Local events in Rittman
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How Rittman began
Rittman, in Milton Township at the northern edge of Wayne County, began as farms taken up from 1814 by William Doyle, John Coleman and Martin Fritz. The town itself began in 1869, when a railroad stop called Milton Station got its first house and, in 1870, its first store and post office. The post office was renamed Ellio in 1879, Arkona in 1880 and Rittman in 1881, the last for a railroad treasurer, Frederick B. Rittman. Salt found in 1897 brought the Wayne Salt Company (later Ohio Salt, then Morton Salt) and E. J. Young's Ohio Boxboard Company followed in 1903. Rittman had 6,131 residents in 2020 and is the site of the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.
Settled 1814 (William Doyle and John Coleman took title to land on July 23, 1814; Martin Fritz settled in Milton Township in June 1814), platted 1869-70 (as Milton Station; the plat date is not given in the sources checked), by Settlers William Doyle, John Coleman and Martin Fritz (1814); the railroad stop of 1869 was started by David Shook, who built its first house.
Where the name comes from
The city's own history page says Rittman was named for Fred (Frederick B.) Rittman, treasurer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, after the earlier name 'Arkona' was dropped because it was too like Akron, and lists the earlier names Ellio, Milton Station and New Prospect. The post office record fits the sequence of names (Milton Station 1870, Ellio 1879, Arkona 1880, Rittman from 1881), but not the city's account of the B&O station: the city says the station opened in 1888, yet the post office had been called Rittman since 1881. A news item surfaced in a search attributes the name to the treasurer of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio (later Erie) railroad instead; that article was not opened, so which railroad Frederick B. Rittman served is left open.
Before the town
No mound, village or treaty event is recorded at the site of Rittman itself. The earliest Milton Township accounts do record Native people close by. Douglass (1878) says the first settler, in 1813, was Isaac De Courcey, 'perceptibly possessed of Indian blood,' who lived on the later Knupp farm with his wife and two children, hunting and fishing, and left for Allen County in seven or eight years. Phillip Fritz, who came with his father in 1814, remembered hunting with Native men, who came to the Fritz house to trade venison for corn, and said there were 'a good many Indians about,' who 'called themselves Delawares, Shawanese and Wyandots,' with a town of perhaps thirty families on the south side of Chippewa Lake (in Medina County). He added that an Indian was found shot in the drift near where River Styx meets the Chippewa, and that about then the Native people 'got scared and very suddenly disappeared.' Fritz's account was given to the 1878 historian some sixty years later. Across Wayne County, the record names the Delaware (Lenape), Wyandot and Shawnee and three recorded trails.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Wyandot.
- Native town on the south side of Chippewa Lake (as remembered by Phillip Fritz) (village) — south shore of Chippewa Lake, Medina County, a day's hunting trip north of Milton Township, about 1814-1820, as remembered in 1878 (archive.org)
- Burial of a shot man in the drift near the mouth of River Styx (burial) — within about ten rods of where River Styx (the north branch of the Chippewa) enters the Big Chippewa, Milton Township, about 1814-1820, undated (archive.org)
Timeline
- — Isaac De Courcey, a man of Native descent, is living with his wife and two children on what is later the Knupp farm, the first settler in Milton Township.
- — On July 23 William Doyle and John Coleman take title to land in the area, and Martin Fritz moves in the previous month; eight families buy land within a month, according to the city.
- — William Doyle teaches the first school, in a log shanty where the Knupp church later stands; Sarah Fritz and her son Adam are the first deaths and are buried in the Knupp graveyard.
- — On October 5 the county commissioners organize Milton Township, after settler Jacob Kiefer's suggestion of 'Center Swamp Township' is turned down by Commissioner George Bair as an insult to the place.
- — David Shook builds the first house at Milton Station, on a corner of the quarter section that William Elliott transferred to his brother Thomas in 1829; the village is platted there.
- — In July C. M. Murdock opens the first business at Milton Station, and the post office is moved there from Shinersburg (New Prospect); Solomon Hann is the first postmaster, and Murdock is appointed on March 26, 1872.
- — On March 11 the boiler of Knupp & Co.'s sawmill near Shinersburg explodes and kills seven men.
- — The Milton Station post office is renamed Ellio.
- — The post office is renamed Arkona.
- — The post office takes the name Rittman, which it has kept since.
- — The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Railroad, later the B&O, opens a station in the town, according to the city's history.
- — Salt deposits found at Rittman lead to the founding of the Wayne Salt Company, later the Ohio Salt Company.
- — E. J. Young, who started the salt company, forms the Ohio Boxboard Company to package his salt and matches.
- — A private bank, the Rittman Savings Bank, is established in October.
- — Population recorded at 1,803.
- — The Ohio Salt Company merges with and takes the name of the Morton Salt Company.
- — Ohio Boxboard is acquired by the Packaging Corporation of America and later becomes Rittman Paperboard.
- — The Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, the second national cemetery in Ohio, is dedicated at Rittman.
- — Rittman Paperboard closes in early 2006, once employing over 1,200.
- — In October the national cemetery buys the adjoining Rawiga Country Club, adding about 150 acres for a total near 423.
Stories
Milton Station, Ellio, Arkona, Rittman
Shortly after the Civil War the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad (later the Erie) made a stop in the north end of Milton Township, and it was simply Milton Station: David Shook put up the first house in 1869, C. M. Murdock opened the first business in July 1870 and the post office was moved there from Shinersburg, the crossroads said to be named for the grocer Michael Hatfield, who in a drunken moment declared he would 'shine as bright as anybody' in heaven. From there the post office changed its name three times in two years: Ellio in 1879, Arkona in 1880, and in 1881 Rittman, after a railroad treasurer, Frederick B. Rittman. The city's account says Arkona was dropped for being too much like Akron. The story that the B&O named the station after Rittman in 1888 does not agree with the post office, which was already Rittman seven years earlier, so the town's own telling and the postal dates disagree.
Seven men and a sawmill boiler
On Friday afternoon, March 11, 1870, the steam boiler of Knupp & Co.'s sawmill near Shinersburg in Milton Township exploded and killed seven men. Jacob Knupp, John Fritz and the brothers Lewis and David Hoover had been running the mill; Robert McConnell, his son Frank, and a carpenter named David Shook, who were building a house a few rods west, had sheltered inside when rain came on. Less than ten minutes later the boiler let go. All were killed instantly except David Hoover, who lived a few hours. The 1878 county history names a David Shook as builder of the first house at Milton Station in 1869; whether it was the same man it does not say.
Salt, matches and boxboard
Rittman's twentieth-century growth came from what was under it. Salt deposits found in 1897 led to the Wayne Salt Company, which became the Ohio Salt Company and, in 1948, the Morton Salt Company. E. J. Young, who started the salt company and made matches at nearby Wadsworth, needed boxes for both products and formed the Ohio Boxboard Company in 1903. It was bought by the Packaging Corporation of America in 1965, later became Rittman Paperboard with more than 1,200 workers, and closed in early 2006; the salt plant, now Morton's, is still among the city's larger employers. The city counted 1,803 people in 1920 and 6,491 in 2010.
Phillip Fritz and the Indians at Chippewa Lake
Phillip Fritz was ten when his father, Martin, a Revolutionary veteran who had once been sold in New York to pay his passage, cut a road into Milton Township in 1814. Bears, wolves and wild hogs were plenty, and Native hunters traded venison for corn at the Fritz door. Once he went with Samuel and John Fritz, Isaac De Courcey and John Huffman to hunt at Chippewa Lake and was left to mind the food when eight Native men walked up, laid down their knives, guns and tomahawks beside his big fire, and told him in English that a white man was foolish to build a big fire and sit away from it: an Indian made a small fire and sat close. They jumped on muskrat houses to kill the animals as they came out, and when a beaver bolted from the largest one they killed it, whooped and danced. Fritz remembered the town on the lake's south side, perhaps thirty families, and that the Native people vanished suddenly after an Indian was found shot in the drift by River Styx.
Local history sources: archive.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · postalhistory.com · rittman.com · en.wikipedia.org · woosterdigital.org
Historic places
1 place in Rittman on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Gish FarmhousesBuilding · Rittman
- Address
- Gish Rd.
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County · ZIP 44270
- What it is
- Building
- Latest NPS certification action
- 1982
- NRIS reference number
- 13000897
- Coordinates
- 40.98246, -81.77369
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
City-owned well field in Milton Township near Sterling, west of Rittman (3 wells, ~1,150 gpm each feeding 120,000-gallon clear wells), plus an emergency backup well off Industrial Street behind the ball fields, north of Landis Ditch and west of… The water here
- Rittman City100% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Rittman's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 power plant, 5 public schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 1 shale or injection well, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 5 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Autumnwood Nursing & Rehab Center2 of 5 stars · Rittman
- Address
- 275 East Sunset Drive, Rittman, OH 44270
- Certified beds
- 75
- Residents on an average day
- 53
- 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 payment denial (latest 2025-05-27)
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- EMBASSY HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 927-2060
- Medicare ID
- 365563
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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Rittman Fire DepartmentRittman
- Address
- 33 East Ohio Avenue, Rittman, OH 44270
- Coordinates
- 40.97322, -81.78059
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.
Power plants (1)
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Morton Salt RittmanNatural gas · 2 MW
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Morton Salt Inc
- Sector
- Industrial CHP
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2015
- EIA plant code
- 54335
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.
Public schools (5)
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Rittman AcademyRittman
- Address
- 100 Saurer St, Rittman, OH 44270
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 40
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 4
- NCES school ID
- 390036604903
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Rittman Early Learning CenterRittman
- Address
- 131 N Metzger Ave, Rittman, OH 44270
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 28
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- NCES school ID
- 391002806049
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Rittman Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Rittman
- Address
- 131 N Metzger Ave, Rittman, OH 44270
- School district
- Rittman Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 371
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 26.75
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 79.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 038687
- NCES school ID
- 391002802294
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Rittman High School4.5 of 5 stars · Rittman
- Address
- 50 Saurer St, Rittman, OH 44270
- School district
- Rittman Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 242
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 17.07
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 85.3%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 100%
- Ohio building IRN
- 031831
- NCES school ID
- 391002802292
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Rittman Middle School4 of 5 stars · Rittman
- Address
- 50 Saurer St, Rittman, OH 44270
- School district
- Rittman Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 186
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 16.59
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 77.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 011734
- NCES school ID
- 391002802293
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 (1)
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East Ohio Ave. over River StyxPoor · built 1955
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1955
- Length
- 32 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 3,738
- Coordinates
- 40.97495, -81.77250
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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Rittman BranchBranch · Rittman
- Address
- 75 N. Main Street, Rittman, OH 44270
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Wayne County Public Library
- Open
- 2,496 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 14,137 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 367,900
- System's loans, FY2024
- 1,989,812
- People the system serves
- 105,271
- Phone
- (330) 925-2761
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)
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Rittman Historical SocietyHistorical society · Rittman
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Rittman
- Coordinates
- 40.97767, -81.79486
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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Rittman Police DepartmentRittman
- Address
- 33 East Ohio Avenue, Rittman, OH 44270
- Coordinates
- 40.97310, -81.78060
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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Premier GMC DC fast1 DC fast · RITTMAN
- Address
- 2000 EASTERN RD, RITTMAN, OH 44270
- Ports
- 1 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS
- Network
- EV Connect
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 866-816-7584
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.
Shale and injection wells (1)
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Morton Salt Inc (Smp #5) 59 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Morton Salt Inc
- County
- Wayne County
- API well number
- 34169256730000
- Coordinates
- 40.95832, -81.77621
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)
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Caraustar Mill Group, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Rittman
- Address
- 100 Industrial Ave, Rittman, OH 44270
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44270RTTMN100IN
- EPA registry ID
- 110000389053
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Flint Ink CorpToxics Release Inventory · Rittman
- Address
- 55 Industrial St, Rittman, OH 44270
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
- EPA program ID
- 44270SNCLR55IND
- EPA registry ID
- 110002111465
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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H&R MaterialsToxics Release Inventory · Rittman
- Address
- 64 Sterling Ave, Rittman, OH 44270
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- TRI_OFFSITE_920
- EPA registry ID
- 110070691911
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Luke Engineering & Mfg CoToxics Release Inventory · Rittman
- Address
- 11 Pipestone Dr., Rittman, OH 44270
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44270LKGRM11PIP
- EPA registry ID
- 110000389044
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Morton Salt RittmanToxics Release Inventory · Rittman
- Address
- 151 S Industrial St, Rittman, OH 44270
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44270MRTNS151SI
- EPA registry ID
- 110001627366
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 (5)
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Material Unknown Reached water2025-12-14 · Rittman
- Reported
- 2025-12-14
- What spilled
- Material Unknown
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2512EPA0001997
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pesticide(S) Nos (Not Specified)2025-06-10 · Rittman
- Reported
- 2025-06-10
- What spilled
- Pesticide(S) Nos (Not Specified)
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2506EPA0000948
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sodium Chloride (Nacl) / Road Salt / Halite2024-07-09 · Rittman
- Reported
- 2024-07-09
- What spilled
- Sodium Chloride (Nacl) / Road Salt / Halite
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2407EPA0001155
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material White Reached water2022-07-14 · Rittman
- Reported
- 2022-07-14
- What spilled
- Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2207EPA0001066
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sodium Chloride (Nacl) / Road Salt / Halite Reached water2021-07-28 · Rittman
- Reported
- 2021-07-28
- What spilled
- Sodium Chloride (Nacl) / Road Salt / Halite
- Largest amount reported
- 50,000 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 85 - Little Chippewa Creek
- Where
- Rittman, Wayne County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001139
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 Rittman, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
Local government
Who holds office in Rittman, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 4 of 5 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 1.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-06 | Issue: None (1.0 mills, renewal) | 324 | 165 | Passed (66.26% for) |
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 7: Proposed Tax Levy Rittman City (levy type not on the results report) | 46 | 30 | Passed (60.53% for), unofficial |
| 2023-05-02 | Issue: None | 314 | 379 | Failed (45.31% for) |
| 2019-11-05 | 18: 18 Proposed Tax Levy City of Rittman | 18 | 5 | Passed (78.26% for) |
| 2019-11-05 | 19: 19 Proposed Tax Levy City of Rittman | 17 | 6 | Passed (73.91% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council (unofficial count) | David Fensch 12, 16.44%; Sonya Hayward 21, 28.77%; Nicholas Huff 21, 28.77%; Donald W. Sweigert 19, 26.03% |
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council (this county's part) | David Fensch 644, 18.91%; Sonya Hayward 812, 23.84%; Nicholas Huff 966, 28.36%; Donald W. Swigert 984, 28.89% |
| 2025-11-04 | Mayor (unofficial count) | Charles Rudy Arnold 30, 81.08%; Grover W. Jacobs 2, 5.41%; Dru Zeppelin Sexton 5, 13.51% |
| 2025-11-04 | Mayor (this county's part) | Charles Rudy Arnold 802, 58.58%; Grover W. Jacobs 88, 6.43%; Dru Zeppelin Sexton 479, 34.99% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council (unofficial count) | G. Kevin Bower 20, 20.41%; Amanda Nelson 21, 21.43%; Richard Schumacher 25, 25.51%; Melissa Shows 32, 32.65% |
| 2023-11-07 | City Council (this county's part) (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | G. Kevin Bower 813, 20.54%; Amanda Nelson 909, 22.96%; Richard Schumacher 1,067, 26.95%; Melissa Shows 1,170, 29.55% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council (unofficial count) | Joshua Carey 12, 40.0%; Kenneth B. Park 7, 23.33%; Chuck Wyatt 11, 36.67% |
| 2021-11-02 | Mayor (unofficial count) | Bill Robertson 12, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council | Amanda Nelson 14, 24.56%; Melissa Shows 18, 31.58%; Brian Smith 9, 15.79%; David Williams 16, 28.07% |
| 2017-11-07 | Mayor | William J. Robertson 20, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Council | Joshua Carey 16, 32.65%; Philip M. Decker 12, 24.49%; Rick P. Hanlon 10, 20.41%; Leah A. Weirick 11, 22.45% |
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): 2019 0 / 1 / 16; 2020 0 / 1 / 16; 2021 0 / 2 / 15; 2022 1 / 4 / 12; 2023 0 / 4 / 13; 2024 0 / 2 / 15.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-07-07
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-09-03
The county
Wayne County: 15 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 124,210 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Rittman, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.79 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 38.3 in
- 4.0 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 30.7 in
- a normal year brings 39.0 in
- a normal year
- 40.2 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.79 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 4.37 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.74 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 4.56 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.49 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.87 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 7.33 | 0.2 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.47 | 1.5 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.85 | 8.8 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.81 | 20.3 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.29 | 12.1 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.52 | 3.6 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 58.9 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1991 — 24.0 in |
| Snowiest year | 2010 — 74.1 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 6.33 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 9 November 1913 — 17.43 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 9 November 1913 — 18.72 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Rittman, 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.
48,628 days of records, 1893-01-01 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 Rittman: 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
- 49
- those placed on the map inside Rittman
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Voluntary cleanup | 17 |
| Hazardous waste | 7 |
| Site assessment | 6 |
| Air pollution | 4 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 4 |
| State water loans | 3 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| State sewer loans | 2 |
| Cessation Of Regulated Operations | 1 |
| Industrial landfills | 1 |
| Source-water protection | 1 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| RITTMAN PAPERBOARD WEST OF THE RIVER STYX | Voluntary cleanup technical help | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| RITTMAN-STAR 69KV TLINE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| MORTON SALT INC | Air pollution permit | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SWISS WOODCRAFT INC | Air pollution inspection | |
| RITTMAN-STAR 69KV TLINE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| UNILOCK OHIO INC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water letter | |
| RITTMAN CITY PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, RITTMAN | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| RITTMAN CITY 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 Rittman, Ohio in?
Rittman is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, with 6,135 residents.
When was Rittman, Ohio founded?
Rittman was settled 1814 (William Doyle and John Coleman took title to land on July 23, 1814; Martin Fritz settled in Milton Township in June 1814); laid out 1869-70 (as Milton Station; the plat date is not given in the sources checked). Founders on record: Settlers William Doyle, John Coleman and Martin Fritz (1814); the railroad stop of 1869 was started by David Shook, who built its first house. Source
How did Rittman, Ohio get its name?
The city's own history page says Rittman was named for Fred (Frederick B.) Rittman, treasurer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, after the earlier name 'Arkona' was dropped because it was too like Akron, and lists the earlier names Ellio, Milton Station and New Prospect. Source
What ZIP code is Rittman, Ohio?
Most of Rittman is in ZIP code 44270.
Where does Rittman, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Rittman (Rittman City): City-owned well field in Milton Township near Sterling, west of Rittman (3 wells, ~1,150 gpm each feeding 120,000-gallon clear wells), plus an emergency backup well off Industrial Street behind the ball fields, north of Landis Ditch and west of….
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