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Minerva

Village · Stark County · 3,765 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in Minerva

12 events in the next 90 days from 5 public calendars. All local events in Minerva

  1. Storytime & Book Beginnings – Minerva Public Library

    10:30 to 11 a.m. · Minerva Public Library · From Village of Minerva

  2. Bingo at the Minerva Senior Center

    1 to 3 p.m. · Minerva Senior Center · From Village of Minerva

  3. Sit & Stitch Fiber Arts Group – Minerva Public Library

    2:30 to 3:30 p.m. · Minerva Public Library · From Village of Minerva

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Minerva began

Minerva lies on Sandy Creek in the southeast corner of Stark County, partly also in Carroll and Columbiana counties. John Pool and John Whiteacre (Whitacre) laid it out about 1835 and, by Perrin's 1881 county history, gave it the classical name of the goddess Minerva to make it a rival of Paris; Wikipedia instead says Whitacre named it for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor. Whiteacre built the first house and a grist mill on the creek, and a post office with John Pool as postmaster was established February 8, 1828. The Sandy & Beaver Canal brought early trade and the railroads, the Pennsylvania's Tuscarawas Branch and the Connotton Valley, a lasting economy; the Pennock brothers' car shops built early steel railroad cars, according to Wikipedia. The village was incorporated in 1862 (Wikipedia) and had 565 residents in 1880 and 3,684 in 2020.

Settled 1818 (Whitacre's mill, per Wikipedia), platted c. 1835 (Perrin and Lehman); 1833 established (Wikipedia), incorporated 1862 (Wikipedia), by John Pool and John Whiteacre.

Where the name comes from

Perrin's 1881 county history says John Pool and John Whiteacre, to give the town prominence and make it a competitor of Paris, called it by the classical name of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Wikipedia says Whitacre named the town for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor. The two accounts differ.

Before the town

No Native American village, mound, or treaty site specific to Minerva is recorded here. The village sits on Sandy Creek in the area of Stark County ceded by the Treaty of Greenville (1795).

Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware).

Timeline

  1. — Surveyor John Whitacre buys 125 acres from Isaac Craig and builds a log mill on Sandy Creek, the nucleus of the future village.
  2. — A post office named Minerva is established on February 8 with John Pool as postmaster, according to Perrin's list of early post offices.
  3. — The settlement around Whitacre's mill is formally established as Minerva.
  4. — John Pool and John Whiteacre lay out Minerva about this year to compete with Paris; Whiteacre builds the first house and Bennett Perdue builds a house in which he keeps the village's only tavern for years.
  5. — Whiteacre completes a grist mill powered by Sandy Creek, the first in the village (Lehman gives 1836, Perrin's scan reads 1830); a man named Tabor opens the first store, followed by John Christmas and John Pool.
  6. — The Pennsylvania Railroad replaces the Sandy and Beaver Canal as the village's main economic driver.
  7. — Minerva's first schoolhouse is completed, according to Wikipedia; we found no other source for it.
  8. — Minerva incorporates as a village, according to Wikipedia; we found no other source for it.
  9. — A newspaper is established in Minerva by R. K. Watson; the Weaver Brothers take it in 1872 and it stops in 1877.
  10. — Minerva becomes a special school district and builds a graded school, on the Carroll County side of the line, under Prof. S. D. Cameron.
  11. — Perrin counts a large flour mill (Davis Brothers), a planing mill, the Pennock Brothers' car shops, four general stores, four hotels, four churches, a bank and the new Minerva Monitor, first issued May 20, 1881; Brown Lodge No. 235 of the Masons had given up its charter in 1880.
  12. — The Minerva News, the village's weekly newspaper, charges one dollar for an annual subscription.
  13. — Lehman reports a new high school building completed on the Stark County side in 1916; the largest industry is the Highland Milk Condensing Company, with a bank, flour mill, hardware manufacturer and planing mill.
  14. — The census counts 2,261 residents, up 62 percent from 1,396 in 1910; the village peaks at 4,549 in 1980.

Stories

A mill built for a niece becomes a steel-car pioneer

Wikipedia says John Whitacre bought 125 acres on Sandy Creek from Isaac Craig in 1818 and built a log mill, around which the town grew up; it was established as Minerva in 1833, and the town was named, Wikipedia says, for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor. Perrin's 1881 county history instead dates the laying out to about 1835 by John Pool and John Whiteacre, who gave it the classical name of Minerva. The village's fortunes were tied first to the Sandy and Beaver Canal and then to the railroads. Wikipedia credits Willard and Isaac Pennock with a patent for the first steel railroad car built in the United States.

A goddess to rival Paris

Perrin's county history is dry about how the town got its name. John Pool and John Whiteacre laid out the village about 1835 where Sandy Creek offered water power, and Paris, a few miles north in the same township, had already been booming for several years. To give the new town prominence and make it a successful competitor, the history says, they chose the classical name of Minerva, the daughter of Jupiter, who sprang from his brain fully armed after he swallowed his wife Metis, and the goddess of wisdom and patron of literature. Perrin remarks that her namesake on the Sandy resembles her in her support of the county history. Whiteacre built the first house and, in the mid-1830s, a grist mill; Bennett Perdue built a tavern in 1835; and Pool, who had held the Minerva post office since 1828, opened a store. Wikipedia tells a different story, that Whitacre named it for his niece Minerva Ann Taylor, and the sources do not settle it.

Photographs

The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad's Minerva station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad's Minerva station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2010)
Photo: Roseohioresident, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Locator map of Minerva village within Stark County
Locator map of Minerva village within Stark County (2015)
Photo: Ruhrfisch and Nyttend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org · archive.org

Historic places

1 place in Minerva on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Wheeling and Lake Erie RR Minerva StationBuilding · Minerva · listed 1992
    Address
    301 Valley St.
    Where
    Minerva, Carroll County · ZIP 44657
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1992
    NRIS reference number
    92001246
    Coordinates
    40.72592, -81.10450

    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.

Every historic place in Stark County on the full map

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Minerva's boundary: 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 Superfund site, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 12 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Arbors at Minerva4 of 5 stars · Minerva
    Address
    400 Carolyn Court, Minerva, OH 44657
    Certified beds
    92
    Residents on an average day
    73
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    ARBORS AT OHIO
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 868-4104
    Medicare ID
    365674

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Minerva Rehabilitation and Nursing Center4 of 5 stars · Minerva
    Address
    1035 East Lincolnway, Minerva, OH 44657
    Certified beds
    32
    Residents on an average day
    18
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    EPHRAM LAHASKY
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 868-4147
    Medicare ID
    366187

    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)

  1. Minerva Fire DepartmentMinerva
    Address
    505 East Lincolnway, Minerva, OH 44657
    Coordinates
    40.73146, -81.09836

    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 (3)

  1. Minerva Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Minerva
    Address
    130 Bonnieview Ave, Minerva, OH 44657
    School district
    Minerva Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    774
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    39.88
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    80.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    023077
    NCES school ID
    390498903736

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

  2. Minerva High School3.5 of 5 stars · Minerva
    Address
    501 Almeda Ave, Minerva, OH 44657
    School district
    Minerva Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    447
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25.86
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    79%
    Four-year graduation rate
    97.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    025056
    NCES school ID
    390498903737

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

  3. Minerva Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Minerva
    Address
    600 E Line St, Minerva, OH 44657
    School district
    Minerva Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    422
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20.82
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    025031
    NCES school ID
    390498903735

    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)

  1. Minerva Area Christian SchoolPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · Minerva
    Address
    300 W Lincolnway, Minerva, OH 44657
    Kind
    religious, denomination-affiliated
    Students, 2023-24
    74
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8
    Students per teacher
    9.25
    Phone
    (330) 868-5728
    NCES private school ID
    A0108657

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Over the RainbowPrivate, nonsectarian · Minerva
    Address
    841 Lynnwood Dr, Minerva, OH 44657
    Kind
    nonsectarian
    Students, 2023-24
    8
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    2
    Students per teacher
    4
    Phone
    (330) 206-8070
    NCES private school ID
    A2302209

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Bridges rated poor (1)

  1. Grant Boulivard over Big Sandy CreekPoor · built 1964
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1964
    Length
    27 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    250
    Coordinates
    40.72313, -81.10414

    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)

  1. Minerva Public LibraryCentral library · Minerva
    Address
    677 Lynwood Dr., Minerva, OH 44657
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Minerva Public Library
    Open
    2,340 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    24,279 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    56,628
    System's loans, FY2024
    197,415
    People the system serves
    11,782
    Phone
    (330) 868-4101

    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 (1)

  1. Steam Railroad MuseumMuseum · Minerva
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Minerva
    Coordinates
    40.72390, -81.10833

    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. Minerva Police DepartmentMinerva
    Address
    209 North Market Street, Minerva, OH 44657
    Coordinates
    40.72931, -81.10343

    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.

Superfund sites (1)

  1. Trw Inc - Minerva Plant NPLSuperfund, NPL · Minerva
    Address
    3860 Union Ave Se, Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Stark County
    Status
    On the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD004179339
    EPA registry ID
    110000390611

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

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)

  1. Colfor Mfg Machining Div Minerva OperationsToxics Release Inventory · Minerva
    Address
    461 Knox Ct., Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Carroll County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44657CLFRM461DA
    EPA registry ID
    110000390595

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

  2. General Color & Chemical CoToxics Release Inventory · Minerva
    Address
    Rear 604 Valley Street, Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Carroll County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44657GNRLCREAR6
    EPA registry ID
    110000390602

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

  3. General Color & Chemical Co IncToxics Release Inventory · Minerva
    Address
    350 Bridge St, Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Carroll County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44657GNRLC35BRI
    EPA registry ID
    110025332913

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

  4. Imperial Aluminum - Minerva, LlcToxics Release Inventory · Minerva
    Address
    217 Roosevelt Ave, Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Carroll County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    44657MNRVL217RO
    EPA registry ID
    110006232512

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

  5. Trw Inc - Minerva PlantToxics Release Inventory · Minerva
    Address
    3860 Union Ave Se, Minerva, OH 44657
    County
    Stark County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44657PCCRF3860U
    EPA registry ID
    110000390611

    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 (12)

  1. Milk2025-08-12 · Minerva
    Reported
    2025-08-12
    What spilled
    Milk; Material Unknown; Material White
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001355

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

  2. Milk2024-10-03 · Minerva
    Reported
    2024-10-03
    What spilled
    Milk
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2410EPA0001696

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

  3. Waste Water2024-08-21 · Minerva
    Reported
    2024-08-21
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2408EPA0001443

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

  4. Waste Water2024-08-05 · Minerva
    Reported
    2024-08-05
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2408EPA0001344

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

  5. Food Grade Product Liquid2024-02-20 · Minerva
    Reported
    2024-02-20
    What spilled
    Food Grade Product Liquid
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2402EPA0000264

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

  6. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2023-12-02 · Minerva
    Reported
    2023-12-02
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002007

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

  7. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2023-10-13 · Minerva
    Reported
    2023-10-13
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2310EPA0001770

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

  8. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2023-09-19 · Minerva
    Reported
    2023-09-19
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2309EPA0001631

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

  9. Waste Water2023-08-30 · Minerva
    Reported
    2023-08-30
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001530

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

  10. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-07-14 · Minerva
    Reported
    2022-07-14
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc; Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Minerva, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2207EPA0001068

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

  11. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc Reached water2022-05-16 · Minerva
    Reported
    2022-05-16
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    1,500 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    76 - Sandy Creek
    Where
    Minerva, Stark County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2205EPA0000717

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

  12. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2026-08-31 · Minerva
    Reported
    2026-08-31
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Minerva, Carroll County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001627

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44657 Minerva 38% Mostly private wells 9.0 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1957 Minerva Local · 3.5 stars overall 6.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2016: 3 of 6 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2025-11-04 Issue: Village of Minerva 25293Passed (73.04% for)
2024-11-05 Issue: Village of Minerva Tax Levy Parks 12Failed (33.33% for)
2024-11-05 Issue: Village of Minerva 488374Passed (56.61% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: Village of Minerva Tax Levy Parks 01Failed
2023-11-07 Issue: Village of Minerva Tax Levy Senior Center 10Passed (100.0% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: Village of Minerva (Senior Center) 387158Passed (71.01% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: Village of Minerva (Parks) 365181Passed (66.85% for)
2022-05-03 Issue: Village of Minerva Charter 143102Passed (58.37% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Village of Minerva, Senior Center 629278Passed (69.35% for)
2020-04-28 Issue: Sandy Creek/Minerva Fire 584477Passed (55.04% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: Sandy Creek/Minerva Fire 637709Failed (47.33% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: Village of Minerva Parks 234180Passed (56.52% for)
2018-11-06 Issue: Village of Minerva, Senior Center 493170Passed (74.36% for)
2018-11-06 Issue: Village of Minerva, Recreational 392275Passed (58.77% for)
2016-11-08 Issue: Village of Minerva, Senior Center 624234Passed (72.73% for)
2016-03-15 Issue: Village of Minerva Income Tax 273260Passed (51.22% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council, UTE 12-31-2027 Bob Harris 272, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council Christine M. Coe 156, 24.0%; Alex Gotschall 218, 33.54%; Jennifer L. Jordan 88, 13.54%; Aaron Stoller 188, 28.92%
2025-11-04 Mayor, UTE 12-31-2027 Mason J. Boldizar 315, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Member of Council Matthew Kishman 1, 100.0%; Nathan Meadows 0
2023-11-07 Mayor Timothy N. Tarbet 1, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Mayor Timothy N. Tarbet 481, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Council Matthew Kishman 475, 54.16%; Nathan Meadows 402, 45.84%
2021-11-02 Member of Council Mason Boldizar 1, 50.0%; Joe Frazier 0; Jennifer Jordan 1, 50.0%; Nicholas Willoughby 0
2021-11-02 Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Mason Boldizar 198, 42.13%; Joe Frazier 122, 25.96%; Jennifer Jordan 108, 22.98%; Nicholas Willoughby 42, 8.94%
2019-11-05 Mayor Timothy N. Tarbet 314, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Matthew W. Kishman 331, 44.43%; Nathan Meadows 198, 26.58%; Patrick C. Snow 47, 6.31%; Rebecca Stoller 169, 22.68%
2017-11-07 Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Dennis Clapper 207, 29.03%; Elliott C. Hannen 188, 26.37%; Cyndy Lawson 136, 19.07%; John Shipman 182, 25.53%
2015-11-03 Mayor James Waller 498, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Marsha K. Bishop 112, 11.19%; Jason P. Fescemyer 144, 14.39%; John R. Shipman 166, 16.58%; Rebecca M. Stoller 270, 26.97%; Timothy Neil Tarbet 309, 30.87%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Stark County: 34 ZIP codes, 36 cities, villages and townships, 374,115 people.

Nearby places

Paris Township, Stark County West Township, Columbiana County Brown Township, Carroll County Augusta Township, Carroll County Washington Township, Stark County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.74 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
42.5 in
7.2 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
29.7 in
a normal year brings 35.9 in
a normal year
41.5 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.74 — 28
September 2026 5.76 — 30
August 2026 7.49 — 31
July 2026 5.96 — 31
June 2026 3.27 — 30
May 2026 5.44 — 31
April 2026 5.30 0.1 30
March 2026 4.53 2.7 31
February 2026 0.92 5.5 28
January 2026 2.05 21.5 31
December 2025 2.86 10.9 31
November 2025 1.64 0.3 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year1990 — 53.2 in
Driest year1991 — 25.4 in
Snowiest year2010 — 68.3 in
Wettest day on record22 October 1919 — 3.79 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day20 April 1901 — 16.75 in
Deepest snow on the ground20 April 1901 — 22.86 in

Mostly estimated. Only 1% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Minerva - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,750 days of records, 1893-01-01 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 Minerva: 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
22
those placed on the map inside Minerva
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Contaminated-site cleanup9
Hazardous waste6
Air pollution2
Public drinking water1
Site assessment1
Source-water protection1
State sewer loans1
Wastewater and stormwater discharge1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
IMPERIAL ALUMINUM - MINERVA LLC Air pollution permit
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
IMPERIAL ALUMINUM - MINERVA LLC Air pollution permit
IMPERIAL ALUMINUM - MINERVA LLC Air pollution permit
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
IMPERIAL ALUMINUM - MINERVA LLC Air pollution permit
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
MINERVA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
IMPERIAL ALUMINUM-MINERVA LLC Air pollution permit
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
MINERVA PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC Hazardous waste report
MINERVA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
MINERVA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
TRW INC MINERVA PLT Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response

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 Minerva, Ohio in?

Minerva is a village in Stark County, Ohio, with 3,765 residents.

When was Minerva, Ohio founded?

Minerva was settled 1818 (Whitacre's mill, per Wikipedia); laid out c. 1835 (Perrin and Lehman); 1833 established (Wikipedia); incorporated 1862 (Wikipedia). Founders on record: John Pool and John Whiteacre. Source

How did Minerva, Ohio get its name?

Perrin's 1881 county history says John Pool and John Whiteacre, to give the town prominence and make it a competitor of Paris, called it by the classical name of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Source

What ZIP code is Minerva, Ohio?

Most of Minerva is in ZIP code 44657.

Where does Minerva, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Minerva (Minerva Village): Mostly private wells.

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Cracked Buckeye, "Minerva, Stark County", https://crackedbuckeye.com/place/minerva/, built 2026-10-31, accessed [date].

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