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Tallmadge

City · Summit County · 18,412 residents · 2.25% municipal income tax

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Local events in Tallmadge

14 events in the next 90 days from 4 public calendars. All local events in Tallmadge

  1. Indoor Boys Soccer Leagues Start

    All day · 46 N. Munroe Rd · From City of Tallmadge

  2. Women's 25+ Soccer League Starts

    All day · 46 N. Munroe Rd · From City of Tallmadge

  3. Family Storytime at the Tallmadge Recreation Center

    10:30 to 11:15 a.m. · Tallmadge Recreation Center · Free · From Akron-Summit County Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Lakes near Tallmadge

The history under the water: the valley before, the dam, the stories. All Ohio lakes

How Tallmadge began

Reverend David Bacon founded Tallmadge in 1807, laying it out on a New England model around a central square, the Tallmadge Circle, from which eight roads radiate in cardinal and ordinal directions, a design that survives today as one of the most distinctive town plans in the Western Reserve. But the 1881 county history records that the actual first cabin-builder, in March or April 1807, was a settler named Boosinger, not Bacon; the credit given to Bacon at the township's 1857 semi-centennial celebration was disputed at the time by pioneers who remembered Boosinger's earlier arrival, though Bacon's influence in recruiting settlers and shaping the community's Puritan character was unquestioned. Before reaching Tallmadge, Bacon had spent 1800-1804 as a Connecticut Missionary Society missionary among Native people near Lake Erie, Detroit and Mackinac. The town took its name from Benjamin Tallmadge, a Revolutionary War officer and local landowner, and incorporated as a city in 1936, making it the second-oldest incorporated community in Summit County after Hudson. The 1825 Tallmadge Church at the Circle's edge appeared on the cover of Life magazine on November 20, 1944, and the city kept Prohibition-era alcohol restrictions on the books, banning sales until the early 1990s and public consumption until 2001.

Settled March or April 1807 (Boosinger, per the 1881 county history's disputed-priority account); Rev. David Bacon arrived and platted the town the same year and is credited historically as founder, platted 1807, incorporated 1936, by Reverend David Bacon (traditional credit); first actual settler was Boosinger, per the 1881 county history.

Where the name comes from

Named for Benjamin Tallmadge, a Revolutionary War officer and local landowner in the Connecticut Land Company.

Before the town

No Native American village, mound, or treaty site specific to Tallmadge itself is documented in the sources consulted. Tallmadge 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. Notably, the town's founder, Rev. David Bacon, spent 1800 to 1804 as a Connecticut Missionary Society missionary among Native people near Lake Erie, traveling to Detroit and Mackinac before settling on the Western Reserve.

Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware).

Timeline

  1. — Rev. David Bacon serves as a Connecticut Missionary Society missionary to Native people near Lake Erie, based first at Detroit (where his eldest son, future theologian Leonard Bacon, is born in 1802) and later at Mackinac.
  2. — Boosinger builds the township's first cabin in March or April, making him, per the 1881 county history, the true first settler, though Rev. David Bacon is later credited with founding Tallmadge on a New England plan centered on a radiating traffic circle.
  3. — Elizur Wright, a wealthy Connecticut farmer, visits his newly purchased 3,000 acres in Tallmadge and arranges to clear land and build a house before returning in 1810 with his family.
  4. — News of Hull's surrender at Detroit reaches a Tallmadge congregation worshiping in Elizur Wright's barn; the men disperse and prepare within the day to march to defend Cleveland before a second dispatch says the city is not in immediate danger.
  5. — The Tallmadge Church is built on the Circle.
  6. — At the township's semi-centennial celebration, Hon. E. N. Sill credits Rev. David Bacon with the first settlement, a claim several pioneers present dispute in favor of Boosinger.
  7. — Akron builds the Lake Rockwell Reservoir on the upper Cuyahoga River, the primary water source that later serves Tallmadge.
  8. — Tallmadge incorporates as a city, the second-oldest incorporated community in Summit County after Hudson.
  9. — The 1825 Tallmadge Church appears on the cover of Life magazine on November 20.
  10. — Tallmadge repeals its longstanding ban on public alcohol consumption, having already lifted its sales ban in the early 1990s.

Stories

A New England circle in Ohio

When Reverend David Bacon laid out Tallmadge in 1807, he built it around a device rare anywhere else in the Western Reserve: a central circle with eight roads radiating outward like spokes, oriented to the cardinal and ordinal compass points. The plan announced, as clearly as any building could, that New England town-planning ideas had come west with the Connecticut settlers who founded it, and it gave the community its lasting name for the geographic feature at its heart, the Tallmadge Circle. The church built at the Circle's edge in 1825 became, unexpectedly, a national symbol of small-town American religious life when Life magazine put it on its cover on November 20, 1944, in the middle of the Second World War. The town held onto older habits as tightly as it held onto its street plan: Tallmadge kept a ban on alcohol sales into the early 1990s and did not allow public drinking until 2001, a Prohibition-era holdover nearly seven decades after national Prohibition ended.

The settler history forgot

For fifty years, the story of Tallmadge's founding belonged entirely to Rev. David Bacon, the Connecticut missionary who platted the town's famous circle and recruited the Puritan-minded settlers who built its church and society. But the 1881 county history preserves a quieter dissent. At the township's fiftieth-anniversary celebration in 1857, when Hon. E. N. Sill publicly credited Bacon with the first settlement, several pioneers in the audience, people who had actually lived through those earliest months, objected on the spot. They were certain, and the historian later confirmed by interviewing surviving old settlers, that a man named Boosinger had built his cabin and moved his family in during March or April of 1807, before Bacon ever arrived. Soon after, Boosinger's wife gave birth to twins back in Ravenna, and when the infant son sickened and died weeks later, he was buried on his father's Tallmadge farm, the township's first recorded death, on land that never bore his name the way the town square bears Bacon's memory. Boosinger, not a churchgoing Bacon disciple, worshiped instead with Springfield Township's Presbyterians, sold his farm in 1836, and moved on to Illinois, where he died in 1862, a footnote to a settlement he arguably began.

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org

Historic places

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

  1. Alling, Francis D., HouseBuilding · Tallmadge · listed 1987
    Address
    323 East Ave.
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County · ZIP 44278
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1987
    NRIS reference number
    87002093
    Coordinates
    41.10173, -81.42842

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Tallmadge Town Square Historic DistrictHistoric district · Tallmadge · listed 1971
    Address
    Public Sq.
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County · ZIP 44278
    What it is
    Historic district
    Listed on the National Register
    1971
    NRIS reference number
    71000652
    Coordinates
    41.10140, -81.44190

    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.

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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

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Tallmadge's boundary: 4 nursing homes, 2 fire and EMS stations, 3 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 3 public charging sites, 1 Superfund site, 11 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 15 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (4)

  1. Heather Knoll Retirement Village5 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    1134 North Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Certified beds
    115
    Residents on an average day
    106
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 688-8600
    Medicare ID
    365739

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Tallmadge Health & Rehab Center1 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    619 Northwest Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Certified beds
    90
    Residents on an average day
    82
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $10,839 (latest 2024-12-19)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SABER HEALTHCARE GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (216) 292-5706
    Medicare ID
    366487

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. The Colony Healthcare Center3 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    563 Colony Park Drive, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Certified beds
    117
    Residents on an average day
    110
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    COMMUNICARE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 630-9780
    Medicare ID
    365633

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. The Pinnacle Rehabilitation and Nursing Center5 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    330 Southwest Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Certified beds
    75
    Residents on an average day
    70
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    NORTHWOOD HEALTHCARE GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 633-0555
    Medicare ID
    366010

    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 (2)

  1. Tallmadge Fire Department - Station 1Tallmadge
    Address
    85 West Overdale Drive, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Coordinates
    41.10701, -81.44493

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Tallmadge Fire Department - Station 2Tallmadge
    Address
    735 Eastwood Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Coordinates
    41.08401, -81.41627

    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 (3)

  1. Tallmadge Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    480 East Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    School district
    Tallmadge City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,077
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    52
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    78.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    025965
    NCES school ID
    390448801756

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Tallmadge High School3.5 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    140 N Munroe Rd, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    School district
    Tallmadge City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    814
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    48.33
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.2%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98%
    Ohio building IRN
    036897
    NCES school ID
    390448801758

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Tallmadge Middle School4 of 5 stars · Tallmadge
    Address
    484 East Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    School district
    Tallmadge City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    589
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    32.53
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    79.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    036871
    NCES school ID
    390448801759

    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)

  1. Fac Christian SchoolPrivate, conservative Christian · Tallmadge
    Address
    199 S Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Kind
    conservative Christian
    Students, 2023-24
    39
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    4.9
    Students per teacher
    7.95918
    Phone
    (330) 633-9049
    NCES private school ID
    A1903424

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Tallmadge Branch LibraryBranch · Tallmadge
    Address
    90 Community Rd, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Akron-Summit Cnty Public Library
    Open
    2,756 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    14,547 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    1,461,408
    System's loans, FY2024
    4,593,370
    People the system serves
    381,648
    Phone
    (330) 633-4345

    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)

  1. Tallmadge Historical SocietyHistorical society · Tallmadge
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Tallmadge
    Coordinates
    41.10107, -81.44036

    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)

  1. Tallmadge Police DepartmentTallmadge
    Address
    53 Northeast Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Coordinates
    41.10344, -81.43914

    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 (3)

  1. 150 Tallmadge Circle2 Level 2 · Tallmadge
    Address
    150 Tallmadge Circle, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    FLO
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-356-8911

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Tallmadge Fire Station #22 Level 2 · Tallmadge
    Address
    735 Eastwood Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    FLO
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-356-8911

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Tallmadge Recreation Center2 Level 2 · Tallmadge
    Address
    46 N Munroe Road, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    FLO
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-356-8911

    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.

Superfund sites (1)

  1. Southeast Ave. Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Tallmadge
    Address
    1596 Southeast Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508499
    EPA registry ID
    110012566829

    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 (11)

  1. Citgo Petroleum CorpToxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    1595 Southeast Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44278CTGPT1595S
    EPA registry ID
    110000591716

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Creative Screen PrintToxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    124 West Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44278CRTVS124WE
    EPA registry ID
    110000766653

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Derma Med Coatings Llc (1677120065)Toxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    381 Geneva Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44278DRMMD381GE
    EPA registry ID
    110011944165

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Dermamed Coating Co - Plant 2Toxics Release Inventory · Kent
    Address
    271 Progress Blvd, Kent, OH 44240
    County
    Portage County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4424WDRMMD271PR
    EPA registry ID
    110060258625

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. East End Welding Lp (1667000079)Toxics Release Inventory · Kent
    Address
    357 Tallmadge Rd, Kent, OH 44240
    County
    Portage County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    4424WSTNDW357TA
    EPA registry ID
    110009640095

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Farley CoToxics Release Inventory · Kent
    Address
    4411 Crystal Pky., Kent, OH 44240
    County
    Portage County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44240FRLYC4411C
    EPA registry ID
    110000388688

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Integrater Polymer SystemToxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    1300 Northeast Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_1034
    EPA registry ID
    110070690178

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. Maag ReductionToxics Release Inventory · Kent
    Address
    235 Progress Blvd, Kent, OH 44240
    County
    Portage County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4424WMGRDC235PR
    EPA registry ID
    110070684716

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Owens Corning Foam Insulation Llc Tallmadge PlantToxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    170 South Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44278CNDST170SO
    EPA registry ID
    110000389080

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  10. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc - Kent FacilityToxics Release Inventory · Kent
    Address
    354 Portage Blvd, Kent, OH 44240
    County
    Portage County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44240SFTYK354PO
    EPA registry ID
    110004640880

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  11. Steere Enterprises IncToxics Release Inventory · Tallmadge
    Address
    285 Commerce St., Tallmadge, OH 44278
    County
    Summit County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44278STRNTTALLM
    EPA registry ID
    110000389099

    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 (15)

  1. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-01-08 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2025-01-08
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S); Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    14 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2501EPA0000028

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2024-12-12 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2024-12-12
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    39 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2412EPA0002002

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-11-06 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2024-11-06
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2411EPA0001844

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2024-05-01 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2024-05-01
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2405EPA0000722

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Foam2024-04-03 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2024-04-03
    What spilled
    Foam
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000523

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)2024-02-01 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2024-02-01
    What spilled
    Fat(S) / Oil / Grease / Tallow Food Types (Fog)
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2402EPA0000172

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-08-28 · Akron
    Reported
    2023-08-28
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Akron, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001505

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-11-08 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2022-11-08
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    150 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2211EPA0001662

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2022-03-01 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2022-03-01
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000256

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  10. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-03-01 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2022-03-01
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    3 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000255

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  11. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-09-13 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2021-09-13
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    1 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2109EPA0001444

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  12. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85) Reached water2021-04-13 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2021-04-13
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000514

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  13. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-06-28 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2026-06-28
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    3 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0001153

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  14. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-01-27 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2026-01-27
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2601EPA0000097

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  15. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-01-27 · Tallmadge
    Reported
    2026-01-27
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Tallmadge, Summit County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2601EPA0000095

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44278 Tallmadge 97% 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 3.5 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1968 Tallmadge City · 4 stars overall 0.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44310 Akron 1% 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 3.7 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1927 Akron City · 3 stars overall 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2024-03-19 Issue 3: Tallmadge 4-C Local Liquor Option 177105Passed (62.77% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 4 Mary Gutman 1,012, 56.22%; Justin J. Summers, Sr. 788, 43.78%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 3 Jonathon D. Bollas 1,275, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 2 Donald J. Pavlik 1,188, 52.92%; Jessica Epstein 1,057, 47.08%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 1 Ted W. Roy 1,293, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Mayor Carol Siciliano-Kilway 4,394, 55.28%; Dennis K. Loughry 3,554, 44.72%
2023-11-07 Director Of Law Megan E. Raber 5,371, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Director Of Finance Mollie Gilbride 5,442, 100.0%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

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

Nearby places

Akron Springfield Township, Summit County Brimfield Township, Portage County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.55 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
36.2 in
3.3 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
22.5 in
a normal year brings 42.6 in
a normal year
38.5 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.55 — 30
September 2026 3.42 — 30
August 2026 4.65 — 31
July 2026 5.25 — 31
June 2026 2.87 — 30
May 2026 5.15 — 31
April 2026 7.02 — 30
March 2026 4.41 0.5 31
February 2026 0.60 5.8 28
January 2026 1.33 16.2 31
December 2025 2.03 11.1 31
November 2025 1.58 1.8 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year1959 — 53.1 in
Driest year1963 — 25.0 in
Snowiest year2010 — 83.5 in
Wettest day on record13 September 1979 — 3.88 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day17 January 2022 — 15.31 in
Deepest snow on the ground19 February 1910 — 24.87 in

Mostly estimated. Only 6% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Tallmadge - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

43,184 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-30. 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 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 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 Tallmadge: 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
66
those placed on the map inside Tallmadge
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste22
Air pollution17
Voluntary cleanup10
Wastewater and stormwater discharge7
Site assessment3
Public drinking water2
Chemical accident plans1
Landfills1
Sewer and water-line construction1
Underground injection wells1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
SIMCOX GRINDING & STEEL CO INC, TALLMADGE Voluntary cleanup inspection
GIANT EAGLE PROPERTY Voluntary cleanup inspection
1435 NEWTON STREET SITE IMPROVEMENTS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
OWENS CORNING FOAM INSULATION LLC Air pollution permit
S.D. MYERS LLC Hazardous waste notice of violation
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
S.D. MYERS LLC Hazardous waste notice of violation
OWENS CORNING FOAM INSULATION LLC Air pollution permit
TRANS-FOAM 240 SW Air pollution report
OWENS CORNING FOAM INSULATION LLC Air pollution permit
OWENS CORNING FOAM INSULATION LLC Air pollution inspection
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
CITGO PETROLEUM CORP Air pollution inspection
DERMAMED COATINGS CO LLC PLANT 2 Hazardous waste compliance letter
DERMAMED COATINGS CO LLC Hazardous waste compliance letter
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water letter
AKRON WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY Sewer and water-line construction permit
GIANT EAGLE PROPERTY Voluntary cleanup inspection
PADULA'S BODY SHOP INC Air pollution inspection
OWENS CORNING FOAM INSULATION LLC Chemical accident plans letter
SHEETZ - TALLMADGE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
TALLMADGE CITY PWS Public drinking water plan

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 Tallmadge, Ohio in?

Tallmadge is a city in Summit County, Ohio, with 18,412 residents.

When was Tallmadge, Ohio founded?

Tallmadge was settled March or April 1807 (Boosinger, per the 1881 county history's disputed-priority account); Rev. David Bacon arrived and platted the town the same year and is credited historically as founder; laid out 1807; incorporated 1936. Founders on record: Reverend David Bacon (traditional credit); first actual settler was Boosinger, per the 1881 county history. Source

How did Tallmadge, Ohio get its name?

Named for Benjamin Tallmadge, a Revolutionary War officer and local landowner in the Connecticut Land Company. Source

What ZIP code is Tallmadge, Ohio?

Most of Tallmadge is in ZIP code 44278.

Where does Tallmadge, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Tallmadge (Tallmadge 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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