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North Royalton

City · Cuyahoga County · 31,322 residents · 2% municipal income tax

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Local events in North Royalton

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  1. Halloween

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  2. Trick or Treat

    6 to 8 p.m. · From City of North Royalton

  3. ESOL Class

    6 to 8:30 p.m. · North Royalton Branch · Free · From Cuyahoga County Public Library

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Deep dives about North Royalton

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How North Royalton began

Melzar Clark, who had arrived with Seth Paine in neighboring Brecksville Township in 1811, is recorded as the first settler within what became Royalton Township, formally organized on October 27, 1818 and named for the Vermont hometown of early settlers David and Knight Sprague. It stayed a farming and dairying township for more than a century -- Royalton Center held a town hall, three general stores, three churches and an Odd Fellows lodge -- renamed North Royalton in 1881 to distinguish it from another Royalton, Ohio, and incorporating as a village only in 1927 and a city in 1961. Its population then grew explosively in the postwar decades, from 1,262 in 1920 to 9,290 by 1960. North Royalton is now a residential Cleveland suburb of about 31,000, with the 1833 Greek Revival John M. Annis House on State Road and the 1855 Smith-Rutledge house, now the James Buckingham Museum, among its surviving 19th-century landmarks.

Settled 1811 (Melzar Clark), incorporated 1818-10-27 (township, formed; voted into existence 1818-11-06); 1927-04-04 (village); 1961 (city), by Melzar Clark; David and Knight Sprague.

Where the name comes from

The township was named after the Vermont hometown of two early settlers, David and Knight Sprague. It was renamed North Royalton Township in 1881 to distinguish it from another Royalton, Ohio, elsewhere in the state (Wikipedia's article on North Royalton gives this renaming as occurring sometime between about 1880 and 1890; both are given here since neither source pins an exact year with certainty).

Before the town

No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, trail or burial site within present North Royalton. The township lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve, secured for settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.

Timeline

  1. — Melzar Clark, who came from Western Massachusetts with Seth Paine and first settled in Brecksville Township, removes to Royalton not long after -- recorded elsewhere as the township's first white settler.
  2. — Robert Engle arrives in the township; a later township election is held at his home.
  3. — Royalton Township is formed (voted into existence November 6, 1818) as a division of Brecksville Township, named for the Vermont hometown of settlers David and Knight Sprague.
  4. — Jonathan Bunker erects the township's first single-framed dwelling; by 1827 several more frame homes have been built.
  5. — The township's first school is built; by 1830 the township is divided into four school districts.
  6. — The John M. Annis House, a Greek Revival farmhouse on State Road (State Route 94), is built.
  7. — The Smith-Rutledge house is built; it later becomes home to the James Buckingham Museum.
  8. — James Wyatt opens a cheese factory, part of the township's development as a dairy center.
  9. — The township is renamed North Royalton Township to distinguish it from another Royalton, Ohio.
  10. — The township's first public high school is built.
  11. — North Royalton's population is 1,262, still essentially a farming township.
  12. — North Royalton incorporates as a village, electing E.C. McCombs its first mayor.
  13. — North Royalton's population reaches 9,290, up 135.8 percent in a single decade.
  14. — North Royalton achieves city status.
  15. — The John M. Annis House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference 92000174).

Stories

A farm township that waited a century to become a suburb

Melzar Clark and Seth Paine settled Brecksville Township together in June 1811, but Clark soon moved on to the still-emptier land to the west that would become Royalton, formally organized in 1818 and named for the Vermont town David and Knight Sprague had left behind. The township grew as a dairying community -- Royalton Center's town hall, three general stores, three churches and Odd Fellows lodge served a population that reached its first framed schoolhouse only in 1829 and its first high school not until 1907 -- and did not even settle on its final name until 1881, when 'North' was added to distinguish it from another Royalton elsewhere in Ohio. The 1833 Greek Revival farmhouse built for John M. Annis on State Road, one of the township's oldest surviving buildings, stood through nearly all of that slow, rural stretch. The change, when it came, arrived fast: North Royalton's population was still just 1,262 in 1920, but by 1960 -- a single generation later, and only a year before the community became a city -- it had grown more than sevenfold to 9,290, part of the same postwar wave of Cleveland-suburb building that transformed dozens of once-rural Cuyahoga County townships in the same decades.

Photographs

The John M. Annis House, an 1833 Greek Revival farmhouse at 9271 State Road, North Royalton, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The John M. Annis House, an 1833 Greek Revival farmhouse at 9271 State Road, North Royalton, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (2015-06-13 (photograph); 1833 (building))
Photo: Nyttend (Wikimedia Commons), public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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

Historic places

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

  1. Annis, John M., HouseBuilding · North Royalton · listed 1992
    Address
    9271 State Rd.
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44133
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1992
    NRIS reference number
    92000174
    Coordinates
    41.34202, -81.72438

    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 Cuyahoga County on the full map

Water

Lake Erie, through a tunnel from an offshore crib to the lakefront plant at W. 45th St. and Division Ave. The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside North Royalton's boundary: 1 nursing home, 2 fire and EMS stations, 3 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 1 Superfund site, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 17 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (1)

  1. Diplomat Healthcare2 of 5 stars · North Royalton
    Address
    9001 W 130Th St, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Certified beds
    130
    Residents on an average day
    119
    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
    1 fine totalling $11,213 (latest 2024-10-10)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SABER HEALTHCARE GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 237-3104
    Medicare ID
    365432

    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 (2)

  1. North Royalton Fire Department Station 1North Royalton
    Address
    7000 Royalton Road, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Coordinates
    41.31409, -81.73642

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. North Royalton Fire Department Station 2North Royalton
    Address
    10100 York Road, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Coordinates
    41.33632, -81.75855

    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. North Royalton Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · North Royalton
    Address
    16400 State Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    School district
    North Royalton City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,503
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    67.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    90.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    000265
    NCES school ID
    390445401442

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

  2. North Royalton High School4.5 of 5 stars · North Royalton
    Address
    14713 Ridge Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    School district
    North Royalton City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,397
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    64.8
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    89.9%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98%
    Ohio building IRN
    010660
    NCES school ID
    390445401443

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

  3. North Royalton Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · North Royalton
    Address
    14709 Ridge Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    School district
    North Royalton City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,187
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    66
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    86.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    099416
    NCES school ID
    390445404363

    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. Royal Redeemer Lutheran SchoolPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · North Royalton
    Address
    11680 Royalton Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Kind
    religious, denomination-affiliated
    Students, 2023-24
    209
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    12.5
    Students per teacher
    16.72
    Phone
    (440) 237-7988
    NCES private school ID
    K9304359

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. St Albert the Great SchoolPrivate, Catholic · North Royalton
    Address
    6667 Wallings Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    774
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    36.3
    Students per teacher
    21.3223
    Phone
    (440) 237-1032
    NCES private school ID
    01603438

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. North Royalton Branch LibraryBranch · North Royalton
    Address
    5071 Wallings Road, North Royalton, OH 44133
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,501 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    29,909 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 237-3800

    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)

  1. North Royalton Historical SocietyHistorical society · North Royalton
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    North Royalton
    Coordinates
    41.32097, -81.74754

    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. North Royalton Historical Society MuseumHistorical society · North Royalton
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    North Royalton
    Coordinates
    41.31511, -81.73465

    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. North Royalton Police DepartmentNorth Royalton
    Address
    14000 Bennett Road, North Royalton, OH 44133
    Coordinates
    41.31419, -81.73795

    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)

  1. YMCA EV YMCA12 Level 2 · North Royalton
    Address
    11409 State Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    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.

Superfund sites (1)

  1. State Road N. Royalton Mercury SpillSuperfund program · North Royalton
    Address
    11755 State Road, North Royalton, OH 44133
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508541
    EPA registry ID
    110013798774

    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 (3)

  1. America, Metal RecyclingToxics Release Inventory · North Royalton
    Address
    13170 York Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_122
    EPA registry ID
    110070691856

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

  2. Heritage-Crystal Clean LlcToxics Release Inventory · North Royalton
    Address
    10012 Akins Rd, North Royalton, OH 44133
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_957
    EPA registry ID
    110070692083

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

  3. Praxair Distribution Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · North Royalton
    Address
    14788 York Rd., North Royalton, OH 44133
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44133NNCRB14788
    EPA registry ID
    110000387689

    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 (17)

  1. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-09-17 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2025-09-17
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2509EPA0001559

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

  2. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-06-18 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2025-06-18
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0000998

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

  3. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2024-12-20 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2024-12-20
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    15 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2412EPA0002054

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

  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-06-16 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2024-06-16
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    80 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0001015

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

  5. Sewage Human2023-10-17 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2023-10-17
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Largest amount reported
    300 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2310EPA0001785

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

  6. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-09-14 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2023-09-14
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2309EPA0001611

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

  7. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2023-05-09 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2023-05-09
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    18 - East Branch Rocky River
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000749

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

  8. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2023-04-20 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2023-04-20
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    18 - East Branch Rocky River
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000629

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

  9. Material Black2023-01-02 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2023-01-02
    What spilled
    Material Black
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2301EPA0000005

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

  10. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2021-08-29 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-08-29
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2108EPA0001362

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

  11. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2021-06-29 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-06-29
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Largest amount reported
    500 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000953

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

  12. Algae / Algae Bloom Reached water2021-06-01 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-06-01
    What spilled
    Algae / Algae Bloom
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000773

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

  13. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-05-26 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-05-26
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2105EPA0000734

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

  14. Oil Crude2021-05-24 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-05-24
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Where
    North Royalton, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2105EPA0000728

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

  15. Material Unknown Reached water2021-05-13 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-05-13
    What spilled
    Material Unknown; Material Blue
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2105EPA0000666

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

  16. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2021-01-21 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2021-01-21
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2101EPA0000090

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

  17. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-05-27 · North Royalton
    Reported
    2026-05-27
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    North Royalton, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000906

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44133 North Royalton 100% Lake Erie, through a tunnel from an offshore crib to the lakefront plant at W. 45th St. and Division Ave. 2.9 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1980 North Royalton City · 4.5 stars overall 0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

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 1 / 1 / 15; 2021 0 / 0 / 17; 2022 0 / 1 / 16; 2023 0 / 1 / 16; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 1 / 15.
  • Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-11-13
  • Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-08-06

The county

Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.

Nearby places

No nearby place shares a ZIP code with North Royalton in the atlas yet.

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on North Royalton, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.17 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
35.4 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
38.6 in
a normal year brings 67.8 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 2.17 — 28
September 2026 3.15 — 30
August 2026 5.98 — 31
July 2026 3.38 — 31
June 2026 3.21 — 30
May 2026 4.31 — 31
April 2026 6.46 0.0 30
March 2026 3.42 1.3 31
February 2026 0.91 9.8 28
January 2026 2.37 27.5 31
December 2025 2.67 15.7 31
November 2025 2.01 5.2 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year2011 — 66.3 in
Driest year1963 — 18.7 in
Snowiest year2005 — 108.5 in
Wettest day on record27 August 1903 — 4.85 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day23 February 1993 — 13.58 in
Deepest snow on the ground24 February 1993 — 20.98 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside North Royalton, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

56,914 days of records, 1871-01-01 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 North Royalton: 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
52
those placed on the map inside North Royalton
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge21
Hazardous waste11
State sewer loans7
Air pollution5
Wetland and stream fill4
Brownfield1
Contaminated-site cleanup1
Public drinking water1
Site assessment1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
THE ENCLAVE AT WINSLEY WAY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION Wetland and stream fill permit
THE ENCLAVE AT WINSLEY WAY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION Wetland and stream fill permit
THE ENCLAVE AT WINSLEY WAY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION Wetland and stream fill permit
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
THE RETREAT AT ALBION PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
BALDWIN CREEK CEDAR ESTATES DETENTION BASIN MODIFICATIONS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge report
VALLEAIRE GOLF COURSE PWS Public drinking water inspection
CHESAPEAKE DRIVE Wetland and stream fill permit
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
CHESAPEAKE DRIVE Wetland and stream fill permit
VALLEAIRE GOLF COURSE PWS Public drinking water inspection
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
BALDWIN CREEK CEDAR ESTATES DETENTION BASIN MODIFICATIONS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NORTH ROYALTON WWTP A State sewer loans
DUNKIN RESTAURANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CHESAPEAKE SUBDIVISION NO5 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HOME Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
LAVOIE PROPERTY Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit

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 North Royalton, Ohio in?

North Royalton is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 31,322 residents.

When was North Royalton, Ohio founded?

North Royalton was settled 1811 (Melzar Clark); incorporated 1818-10-27 (township, formed; voted into existence 1818-11-06); 1927-04-04 (village); 1961 (city). Founders on record: Melzar Clark; David and Knight Sprague. Source

How did North Royalton, Ohio get its name?

The township was named after the Vermont hometown of two early settlers, David and Knight Sprague. Source

What ZIP code is North Royalton, Ohio?

Most of North Royalton is in ZIP code 44133.

Where does North Royalton, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for North Royalton (Cleveland Public Water System): Lake Erie, through a tunnel from an offshore crib to the lakefront plant at W. 45th St. and Division Ave.

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