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How Tiro began
Tiro was platted in 1874 in northeastern Crawford County and incorporated in 1890, after passing through two earlier names: it began as DeKalb Station, was renamed Tyro, then finally Tiro. The village grew around a United Brethren congregation organized in 1877 and around Tiro High School, whose 1915 consolidated district later merged with New Washington and Chatfield in 1960 to form Buckeye Central Local Schools.
Platted 1874, incorporated 1890.
Where the name comes from
The settlement was first called DeKalb Station when a United Brethren church organized there in 1877, was renamed Tyro, and took its final form, Tiro, when it incorporated in 1890. No source consulted explains the specific meaning behind the Tyro/Tiro spelling change.
Before the town
No village, trail or mound specific to Tiro is documented in the sources checked. The area lies within the belt of Crawford County that was part of the Wyandot reservation and treaty cessions described at the county level.
Nations recorded here: Wyandot.
Timeline
- — The settlement that became Tiro was platted, then known as DeKalb Station.
- — A United Brethren congregation organized at DeKalb Station under Rev. O. H. Ramsey, meeting in homes.
- — The United Brethren congregation built its first church building.
- — The village incorporated under the name Tiro, after earlier being called Tyro.
- — Tiro High School held its first commencement, at a local Lutheran church.
- — The Tiro United Brethren congregation purchased a vacant Presbyterian church building, its current site.
- — Tiro Consolidated School District formed after Ohio's 1914 school code.
- — A new consolidated high school building opened in Tiro after a 1919 bond election.
- — Tiro's school district merged with New Washington and Chatfield to form Buckeye Central Local School District.
Stories
A village that changed its name twice before it was ten years old
The place that is now Tiro was platted in 1874 as DeKalb Station. Within three years it had a United Brethren congregation meeting in members' homes under Rev. O. H. Ramsey. Before the community incorporated in 1890 it had already shed one name for Tyro, and then Tyro for Tiro. The church that gave the settlement its first institution outlasted every name change: it built its first building in 1878, remodeled it in 1906, bought the vacant Presbyterian church in 1912, and by 1946 and 1968 had followed its denomination's own name changes, from Mt. Carmel U.B. to Tiro EUB to Tiro UMC, celebrating a hundred years of continuous life in October 1977.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · crawfordcountyohiogenealogy.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Water
No water-system data is linked to Tiro's ZIP codes yet.
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Tiro's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Tiro - Auburn Volunteer Fire DepartmentTiro
- Address
- 102 South Main Street, Tiro, OH 44887
- Coordinates
- 40.90555, -82.77268
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.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Tiro, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44887 Auburn Township and Tiro | 23% | Mostly private wells | Too few radon tests | Median year built 1958 | Buckeye Central Local · 4 stars overall | 2.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Tiro, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Ronald D. Brown 13, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- Fiscal emergency: declared 2012-08-30, released 2018-08-16. source
- Basic Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-03-03
The county
Crawford County: 8 ZIP codes, 22 cities, villages and townships, 43,874 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Tiro, day by day, from 1892 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.42 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 38.5 in
- 3.2 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 21.8 in
- a normal year brings 32.1 in
- a normal year
- 41.6 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.42 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 4.80 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.31 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.08 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.93 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.98 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 7.53 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.38 | 0.4 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.79 | 4.4 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.33 | 17.0 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.71 | 9.9 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.63 | 1.3 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 57.4 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 23.9 in |
| Snowiest year | 1893 — 95.4 in |
| Wettest day on record | 21 August 2007 — 5.71 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 3 January 1913 — 10.44 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 27 March 1896 — 19.02 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Tiro, 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.
48,794 days of records, 1892-12-01 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 Tiro: 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
- 1
- those placed on the map inside Tiro
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Public drinking water | 1 |
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 Tiro, Ohio in?
Tiro is a village in Crawford County, Ohio, with 219 residents.
When was Tiro, Ohio founded?
Tiro was laid out 1874; incorporated 1890. Source
How did Tiro, Ohio get its name?
The settlement was first called DeKalb Station when a United Brethren church organized there in 1877, was renamed Tyro, and took its final form, Tiro, when it incorporated in 1890. Source
What ZIP code is Tiro, Ohio?
Most of Tiro is in ZIP code 44887.
Where does Tiro, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Tiro: Mostly private wells.
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