Sheffield

Village · Lorain County · 4,135 residents · 2% municipal income tax

Lorain County

Local events in Sheffield

Sheffield itself has 1 event posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Sheffield

  1. Varsity Boys' Wrestling @ Brookside High School/Middle School vs Avon High School vs Brooklyn High School/Middle School vs

    10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. · Brookside High School/Middle School > Brookside High School (Western Reserve Middle/High School) · From Western Reserve Local School District

  2. Teen Baking

    2 to 3 p.m. · Domonkas Branch · Sheffield Lake · 2.1 mi · From Lorain Public Library

  3. Let's Cook: Soulful Holiday Side Dishes

    6 to 7:30 p.m. · Domonkas Branch · Sheffield Lake · 2.1 mi · From Lorain Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Sheffield began

Sheffield was settled by New England families in 1815 as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, in the township that became in 1824 the first organized in Lorain County. The village itself formed after a 1933 vote by the northern and southern parts of Sheffield Lake to separate; Wikipedia gives 1817 as its date of establishment. It stayed small, with 733 people in 1940, until suburban growth after 2000 lifted it to 4,135 in 2020. The baseball pitcher Lee Richmond, credited with the first perfect game in the major leagues, was born here.

Settled 13 November 1815 (Capt. Joshua Smith and son Douglas, in the township), incorporated 1933 (separated from the village of Sheffield Lake by vote), by Capt. Joshua Smith.

Where the name comes from

Sheffield is the township's name, brought by Capt. Jabez Burrell and Capt. John Day, who bought the township in January 1815 and came from Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; the Sheffield Lake city website also says many early settlers came from Sheffield, Massachusetts.

Before the town

No Native site is recorded in the village.

Timeline

  1. — Capt. Joshua Smith and his son Douglas make the first permanent settlement in Sheffield Township on 13 November, near lot 64 on French Creek.
  2. — Wikipedia lists Sheffield village as established in 1817.
  3. — Erastus Hecock moves into the township; at an early date he builds the mills at Sheffield.
  4. — Sheffield Township, including the future village, is organized as the first township of Lorain County.
  5. — Charles Chaney builds the first gristmill on the Black River.
  6. — Jay Terrell opens the Lake Breeze summer resort, the township's only hotel.
  7. — Lorain annexes land west of the Black River, including the later Johnson Steel Company site.
  8. — The Lorain and Cleveland Electric Railway begins scheduled service on 6 October through the township, with flag stops named for farm owners such as Chapman's, Greene's and Rothgery.
  9. — Residents of the northern and southern parts of the village of Sheffield Lake vote to separate, creating Sheffield Village south of Sheffield Lake.
  10. — Population is recorded at 733.
  11. — Population reaches 1,664, up from 1,147 in 1950.
  12. — Population jumps to 2,949 from 1,943 in 1990, then to 3,982 in 2010 and 4,135 in 2020.
  13. — The Sheffield Historical Society holds its first trustees' meeting on 13 July, after a 2003 pioneer-life exhibit; its Sheffield History Center occupies an early-1900s farmhouse on Detroit Road.
  14. — The historical society publishes a 432-page Bicentennial History of Sheffield, Ohio, 1815-2015.

Stories

A bear, a boy and an elm

The Sheffield story that every schoolchild once knew, if the 1879 county history is right, is the one about Peter Miller and the bear. Miller, seventeen, was walking home to his father's farm in Avon through the woods when a she-bear with cubs came at him. He shinned up a small elm; she followed; he kicked her down, and she climbed again, and a third time, until both fell together. He escaped with his feet torn up and no shoes, and the neighbors never found the bear. William Day told it in an address, and the historian added that it appeared in McGuffey's readers.

The township that kept splitting

Sheffield began as one big township, and then pieces left. In 1894 Lorain annexed land west of the Black River, including the site of the Johnson Steel Company. In 1920 residents east of the river voted to leave and form the village of Sheffield Lake. In 1933 the northern and southern parts of the village voted to separate, and the south became Sheffield Village. The county's first-organized township was now shared among the city of Lorain, the city of Sheffield Lake, the village of Sheffield and a 2.42-square-mile unincorporated remainder.

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org · lakeshorerailmaps.com · sheffieldlake.net · sheffieldvillage.com · sheffieldlake.net

Historic places

4 places in Sheffield on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Burrell, Jabez and Robbins, House and Cheese FactoryBuilding · Sheffield Township · listed 1976
    Address
    N of Lorain off OH 301
    Where
    Sheffield Township, Lorain County · ZIP 44054
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001471
    Coordinates
    41.45490, -82.10555
  2. Garfield, Halsey, HouseBuilding · Sheffield · listed 1978
    Address
    4789 Detroit Rd.
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County · ZIP 44054
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002116
    Coordinates
    41.42197, -82.09290
  3. Garfield, Milton, HouseBuilding · Sheffield · listed 1978
    Address
    4921 Detroit Rd.
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County · ZIP 44054
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002117
    Coordinates
    41.42318, -82.08789
  4. Sheffield Village HallBuilding · Sheffield · listed 1978
    Address
    Detroit Rd.
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County · ZIP 44035
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002118
    Coordinates
    41.42143, -82.09253

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 Lorain County on the full map

Water

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Sheffield's boundary: 1 dialysis center, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 college, 4 public schools, 1 museum, 1 police station, 4 public charging sites, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 5 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Dialysis centers (1)

  1. Fmc - Elyria Renal Care GroupDialysis · Elyria
    Address
    5316 Hoag Drive H Mcdonald Dialysis Ctr, Elyria, OH 44035
    Dialysis stations
    20
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
    Shift starting after 5 pm
    Yes
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    1979-11-08
    Phone
    (440) 934-5700
    Medicare ID
    362589

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Sheffield Village Fire DepartmentSheffield Village
    Address
    4340 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    Coordinates
    41.46037, -82.10722

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)

  1. Ohio Business College-SheffieldFor-profit two-year college · Sheffield Village
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Sheffield Village
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    381
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $9,385
    Graduation rate
    71% within three years (a class of 38)
    IPEDS unit ID
    203720

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.

Public schools (4)

  1. Brookside High School3.5 of 5 stars · Sheffield Village
    Address
    1662 Harris Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    School district
    Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    461
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    30.83
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    80.2%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    003830
    NCES school ID
    390447601619
  2. Brookside Intermediate School3.5 of 5 stars · Sheffield Village
    Address
    1812 Harris Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    School district
    Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    425
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21.65
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    76%
    Ohio building IRN
    001628
    NCES school ID
    390447601624
  3. Brookside Middle School4 of 5 stars · Sheffield Village
    Address
    1662 Harris Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    School district
    Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    253
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    16.34
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    73.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    034280
    NCES school ID
    390447601622
  4. Sheffield AcademySheffield Village
    Address
    2180 Lake Breeze Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    144
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    9
    NCES school ID
    391004110857

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.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)

  1. Sheffield Historical SocietyHistorical society · Sheffield Village
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Sheffield Village
    Coordinates
    41.42894, -82.09341

    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. Sheffield Village Police DepartmentSheffield Village
    Address
    4340 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    Coordinates
    41.46072, -82.10763

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 (4)

  1. I-90 Nissan1 Level 2 · Sheffield Village
    Address
    5013 Detroit Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    Dealership business hours
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    440-934-6001
  2. Mike Bass Ford L2 Public DC fast2 DC fast · 2 Level 2 · Sheffield
    Address
    5050 Detroit Road, Sheffield, OH 44035
    Ports
    2 DC fast · 2 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546
  3. Sheetz - Tesla Supercharger DC fast8 DC fast · Sheffield
    Address
    5295 Detroit Road, Sheffield, OH 44054
    Ports
    8 DC fast
    Plugs
    Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla
    Hours
    24 hours daily. Please check Tesla's online station map to see if an adapter is required at this location.
    Phone
    877-798-3752
  4. Sheffield Crossing Station (Sheffield, OH) DC fast4 DC fast · Sheffield
    Address
    5231 Detroit Rd, Sheffield, OH 44054
    Ports
    4 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    Electrify America
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    833-632-2778

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)

  1. Energy Coatings CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Lorain
    Address
    3100 E 31St St, Lorain, OH 44055
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44055NRGYC3100E
    EPA registry ID
    110002110313
  2. Metokote Corp Plant 9Toxics Release Inventory · Sheffield Lake
    Address
    5477 Evergreen Pky, Sheffield Lake, OH 44054
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44035MTKTC5477E
    EPA registry ID
    110000385431
  3. Northfield An Oldcastle CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Sheffield Lake
    Address
    5190 Oster Rd, Sheffield Lake, OH 44054
    County
    Lorain County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4405WNRTHF519ST
    EPA registry ID
    110071434332
  4. Oldcastle Apg SheffieldToxics Release Inventory · Sheffield
    Address
    5190 Oster Rd, Sheffield, OH 44054
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4405WLDCST519ST
    EPA registry ID
    110027253629
  5. Servisteel CorpToxics Release Inventory · Lorain
    Address
    4920 French Creek Rd., Lorain, OH 44054
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44054SRVST4920F
    EPA registry ID
    110002110297

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)

  1. Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)2025-05-05 · Sheffield
    Reported
    2025-05-05
    What spilled
    Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2505EPA0000705
  2. Material Unknown2024-12-27 · Sheffield
    Reported
    2024-12-27
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2412EPA0002080
  3. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-10-12 · Sheffield
    Reported
    2022-10-12
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    3,000 gallons
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2210EPA0001546
  4. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2022-01-02 · Sheffield
    Reported
    2022-01-02
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    20 gallons
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2201EPA0000004
  5. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2021-06-15 · Sheffield
    Reported
    2021-06-15
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    15 gallons
    Where
    Sheffield, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000867

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

Local government

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

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council John D. Hunter 585, 21.1%; Robert Yarber Jr. 525, 18.94%; Scott Pederson 450, 16.23%; Matthew D. Bliss 424, 15.3%; Stan Bielawski 411, 14.83%; Dan Forror 377, 13.6%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people.

Nearby places

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
2.51 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
34.8 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
33.4 in
a normal year brings 45.5 in
a normal year
40.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.50 — 29
September 2026 2.37 — 30
August 2026 5.89 — 31
July 2026 3.81 — 31
June 2026 3.45 — 30
May 2026 4.56 — 31
April 2026 6.63 — 30
March 2026 3.07 0.9 31
February 2026 0.48 5.7 28
January 2026 2.04 26.8 31
December 2025 2.66 12.9 31
November 2025 1.74 3.5 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 62.5 in
Driest year1963 — 17.3 in
Snowiest year1910 — 78.1 in
Wettest day on record7 September 1996 — 5.24 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 15.46 in
Deepest snow on the ground21 January 1978 — 18.11 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Sheffield, 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.

48,325 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 Sheffield: 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
25
those placed on the map inside Sheffield
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge9
Air pollution5
Hazardous waste5
Wetland and stream fill4
Public drinking water1
Sewer and water-line construction1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
THREE CREEK BIOENERGY LLC Air pollution report
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
EVERGREEN PARKWAY SERVICE DEPARTMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
GREAT LAKES AN OLDCASTLE COMPANY Air pollution report
THREE CREEK BIOENERGY LLC Air pollution report
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
EVERGREEN PARKWAY SERVICE DEPARTMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
RRJM PROPERTIES LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
RRJM PROPERTIES LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
BENKO PRODUCTS INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water letter
KOKOSING MATERIALS INC - PLANT 503 Air pollution permit
THE RETREAT AT FRENCH CREEK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
RRJM PROPERTIES LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RRJM PROPERTIES LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
BENKO PRODUCTS INC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
THE RETREAT AT FRENCH CREEK Wetland and stream fill 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 Sheffield, Ohio in?

Sheffield is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, with 4,135 residents.

When was Sheffield, Ohio founded?

Sheffield was settled 13 November 1815 (Capt. Joshua Smith and son Douglas, in the township); incorporated 1933 (separated from the village of Sheffield Lake by vote). Founders on record: Capt. Joshua Smith. Source

How did Sheffield, Ohio get its name?

Sheffield is the township's name, brought by Capt. Source

What ZIP code is Sheffield, Ohio?

Most of Sheffield is in ZIP code 44054.

Where does Sheffield, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Sheffield (Sheffield Lake City): Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant.

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