Local events in Springfield Township, Summit County
Springfield Township itself has 3 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Springfield Township, Summit County
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How Springfield Township, Summit County began
Springfield Township organized in 1808 as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, taking its name from Springfield, Massachusetts, in a pattern common among the Reserve's New England-descended townships; it was surveyed by Simon Perkins in 1806 as an 'equalizing township,' with its east half set into range to average out irregular Reserve surveys and its west strip briefly belonging to Nathaniel Shaler. Ariel Bradley made the township's first permanent settlement in 1807 at what is now Mogadore; born in Connecticut in 1767, Bradley had, as a nine-year-old in 1776, been sent by Gen. George Washington to spy on the British camp before the Battle of White Plains, posing as a boy hauling grain to mill. Covering about 14.7 square miles east of Akron, the township's own high school building was annexed into the city of Akron in 1929 and became Ellet High School, part of Akron Public Schools rather than a township district. The township recorded 14,162 residents in the 2020 census.
Settled 1807 (Ariel Bradley, first permanent settler, at the site of present-day Mogadore), incorporated organized 1808; surveyed 1806 by Simon Perkins.
Where the name comes from
Named for Springfield, Massachusetts, in the Connecticut River Valley, reflecting the New England origin of the Western Reserve settlers who organized the township.
Before the town
No Native American village, mound, or treaty site specific to Springfield Township is documented in the sources consulted, though the 1881 county history notes Indians were 'plenty' in the township when brothers John and James Hall settled there in 1807, wary enough that the young brothers slept in a cornfield with guns rather than in their cabin at night. The township lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve, land opened to settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and confirmed by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware).
Timeline
- — Simon Perkins surveys Springfield as an 'equalizing township,' apportioning its east half into Town 4, Range 8 and attaching a west strip to Shalersville.
- — Mr. Shaler of Middletown, Connecticut, draws the strip off the west side; he sells the east half to Messrs. Olds, Collar and More and the strip to Henry and Charles Chittenden.
- — Ariel Bradley makes the township's first permanent settlement, on Lot 12 of the 'Shaler Tract,' at what is now Mogadore; John and James Hall, ages about 18 and younger, arrive from Pennsylvania the same year and spend their first year alone in the wilderness.
- — Abram DeHaven opens one of the first coal mines in Summit County on his land, found by accident; coal is hauled away in wagons.
- — Robert Hall, an early settler from Pennsylvania, dies of a burst blood vessel, the township's first recorded death.
- — Springfield Township organizes as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
- — Jane Hall, daughter of Robert Hall, is the first white child born in the township.
- — The trustees settle accounts; Benjamin Baldwin is sworn in as the first justice of the peace, and Supervisor James McCormic pays a $2.40 debt in labor on a county road at 62 1/2 cents a day. John Hall marries Margaret Blair, the first marriage.
- — The Presbyterians build the township's first church at North Center, with the Rev. Thomas Beer as first preacher; it burns and is rebuilt, and the present building dates from about 1828.
- — Reuben Upson teaches the first school in a small log cabin near Cass's camping ground, in winter, on the subscription and 'board-around' plan.
- — After Hull's surrender at Detroit a draft takes eight Springfield men; Ohio volunteers under Cols. Cass and McArthur camp by the river at Clinton's Mill, where Samuel Ellet gives them half an acre of green corn.
- — James McKnight, out hunting, first notices the moaning sound of ice breaking on Springfield Lake and falls through an air-hole, saving himself by holding his rifle across it.
- — A post office is established in the southeast corner of the township with Benjamin Baldwin as postmaster, a Whig who held the office through Democratic administrations.
- — Fisk and Smith make the first stoneware in Springfield from clay found on a four-acre lot owned by Cutchel; the township soon has an almost endless number of potteries turning out about a million gallons a year.
- — DeHaven builds a mill on the Massillon road on the outlet of Springfield Lake.
- — Samuel Ellet establishes another post office at his residence on the Canton road.
- — Philpot leases the DeHaven coal mines and builds a horse railroad to them.
- — A Middlebury company obtains a special act of the Legislature to raise Springfield Lake six feet and lower it four, to supply mills; the right passes to the mill owners of Akron.
- — The township has about six schoolhouses and Mogadore, on the east line, has a few dozen houses, stores, potteries and two churches, shared with Portage County.
- — The township's high school building is annexed by the city of Akron and becomes Ellet High School under Akron Public Schools.
- — The U.S. Census records 14,162 residents in Springfield Township.
Stories
A nine-year-old spy for Washington
Long before he became Springfield Township's first permanent settler in 1807, Ariel Bradley had already lived one of the more remarkable childhoods of the Revolutionary era. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1767, Bradley was, according to the 1881 county history, employed by Gen. George Washington himself as a spy when he was only nine years old, just before the Battle of White Plains in 1776. Loading a horse with a sack of grain, Bradley rode boldly into the British camp under the pretext of heading to mill, was arrested as he expected to be, and was brought before British officers for questioning. He played the harmless country boy so convincingly, the history records, that the officers argued over what to do with him before finally releasing him, one muttering as he left, 'I believe the little devil will betray us.' They were right: Bradley carried what he had observed back to the American camp. Three decades later, the same nerve that got a boy spy past British lines served him as a Western Reserve pioneer, most memorably when wolves surrounded him one night on the trail and he fought them off from a tree with nothing but a club, defending a sack of wheat he could not afford to lose.
The moaning lake
In the spring just before the ice breaks on Springfield Lake, the 1881 county history reports, a curious moaning sound is heard that can be audible for miles. The first person to note it was James McKnight, out hunting in 1813, who took it for some huge animal and went after it with his gun and his little boy. The sound seemed to come from the outlet at the northeast of the lake. Crossing the ice in the dark, near the deepest part, he stepped into an air-hole and went entirely under; he held onto his rifle, which lay across the hole, and pulled himself out by it. The lake, about a mile long and half a mile wide at the geographical center of the township, was said to be bottomless; the longest cords tried could not sound its deepest parts. The historian joked that placing the township house in the middle of it would risk the town house going down to China during an important meeting.
Clay carried to Canada
Around 1828 a man named Fisk found good potter's clay on a four-acre lot owned by a man named Cutchel, bought it with his partner Smith, and made the first stoneware in Springfield Township. The clay proved inexhaustible, and hundreds of potteries followed, making stoneware, sewer pipe and drain tile at about a million gallons of stoneware a year by 1881. General Bierce, quoted by Perrin, told how Canada laid a heavy duty on stoneware made in the States but none on clay, so enterprising Yankees carried the clay to Canada and made it there. Potteries were the village industry at Mogadore and North Center, long after Abram DeHaven's accidental coal discovery in 1808 had made Springfield an early coal producer.
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Water
Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72", 60", 48") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent The water here
- Akron City75% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
- Aqua Ohio - Massillon8% of residentsWells in Tuscarawas Valley sand & gravel aquifer
- Lakemore Village7% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Stark County Water District5% of residentsWells in Tuscarawas Valley sand & gravel aquifer
- Tallmadge City2% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
- Willow Rest Trailer Park1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Franks Mobile Home Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (1 wells)
- Western Reserve Village0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- North Canton City0% of residentsWells in buried valley & Massillon Sandstone aquifers
- Mayfield Mobile Home Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (1 wells)
- Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest0% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
- Fairlane Water Co.0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Avon Mobile Home Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (1 wells)
- Canton Public Water System0% of residentsGlacial sand-and-gravel aquifer (3 well fields)
- Portage County Wr - Rivermoor0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Fox Run Estates0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Barberton City0% of residentsWolf Creek (Barberton) Reservoir, tributary of Tuscarawas River
- Portage County Water Resources0% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Springfield Township, Summit County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 4 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 police station, 2 Superfund sites, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 17 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Springfield Township Fire DepartmentAkron
- Address
- 2459 Canfield Road, Akron, OH 44312
- Coordinates
- 41.03460, -81.44118
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 (4)
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Greater Summit County Early Learning CenterAkron
- Address
- 1651 Massillon Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 118
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 6
- NCES school ID
- 390136905522
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Schrop Intermediate School3.5 of 5 stars · Akron
- Address
- 2215 Pickle Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- School district
- Springfield Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 384
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 21.14
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 70.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 033738
- NCES school ID
- 390500603825
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Spring Hill Elementary2 of 5 stars · Akron
- Address
- 660 Lessig Ave, Akron, OH 44312
- School district
- Springfield Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 488
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 21
- Report card, 2025-26
- 2 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 61.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 032482
- NCES school ID
- 390500603823
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Springfield Preschool CenterAkron
- Address
- 2141 Pickle Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 78
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 3
- NCES school ID
- 390500610833
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)
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Academy of The Immaculate Heart of MaryPrivate, Catholic · Akron
- Address
- 2935 Chenoweth Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 3
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 1.5
- Phone
- (330) 644-3526
- NCES private school ID
- A1502786
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Chapel Hill Christian School (South Campus)Private, conservative Christian · Akron
- Address
- 1639 Killian Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- Kind
- conservative Christian
- Students, 2023-24
- 204
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 4
- Students per teacher
- 51
- Phone
- (330) 896-0852
- NCES private school ID
- 01905268
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Police stations (1)
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Springfield Township Police DepartmentAkron
- Address
- 2465 Canfield Road, Akron, OH 44312
- Coordinates
- 41.03436, -81.44031
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Superfund sites (2)
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American Freight Systems IncorporatedSuperfund program · Akron
- Address
- 2640 Gilchrist Road, Akron, OH 44305
- County
- Summit County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHD987056702
- EPA registry ID
- 110013799041
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sam Winer MotorsSuperfund program · Akron
- Address
- 3417 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH 44312
- County
- Summit County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHD987054376
- EPA registry ID
- 110004704883
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)
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Airborn Electronics, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Akron
- Address
- 2230 Picton Pkwy, Akron, OH 44312
- County
- Summit County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44312SCLCT223PI
- EPA registry ID
- 110037143917
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Hincor IncToxics Release Inventory · Akron
- Address
- 2181 Killian Rd., Akron, OH 44312
- County
- Summit County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44312HNCRN2181K
- EPA registry ID
- 110002111624
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Saint-Gobain Performance PlasticsToxics Release Inventory · Akron
- Address
- 2664 Gilchrist Rd, Akron, OH 44305
- County
- Summit County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44305NRTNC2664G
- EPA registry ID
- 110000493485
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)
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-07-17 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2025-07-17
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 120 gallons
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001189
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-06-12 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2025-06-12
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 80 gallons
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2506EPA0000958
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Chemical(S) Unk2025-03-20 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2025-03-20
- What spilled
- Chemical(S) Unk
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2503EPA0000399
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Concrete2025-01-07 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2025-01-07
- What spilled
- Concrete
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2501EPA0000025
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2024-08-18 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2024-08-18
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 18 gallons
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2408EPA0001422
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2024-02-23 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2024-02-23
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Reached a waterway
- 77 - Tuscarawas River
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2402EPA0000280
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Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2023-11-17 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2023-11-17
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2311EPA0001948
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Sewage Human2023-06-02 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2023-06-02
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0000911
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Unknown Reached water2023-02-16 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2023-02-16
- What spilled
- Material Unknown; Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2302EPA0000252
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2022-08-24 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2022-08-24
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 500 gallons
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2208EPA0001306
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Material White Reached water2022-03-21 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2022-03-21
- What spilled
- Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 77 - Little Cuyahoga River
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000375
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Material Undetermined / Other2022-01-13 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2022-01-13
- What spilled
- Material Undetermined / Other
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2201EPA0000041
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2021-07-28 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2021-07-28
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Reached a waterway
- 77 - Tuscarawas River
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001145
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Material Unknown2021-07-17 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2021-07-17
- What spilled
- Material Unknown
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Stark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001070
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Fish Kill Reached water2021-06-02 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2021-06-02
- What spilled
- Fish Kill
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2106EPA0000778
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Sewage Sludge / Biosolids Reached water2021-01-04 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2021-01-04
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Largest amount reported
- 550 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 77 - Tuscarawas River
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2101EPA0000010
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-09-02 · Springfield Twp
- Reported
- 2026-09-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Springfield Twp, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2609EPA0001637
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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 Springfield Township, Summit County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
Local government
Who holds office in Springfield Township, Summit County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2023: 1 of 3 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 3.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-19 | Issue 6: Springfield Twp Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement) | 1,258 | 1,276 | Failed (49.64% for) |
| 2024-03-19 | Issue 7: Springfield Twp Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement) | 1,375 | 1,151 | Passed (54.43% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 7: Springfield Twp Tax Levy Replacement & Increase | 2,165 | 2,778 | Failed (43.8% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Trustee | Jeremy Caudill 2,391, 53.69%; Dean Young 2,062, 46.31% |
| 2023-11-07 | Fiscal Officer | Michael Spickard 3,014, 100.0% |
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 Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-03-31
The county
Summit County: 34 ZIP codes, 30 cities, villages and townships, 544,541 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Springfield Township, Ohio in?
Springfield Township, Summit County is a township in Summit County, Ohio, with 14,047 residents.
When was Springfield Township, Ohio founded?
Springfield Township, Summit County was settled 1807 (Ariel Bradley, first permanent settler, at the site of present-day Mogadore); incorporated organized 1808; surveyed 1806 by Simon Perkins. Source
How did Springfield Township, Ohio get its name?
Named for Springfield, Massachusetts, in the Connecticut River Valley, reflecting the New England origin of the Western Reserve settlers who organized the township. Source
What ZIP code is Springfield Township, Ohio?
Springfield Township, Summit County is served by ZIP codes 44312, 44685 and 44306; 44312 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Springfield Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Springfield Township, Summit County (Akron City): Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72", 60", 48") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent.
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