Stow, Summit County

Stow

City · Summit County · 34,483 residents · 2% municipal income tax

Summit County

The story

Local history for this place is being researched county by county outward from Franklin County; here is what the records say.

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

Stow Public Water System90% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
Silver Lake Village6% of residentsWells in Cuyahoga River buried valley sand & gravel aquifer
Cuyahoga Falls City3% of residentsWells in Cuyahoga River buried valley sand & gravel aquifer
Kent City0% of residentsBreakneck Creek Wellfield, Buried Valley Aquifer
Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest0% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
Portage County Water Resources0% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
Beechwood Island Estates0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Akron City0% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
Meadow Creek Condo Assoc0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Stow, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

The ZIP codes serving Stow
ZIP	Share	Water	Radon	Home value	Schools	Flood
44224 Stow	88%	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	3.4 pCi/L average radon	Parcel list only	Stow-Munroe Falls City · 4 stars overall	5.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44240 Kent	1%	Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formation	3.5 pCi/L average radon	Parcel list only	Kent City · 4.5 stars overall	4.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain

The county

Summit County: 34 ZIP codes, 30 cities, villages and townships, 544,541 people.

Nearby places

Silver Lake Cuyahoga Falls Kent Brimfield Township, Portage County Franklin Township, Portage County Rootstown Township, Portage County Sugar Bush Knolls

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