed between Native people and settlers, in 1797 or 1798.
Timeline
- — Lewis Kinney plats New Lisbon.
- — New Lisbon becomes the seat of the newly organized Columbiana County.
- — The Ohio Patriot begins publishing in New Lisbon, described as Ohio's first newspaper.
- — New Lisbon incorporates as a village.
- — Dr. Leonard Hanna, an abolitionist and temperance advocate, builds the house on East High Street later known as the Hanna-Kenty House, boyhood home of his son Mark Hanna.
- — Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan is finally captured near West Point, a few miles from New Lisbon, ending Morgan's Raid.
- — The Columbiana County Courthouse is built on Lisbon's public square.
- — Jacob L. Beilhart founds the Spirit Fruit Society, a communal religious group, in New Lisbon.
- — Local hostility over the Spirit Fruit Society's beliefs on marriage, including a threatened tar-and-feathering, drives the group to relocate to Chicago.
- — New Lisbon shortens its name to Lisbon.
- — Lisbon establishes the annual Johnny Appleseed Festival.
Stories
A prophet, a farm and a scandal in New Lisbon
In 1896 Jacob L. Beilhart returned to his native Ohio, and by 1899 he had settled in New Lisbon and founded the Spirit Fruit Society, a small intentional community built on his belief that people were underdeveloped 'plants' who had not yet borne their final spiritual fruit. About a dozen members shared property and labor communally -- women managing the household, men working the farm -- rejecting personal ownership in favor of what they called free gifts, given without expectation of return. The society survived peacefully enough for five years, incorporating formally as a religious body in 1901, until its views on marriage and free love drew sustained local hostility and press coverage; when a warning began circulating that members might be tarred and feathered, the group judged its position in New Lisbon untenable and relocated to Chicago in late 1904. Remarkably, the community Beilhart had started in a Columbiana County village outlasted him by more than two decades, surviving until 1930 in Illinois and then California -- longer than most American utopian experiments of its era.
The boyhood home of a kingmaker
Dr. Leonard Hanna, an abolitionist and temperance advocate, built a Federal-style house on East High Street in New Lisbon in 1838, and it was there that his son Marcus 'Mark' Hanna grew up before going on to become one of the most powerful political operators of the Gilded Age -- the industrialist and U.S. Senator who managed William McKinley's presidential campaigns and chaired the Republican National Committee, in the process more or less inventing the modern template for a national campaign manager. The house, remodeled in 1907 and later known as the Hanna-Kenty House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, a modest reminder that one of the men who shaped how American presidents get elected started out in a county-seat village bedroom in New Lisbon.
Photographs
Photo: Roseohioresident (Wikimedia Commons), CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tichnor Bros., Inc. (Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers collection), public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Lisbon Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (6 wells)
- Columbiana County-county Home Rd0% of residentsEast Cold Run Reservoir & Spring Valley Reservoir (Cold Run Creek)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Lisbon's boundary: 2 health centers, 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 public schools, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 2 museums, 2 police stations, 1 public charging site, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Community health centers (2)
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DBA LISBON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERHealth center · Lisbon
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lisbon
- Coordinates
- 40.78613, -80.77173
Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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THE COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTERHealth center · Lisbon
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lisbon
- Coordinates
- 40.78581, -80.77202
Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.
Nursing homes (1)
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Vista Center, The2 of 5 stars · Lisbon
- Address
- 100 Vista Drive, Lisbon, OH 44432
- Certified beds
- 54
- Residents on an average day
- 46
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 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
- CONTINUING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 424-5852
- Medicare ID
- 366087
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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Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department Station 27Lisbon
- Address
- 113 South Jefferson Street, Lisbon, OH 44432
- Coordinates
- 40.77174, -80.76662
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 (2)
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David Anderson Jr/Sr High School3.5 of 5 stars · Lisbon
- Address
- 260 W Pine St, Lisbon, OH 44432
- School district
- Lisbon Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 400
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 25.75
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 68.7%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 95.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 008136
- NCES school ID
- 390454502221
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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McKinley Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Lisbon
- Address
- 441 E Chestnut St, Lisbon, OH 44432
- School district
- Lisbon Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 325
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 23
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 80.2%
- Ohio building IRN
- 023820
- NCES school ID
- 390454502223
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.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Market St over Middle Fork Little BeavePoor · built 1900
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1900
- Length
- 46 ft
- Owner
- City
- Vehicles a day
- 160
- Coordinates
- 40.76891, -80.76752
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pricthard Avenue over Trib of Little Beaver CrPoor · built 1930
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1930
- Length
- 16 ft
- Owner
- City
- Vehicles a day
- 200
- Coordinates
- 40.77474, -80.75938
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Public libraries (1)
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Lepper LibraryCentral library · Lisbon
- Address
- 303 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon, OH 44432
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Lepper Library
- Open
- 2,816 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 14,747 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 29,588
- System's loans, FY2024
- 68,212
- People the system serves
- 57,268
- Phone
- (330) 424-3117
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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Columbiana County Archives And Research CenterHistorical society · Lisbon
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Lisbon
- Coordinates
- 40.77112, -80.76812
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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Lisbon Historical SocietyHistorical society · Lisbon
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Lisbon
- Coordinates
- 40.77108, -80.76649
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 (2)
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Columbiana County Sheriff's OfficeLisbon
- Address
- 105 South Market Street, Lisbon, OH 44432
- Coordinates
- 40.77193, -80.76865
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lisbon Village Police DepartmentLisbon
- Address
- 203 North Market Street, Lisbon, OH 44432
- Coordinates
- 40.77352, -80.76842
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 (1)
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COLUMBIANA PORT AUTHORITY2 Level 2 · Lisbon
- Address
- 7860 Dickey Dr, Lisbon, OH 44432
- 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 (1)
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Albco Foundry and Machine, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Lisbon
- Address
- 230 W. Maple St., Lisbon, OH 44432
- County
- Columbiana County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44432LBCFN230WM
- EPA registry ID
- 110000389669
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 (4)
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Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)2025-09-09 · Lisbon
- Reported
- 2025-09-09
- What spilled
- Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)
- Where
- Lisbon, Columbiana County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2509EPA0001525
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Asbestos2023-03-17 · Lisbon
- Reported
- 2023-03-17
- What spilled
- Asbestos
- Where
- Lisbon, Columbiana County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000395
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-06-10 · Lisbon
- Reported
- 2022-06-10
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Lisbon, Columbiana County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000875
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2026-07-11 · Lisbon
- Reported
- 2026-07-11
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Where
- Lisbon, Columbiana County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2607EPA0001258
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 Lisbon, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44432 Elkrun Township and Lisbon | 21% | Mostly private wells | 6.7 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Lisbon Exempted Village · 3.5 stars overall | 1.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Lisbon, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 2 of 2 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Issue: Lisbon Village Tax Levy Fire | 485 | 267 | Passed (64.49% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue: Lisbon Village Tax Levy Cemetery | 404 | 339 | Passed (54.37% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council | Linda Donnalley 492, 57.21%; Zachary Smith 368, 42.79% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Board of Public Affairs | Barbara Bailey 415, 48.77%; William H. Hoover 436, 51.23% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Dawn M. Thomas 304, 40.05%; Peter Wilson 455, 59.95% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Jerry A. Cox 259, 20.03%; Tom Darcy 202, 15.62%; Don Grimm 192, 14.85%; Melissa M. Hiner (REP) 242, 18.72%; Tammy Roberts 188, 14.54%; Susan Temple 210, 16.24% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
The county
Columbiana County: 20 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 106,075 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Lisbon, day by day, from 1892 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.87 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 44.6 in
- 9.8 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 30.3 in
- a normal year brings 33.8 in
- a normal year
- 40.8 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.87 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 5.72 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 7.70 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 6.56 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.53 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.50 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 4.84 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.33 | 4.1 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.11 | 6.6 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.40 | 19.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.76 | 9.6 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.08 | 0.0 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 1898 — 57.5 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1991 — 26.4 in |
| Snowiest year | 1895 — 80.8 in |
| Wettest day on record | 9 September 2004 — 4.57 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 2 December 1974 — 17.67 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 29 November 1950 — 22.49 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Lisbon - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,976 days of records, 1892-09-01 to 2026-10-29. 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 Lisbon: 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
- 34
- those placed on the map inside Lisbon
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| State sewer loans | 17 |
| Air pollution | 3 |
| Hazardous waste | 2 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 2 |
| State water loans | 2 |
| Landfills | 1 |
| Scrap tires | 1 |
| Source-water protection | 1 |
| Toxic Release Inventory | 1 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| ELKTON WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells inspection | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells monitoring results | |
| ALBCO FOUNDRY AND MACHINE INC | Air pollution report | |
| KENSINGTON AREA SEWER PROJECT | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells inspection | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells monitoring results | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells inspection | |
| COLUMBIANA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS | Scrap tires cleanup response | |
| ELKTON WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| ELKTON WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| COLUMBIANA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS | Scrap tires cleanup response | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells monitoring results | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter | |
| COLUMBIANA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS | Scrap tires cleanup response | |
| LISBON BRD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS WTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells inspection | |
| BP #06221 LISBON | Underground injection wells monitoring results | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| ELKTON WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | State water loans | |
| LISBON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report |
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 Lisbon, Ohio in?
Lisbon is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, with 2,598 residents.
When was Lisbon, Ohio founded?
Lisbon was settled 1803; laid out 1803-02-16; incorporated 1825-02-07. Founders on record: Lewis Kinney. Source
How did Lisbon, Ohio get its name?
Platted in 1803 as New Lisbon, for Lisbon, Portugal; the village shortened its name to Lisbon in 1895. Source
What ZIP code is Lisbon, Ohio?
Most of Lisbon is in ZIP code 44432.
Where does Lisbon, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Lisbon (Lisbon Village): Mostly private wells.
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