Local events in Sharon Township, Medina County
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How Sharon Township, Medina County began
Sharon Township carries Medina County's oldest human story: the Paleo Crossing site, a Clovis-culture hunting camp excavated by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in the early 1990s near Sharon Center, among the earliest documented traces of people anywhere in the Americas. The township itself was organized far later and under a different name, first as Hart & Mathers Township and then briefly as Gask Township -- a name a surveyor gave it that lasted only three months before settlers renamed it Sharon in 1829, formally reorganized by the state legislature in 1830-31. Sharon Center supported one of the county's most respected 19th-century schools, the Sharon Academy, chartered in 1836. Today the township surrounds the census-designated place of Sharon Center and shares its southern edge with the city of Wadsworth.
Incorporated 1830-1831 (renamed and reorganized as Sharon Township by act of the state legislature; formally organized April 1831), by originally organized as Hart & Mathers Township, then briefly Gask Township before settlers chose Sharon.
Where the name comes from
The township was first organized as Hart & Mathers Township, then briefly renamed Gask Township by a surveyor -- a name that lasted only three months before settlers chose to rename it Sharon instead. The Ohio Legislature made the change official in 1830, and the township formally organized as Sharon Township in April 1831. Four townships in Ohio share the name Sharon.
Before the town
Sharon Township holds the oldest documented human presence anywhere in Medina County: the Paleo Crossing site, on private land near the junction of Ridgewood and State Roads close to Sharon Center, where a local collector's discovery of Clovis-style spearheads led the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to excavate more than 10,000 artifacts between 1990 and 1993, including two or three post holes suggesting a structure and refuse-pit charcoal. The excavators' original radiocarbon date of about 10,980 years before present (roughly 9,000 BC) would make it one of the oldest confirmed sites of human activity in the Americas, but a 2020 re-analysis concluded the site's age should be treated as unconfirmed rather than settled; roughly 80 percent of the stone tools recovered were made from Wyandotte chert quarried some 500 miles away in southern Indiana, pointing to a wide-ranging social and trade network among these earliest Ohioans. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1992. No Native site from the later historic period (18th-19th century Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Chippewa or Potawatomi presence) has been documented specifically within Sharon Township; the county-level history file carries the fuller historic-era treaty context.
Nations recorded here: Paleo-Indian (Clovis culture).
- Paleo Crossing site (camp) — near the junction of Ridgewood and State Roads, Sharon Township, on private land near Sharon Center, Paleo-Indian/Clovis material culture; originally dated to about 10,980 BP (c. 9,000 BC), now treated by a 2020 re-analysis as undated; excavated 1990-1993 by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; listed on the National Register of Historic Places July 30, 1992 (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — Clovis-culture people camp at what becomes the Paleo Crossing site near Sharon Center, leaving spearheads, blades and post holes later excavated by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; a 2020 re-analysis has since questioned this original dating.
- — Settlers rename the township, then called Gask Township by a surveyor for only three months, to Sharon.
- — The Ohio Legislature formally changes the township's name to Sharon by act.
- — Sharon Township formally organizes under its new name.
- — Sharon Academy is chartered and a two-story building erected in Sharon Center, gaining a wide reputation for quality secondary education; enrollment reaches as many as 112 students before it is later replaced by a publicly funded high school.
- — The original Sharon Academy building is torn down to make room for a Universalist Church, and another building is fitted out for instruction.
- — The Matthew Chandler House, south of Sharon Center, is built (added to the National Register of Historic Places March 30, 1978).
- — The Cleveland Museum of Natural History excavates the Paleo Crossing site, recovering more than 10,000 Clovis-era artifacts.
- — The Paleo Crossing site is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Stories
Ohio's Oldest Known Campsite
In the late 1980s, a local collector walking a freshly turned field near Sharon Center noticed something unusual: not the scattered arrowheads farmers routinely find, but a concentration of finely worked stone points in a distinctive fluted style. When Dr. David Brose, then curator of archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, examined them, he recognized Clovis points -- the signature tool of some of the very first people known to have lived in the Americas. The museum excavated the site, since named Paleo Crossing, from 1990 to 1993, recovering more than 10,000 artifacts across roughly four acres, along with two or three post holes that hint at a temporary shelter and pits full of refuse and charcoal. Unusually for a Clovis site, roughly 80 percent of the stone tools were made from a chert quarried some 500 kilometers away in southern Indiana -- physical evidence that the small band camped here belonged to a hunting and trading network that spanned much of the eastern half of the continent. The excavators' original dating put the camp at nearly 11,000 years old, among the oldest confirmed human sites in the Americas, though a 2020 scientific re-analysis has since called that specific age into question -- a reminder that even a site this well studied can still have its story revised.
A Name That Didn't Survive Three Months
Sharon Township went through more names in its first years than almost any other in Medina County. Early organizers first called it Hart & Mathers Township, then a surveyor renamed it Gask Township -- a name so unpopular, or so arbitrary, that it lasted barely three months before the settlers themselves overruled it and adopted Sharon instead. It took another year for the state legislature to make the change official in 1830, and the township did not formally reorganize under its lasting name until April 1831. What the settlers built once the naming settled down endured rather better: Sharon Academy, chartered in 1836, grew into one of the county's most respected schools, drawing as many as 112 students to Sharon Center before the rise of publicly funded high schools eventually made a private academy unnecessary.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · cmnh.org · medinaco.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Historic places
1 place in Sharon Township, Medina County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Chandler, Matthew, HouseBuilding · Sharon Center · listed 1978
- Address
- S of Sharon Center at 6908 Ridge Rd.
- Where
- Sharon Center, Medina County · ZIP 44281
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1978
- NRIS reference number
- 78002134
- Coordinates
- 41.08657, -81.73609
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
Mostly private wells The water here
- Wadsworth City69% of residentsLocal groundwater wells (sandstone bedrock + Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer)
- Medina Co/northwest19% of residentsLake Erie
- Medina City12% of residentsLake Erie
- Medina Co/sharon-wadsworth0% of residentsLocal groundwater wells (sandstone bedrock + Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer)
- Rural Lorain Co. Water A0% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Sharon Township, Medina County's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 college, 1 power plant, 1 high-hazard dam, 1 public school, 1 private school, 2 museums, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Sanctuary Wadsworth5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
- Address
- 365 Johnson Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
- Certified beds
- 79
- Residents on an average day
- 67
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 335-1558
- Medicare ID
- 365428
- Map point
- the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)
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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Sharon Township Fire DepartmentWadsworth
- Address
- 1274 Sharon Copley Road, Wadsworth, OH 44281
- Coordinates
- 41.09834, -81.73299
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.
Colleges (1)
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Hamrick SchoolFor-profit career school · Medina
- What it is
- For-profit career school
- City
- Medina
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 241
- IPEDS unit ID
- 369950
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.
Power plants (1)
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Wadsworth IPS RTO BTMPetroleum · 11 MW
- Capacity
- 11 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Wadsworth, Medina County
- Generating units
- 4
- Built
- 2023
- EIA plant code
- 66453
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.
High-hazard dams (1)
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Ridgewood Lake Dam PoorYellow Creek · condition: poor
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 11/04/2021)
- River or stream
- Yellow Creek
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 12 ft
- Storage
- 50 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1965
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Medina County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Ghent
- Last inspection
- 11/04/2021
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH02713
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.
Public schools (1)
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Sharon Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
- Address
- 6216 Ridge Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
- School district
- Highland Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 666
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 32
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 97.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 034132
- NCES school ID
- 390484903277
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 (1)
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Northside Christian AcademyPrivate, conservative Christian · Wadsworth
- Address
- 7615 Ridge Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
- Kind
- conservative Christian
- Students, 2023-24
- 185
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 30.6
- Students per teacher
- 6.04575
- Phone
- (330) 336-4622
- NCES private school ID
- A0902588
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Akron Canton And Youngstown Railroad Historical SocietyHistorical society · Sharon Center
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Sharon Center
- Coordinates
- 41.09910, -81.73676
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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Norhteast Ohio MuseumMuseum · Medina
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Medina
- Coordinates
- 41.08888, -81.77591
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)
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A Schulman Inc Specialty Compounding DivToxics Release Inventory · Sharon Center
- Address
- 1475 Wolf Crk Trl, Sharon Center, OH 44274
- County
- Medina County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44274SCHLM1475W
- EPA registry ID
- 110002111474
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Amercan WeldquipToxics Release Inventory · Sharon Center
- Address
- 1375 Wolf Creek Trail, Sharon Center, OH 44274
- County
- Medina County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 4427WMRCNW1375W
- EPA registry ID
- 110070550778
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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M&G Polymers Usa LlcToxics Release Inventory · Sharon Center
- Address
- 6951 Ridge Road, Sharon Center, OH 44274
- County
- Medina County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44274MGPLY6951R
- EPA registry ID
- 110012175029
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Rfd Beaufort Inc Formerly Inflatable Survival Systems, IncToxics Release Inventory · Sharon Center
- Address
- 1420 Wolf Creek Trail, Sharon Center, OH 44274
- County
- Medina County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44274NFLTB1420W
- EPA registry ID
- 110004705515
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sfs Intec IncToxics Release Inventory · Medina
- Address
- 5201 Portside Dr, Medina, OH 44256
- County
- Medina County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 4425WSFSNT521PR
- EPA registry ID
- 110059454068
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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Material White Reached water2023-04-04 · Sharon Twp
- Reported
- 2023-04-04
- What spilled
- Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 52 - Wolf Creek
- Where
- Sharon Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000512
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-11-30 · Granger Twp
- Reported
- 2021-11-30
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 900 gallons
- Where
- Granger Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2111EPA0001795
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-03-26 · Sharon Twp
- Reported
- 2021-03-26
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 20 gallons
- Where
- Sharon Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2103EPA0000406
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2026-06-05 · Sharon Twp
- Reported
- 2026-06-05
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 10 gallons
- Where
- Sharon Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2606EPA0000995
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 Sharon Township, Medina County, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44274 Sharon Township and Sharon Center | 100% | Mostly private wells | Too few radon tests | Median year built 1955 | Highland Local · 5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44281 Wadsworth | 13% | City wells drawing from local sandstone bedrock aquifers plus a well field roughly 6.5 miles away in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, tapping the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer | 3.8 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1977 | Wadsworth City · 4.5 stars overall | 1.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44256 Medina | 2% | Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant | 3.7 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1992 | Medina City · 4 stars overall | 0.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Sharon Township, Medina County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2020: 4 of 4 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Issue: Sharon Twp Fire Tax Levy Ren'l | 1,007 | 439 | Passed (69.64% for), unofficial |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 10: Proposed Tax Levy Sharon TwP Sharon Twp (levy type not on the results report) | 1,871 | 936 | Passed (66.65% for), unofficial |
| 2021-11-02 | 20: 20 Proposed Tax Levy Sharon Twp | 804 | 427 | Passed (65.31% for), unofficial |
| 2020-11-03 | 21: 21 Proposed Tax Levy Sharon Twp | 2,511 | 1,342 | Passed (65.17% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | Joe Canestraro 772, 43.35%; Kimberly Bolas Miller 1,009, 56.65% |
| 2025-11-04 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | Nino Piccoli 964, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | Brian Guccion 1,957, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Township Fiscal Officer (unofficial count) | Christine Lawson 1,925, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | Joe Canestraro 630, 30.07%; Johnathan Easton 186, 8.88%; Kimberly Bolas Miller 922, 44.01%; Jon Sommer 357, 17.04% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Trustee | Brian Guccion 701, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | Christine Lawson 693, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Trustees | Kim Bolas Miller 1,468, 58.05%; Jim Berry 290, 11.47%; Joe Canestraro 306, 12.1%; Donald Hammond 82, 3.24%; James Sherman 64, 2.53%; F. Jeffrey Stroup 159, 6.29%; John Winland 129, 5.1% |
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.
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-10-17
The county
Medina County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 180,994 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Sharon Township, Ohio in?
Sharon Township, Medina County is a township in Medina County, Ohio, with 5,966 residents.
When was Sharon Township, Ohio founded?
Sharon Township, Medina County was incorporated 1830-1831 (renamed and reorganized as Sharon Township by act of the state legislature; formally organized April 1831). Founders on record: originally organized as Hart & Mathers Township, then briefly Gask Township before settlers chose Sharon. Source
How did Sharon Township, Ohio get its name?
The township was first organized as Hart & Mathers Township, then briefly renamed Gask Township by a surveyor -- a name that lasted only three months before settlers chose to rename it Sharon instead. Source
What ZIP code is Sharon Township, Ohio?
Sharon Township, Medina County is served by ZIP codes 44274, 44281 and 44256; 44274 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Sharon Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Sharon Township, Medina County (Wadsworth City): Mostly private wells.
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