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Upper Arlington

City · Franklin County · 36,793 residents · 2.5% municipal income tax

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  1. Birding is for Everybody

    8:30 to 10 a.m. · Lane Road Branch · Free · From Upper Arlington Public Library

  2. Satur-PLAY

    10 to 11:30 a.m. · Tremont Road Branch · Free · From Upper Arlington Public Library

  3. Teen Write-In

    10:15 a.m. to noon · Tremont Road Branch · Free · From Upper Arlington Public Library

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How Upper Arlington began

Upper Arlington began on Christmas Eve 1913, when Columbus real-estate brothers King and Ben Thompson agreed to buy 840 acres of James T. Miller's farm on the Scioto River and lay it out as a curving, restricted 'garden suburb' modeled on Kansas City's Country Club District. The land had passed through a line of Perry Township owners — Backus, McCoy, Smith, and finally Miller — after an 1800 federal land-bounty grant, and it lies a short distance north of Shrum Mound, a roughly 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound that is the oldest recorded human trace in the immediate area. Development had barely started when, in 1916, the U.S. Army and Ohio National Guard turned the still-empty tract into Camp Willis, a mobilization camp for the Mexican border crisis. By 1917 the subdivision was known as Upper Arlington, after Arlington, its neighbor to the south (renamed Marble Cliff in 1901); it incorporated as a village on March 20, 1918, and became a city on February 8, 1941. It is now a fully built-out, largely residential Columbus suburb of roughly 36,800 people, known for its curvilinear streets and its Old Arlington Historic District.

Settled 1913, platted 1914, incorporated 1918, by King Gibson Thompson and Benjamin Sells Thompson (King and Ben Thompson).

Where the name comes from

The Thompsons first marketed their new subdivision as the 'Country Club District.' By 1917 it was known instead as 'Upper Arlington' — 'Arlington' for the neighboring village immediately to its south on the Scioto River, which had briefly carried that name before incorporating in 1901 as Marble Cliff, and 'Upper' for Upper Arlington's position north/upstream of it.

Before the town

Upper Arlington's own recorded Native history is thin, and what exists points just south of the modern city rather than to a site inside it. Adena people were building mounds along this stretch of the Scioto by roughly 800 BC; the nearest surviving example is Shrum Mound, a 20-foot conical burial mound on a bluff above the river in what is now Columbus's Campbell Memorial Park, just south of Upper Arlington. It was raised about 2,000 years ago, has never been excavated, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970, under its official listing name, Campbell Mound; the Shrum family, for whom it is popularly known, deeded the mound and the surrounding acre to the Ohio Historical Society in 1928. Franklin County once held an estimated 132 mounds and 28 earthworks, by an early count from the Ohio Historical Society's own curator of archaeology; only a handful survive, Shrum Mound among them. Upper Arlington's city history states that Wyandot people later hunted and, by the early 1700s, farmed this part of the Scioto valley, and that they were displaced after the United States issued Revolutionary War land-bounty grants covering the area around 1800; Wikipedia's account of the city agrees on both points. No source we found names a specific Wyandot village, trail, or treaty boundary as lying within Upper Arlington itself — the nearest documented Wyandot association in the immediate area is upriver at Dublin, where John Sells settled in 1808 and where Chief Leatherlips is memorialized. The Scioto's limestone bluffs continue along Upper Arlington's western edge (later dammed to form Griggs Reservoir) and downstream past the old quarry works near present Marble Cliff described in the 1880 county history; high ground of this kind was generally preferred for travel and settlement along central Ohio's rivers, but no specific Native trail or camp is recorded by name inside the city in the sources reviewed.

Nations recorded here: Adena culture, Wyandot.

  • Shrum Mound (mound) — Campbell Memorial Park, 3141 McKinley Ave., Columbus, just south of Upper Arlington on a bluff above the Scioto River; listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Campbell Mound, Adena culture, roughly 800 BC - AD 100 (ohiohistory.org)

Timeline

  1. — Adena people build the conical burial mound known today as Shrum Mound, on a Scioto River bluff just south of the future Upper Arlington.
  2. — The United States issues Revolutionary War land-bounty grants covering this stretch of the Scioto valley to Elijah Backus, Jonathan Dayton, and Andrew Marker; Wyandot residents are displaced from the area in the years that follow.
  3. — John McCoy buys 1,157 acres of the Backus tract along the Scioto River; the land passes to Benjamin Smith and then, in 1859, to Dr. Henry Miller, whose family farms it until 1913.
  4. — Griggs Dam is completed on the Scioto River, forming Griggs Reservoir along what becomes Upper Arlington's western edge and giving Columbus its first major drinking-water reservoir; a separate Columbus water-system timeline instead dates the reservoir and its Scioto River Purification Plant to 1908.
  5. — On Christmas Eve, King Gibson Thompson and his brother Ben Thompson agree to buy 840 acres of James T. Miller's farm, the land that becomes Upper Arlington.
  6. — The Thompsons form the King Thompson Company and lay the farm out in roughly 2,500 lots along curving streets, marketing it first as the 'Country Club District.'
  7. — In August, grading begins on Roxbury Road, Upper Arlington's first street.
  8. — The undeveloped part of the new subdivision becomes Camp Willis, a mobilization camp where the Ohio National Guard trains before deploying to the Mexican border; it is named for Ohio Governor Frank B. Willis.
  9. — By this year the subdivision is known as 'Upper Arlington,' after Arlington, its neighbor to the south (renamed Marble Cliff in 1901); a first, informal school also opens in the basement of the Thompson home with twelve pupils.
  10. — On March 20, Upper Arlington incorporates as a village, population about 200.
  11. — In October, Upper Arlington's first public school opens with fifty-two students and four teachers, including Mary Boyer, who had been running a private kindergarten for the community.
  12. — Minnie R. Shrum deeds Shrum Mound and the surrounding acre to the Ohio Historical Society; the mound is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Campbell Mound on November 10, 1970.
  13. — Upper Arlington becomes a city on February 8.
  14. — In October, the 536-acre Old Arlington neighborhood, with about 1,120 buildings, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Upper Arlington Historic District.
  15. — The Frederick G. Kilgour House at 1415 Kirkley Road — home of the Upper Arlington resident who founded OCLC, the library consortium behind WorldCat — is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Stories

The Thompson Brothers Build a Garden Suburb

King Gibson Thompson and his younger brother, Benjamin Sells Thompson, grew up in Georgetown, Ohio, on the Ohio River, and both attended Ohio State University before going into real estate together in Columbus. By 1913 they had a specific model in mind: Kansas City's Country Club District, an upscale, curving, deed-restricted development that was reshaping how American suburbs were built. On Christmas Eve 1913 they agreed to buy 840 acres of James T. Miller's farm, land roughly bounded today by Fifth Avenue, Riverside Drive, Lane Avenue, and Northwest Boulevard, with Miller's own physician, Dr. J. A. Van Fossen, helping broker the sale. The King Thompson Company, formed in 1914, laid the farm out in about 2,500 lots along winding streets rather than a grid, and crews graded Roxbury Road, the first of them, in August of that year. By 1915 six houses stood on the new streets, and early in 1916 King and Ben each finished building their own homes overlooking Miller Park. The brothers ran the development personally for decades afterward, controlling architecture and landscaping street by street, a level of hands-on control still visible in Old Arlington's uniform, mature streetscape today.

Camp Willis, 1916

The Thompsons' new suburb had produced barely half a dozen houses when, in 1916, its still-mostly-empty land was taken over for a very different purpose. The Ohio National Guard mobilized that year for duty on the Mexican border, and the open ground of the young Upper Arlington subdivision, between roughly Fifth Avenue and Lane Avenue, was chosen as a mustering and training ground. The resulting camp was named Camp Willis, after Ohio's sitting governor, Frank B. Willis. Guardsmen drilled, ate out of mess kits, and had their artillery batteries photographed on ground that, within a few years, would be residential streets and yards. The camp was gone well before Upper Arlington incorporated as a village in 1918, but it left a lasting mark on local memory: a boulder marker on Arlington Avenue near Tremont Road, close to where Jones Middle School now stands, and Upper Arlington's present-day Veterans Plaza both commemorate the site.

Shrum Mound, Just South of the City

Long before any farm or suburb, Adena people were raising burial mounds along the Scioto River valley, and the best-preserved example near Upper Arlington still stands just south of the city, on a bluff above the river in what is now Columbus's Campbell Memorial Park. Built roughly 2,000 years ago, the mound is about 20 feet high and 100 feet across, and it has never been excavated, so no one knows what, if anything, remains inside it. It is popularly called Shrum Mound for the family that owned the surrounding land in the early twentieth century: in 1928 Minnie R. Shrum deeded the mound and an acre around it to the Ohio Historical Society, which dedicated the site as a park the following year and still manages it as a public site today. It was formally added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970, under the listing name Campbell Mound, after the park itself, which is named for former Ohio governor James E. Campbell. Franklin County once held well over a hundred mounds and dozens of earthworks, by one early count from the Ohio Historical Society's own curator of archaeology; nearly all have since been leveled by farming and development, which makes Shrum Mound one of only a handful that survive to be seen today.

Farms on the Scioto Before the Suburb

Upper Arlington's ground has a documented owner list stretching back to 1800, when the United States issued Revolutionary War land-bounty grants covering this stretch of the Scioto valley to Elijah Backus, Jonathan Dayton, and Andrew Marker. In 1818, John McCoy bought 1,157 acres of the Backus tract; the land later passed to Benjamin Smith and then, in 1859, to Dr. Henry Miller, whose family farmed it until his son James sold 840 acres of it to King and Ben Thompson in 1913. A few miles upriver, the Scioto valley's most prominent early landowner was John Sells, who settled at Dublin on the river's west bank in 1808; his daughter, Matilda Sells, married Samuel S. Davis of Perry Township in 1825, and the stone house Davis built that year on the Scioto's east bank, about a mile south of the Dublin bridge, still stands today and is separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Perry Township's 1880 county history records this same stretch of river bluffs as home to a stone quarry and to the old Backus and McCoy mills, later called the Marble Cliff mills, and notes, in the language of the period, that the cliffs 'abounded in rattlesnakes at an early day.' None of this farm-and-mill landscape survives inside Upper Arlington itself, but it is the ground the Thompson brothers bought in 1913.

Old Arlington Becomes a Historic District

By the early 1980s, the Thompsons' original curving streets and Tudor and Colonial Revival houses had become historic in their own right, and in 1983 the trustees of the Upper Arlington Historical Society began exploring a National Register nomination for the old subdivision. Volunteers spent roughly a year and a half inventorying and photographing buildings across the original tract before the nomination was complete. In October 1985 the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Upper Arlington Historic District, a 536-acre area encompassing about 1,120 buildings, more than 900 of them counted as contributing to its historic character. The nomination recognized it as one of the Columbus area's first planned communities of its kind, organized around parks, a school, a civic center, and shopping facilities rather than a plain street grid, at a time when Columbus itself had fewer than 250,000 people. Stone entrance piers, including the original one at Fifth Avenue and Cambridge Boulevard that already appears in 1918 photographs of the subdivision's entrance, still mark the district today.

Photographs

Mary Boyer's private kindergarten class, held in a Grandview school building before Upper Arlington had schools of its own; Boyer went on to teach grades four through six when the Upper Arlington school system opened in 1918.
Mary Boyer's private kindergarten class, held in a Grandview school building before Upper Arlington had schools of its own; Boyer went on to teach grades four through six when the Upper Arlington school system opened in 1918. (1917)
Photo: UA Archives / Upper Arlington Public Library, via Flickr Commons, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
The stone entryway and newly built houses at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Cambridge Boulevard, marking the entrance to the new Upper Arlington subdivision, 1918.
The stone entryway and newly built houses at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Cambridge Boulevard, marking the entrance to the new Upper Arlington subdivision, 1918. (1918)
Photo: Upper Arlington Community (Ohio); scan via UA Archives, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Carmack residence at Roxbury and Chelsea Roads, the fourth house completed in Upper Arlington (finished in early 1916); published in Norwester magazine, February 1918.
The Carmack residence at Roxbury and Chelsea Roads, the fourth house completed in Upper Arlington (finished in early 1916); published in Norwester magazine, February 1918. (1918)
Photo: UA Archives / Upper Arlington History, via Flickr Commons, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
King Gibson Thompson, co-founder of Upper Arlington, pictured with his home; published November 1918.
King Gibson Thompson, co-founder of Upper Arlington, pictured with his home; published November 1918. (1918)
Photo: Upper Arlington Community (Ohio); scan via UA Archives, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Shrum Mound (listed on the National Register as Campbell Mound), the roughly 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park just south of Upper Arlington; modern aerial view.
Shrum Mound (listed on the National Register as Campbell Mound), the roughly 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park just south of Upper Arlington; modern aerial view. (2020)
Photo: Photo by Flickr user Jsjessee, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Historic places

1 place in Upper Arlington on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Kilgour, Frederick G., HouseBuilding · Upper Arlington · listed 2012
    Address
    1415 Kirkley Rd.
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County · ZIP 43221
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    2012
    NRIS reference number
    12000392
    Coordinates
    40.01975, -83.05004

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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

Big Walnut Creek at the plant's low-head dam and screen house on Morse Rd, below Hoover Dam The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Upper Arlington's boundary: 2 nursing homes, 2 fire and EMS stations, 10 public schools, 3 private schools, 3 libraries, 2 museums, 1 police station, 10 public charging sites, 4 stations and terminals and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. First Community Village Healthcare Ctr4 of 5 stars · Columbus
    Address
    1800 Riverside Drive, Columbus, OH 43212
    Certified beds
    47
    Residents on an average day
    38
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $17,610 (latest 2025-06-23)
    Ownership
    Non profit - Corporation
    Continuing care retirement community
    Yes
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (614) 486-9511
    Medicare ID
    365047

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  2. Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center Special focus1 of 5 stars · Columbus
    Address
    1605 Northwest Professional Plaza, Columbus, OH 43220
    Certified beds
    113
    Residents on an average day
    96
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    2 fines totalling $337,273, 2 payment denials (latest 2025-09-11)
    Special focus facility
    SFF Candidate
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    DAVID OBERLANDER
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (614) 451-5677
    Medicare ID
    365950

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Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Upper Arlington Fire Division Station 71Upper Arlington
    Address
    2095 Arlington Avenue, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Coordinates
    39.99880, -83.06200

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  2. Upper Arlington Fire Division Station 72Upper Arlington
    Address
    3861 Reed Road, Upper Arlington, OH 43220
    Coordinates
    40.03545, -83.06718

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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 (10)

  1. Barrington Road Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1780 Barrington Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    778
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    46.65
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    96.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    001644
    NCES school ID
    390449301859

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  2. Burbank Early Childhood SchoolUpper
    Address
    4770 Burbank Dr, Upper, OH 43220
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    244
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    19
    NCES school ID
    390449305970

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  3. Greensview Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    4301 Greensview Dr, Upper Arlington, OH 43220
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    489
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    29.4
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    98.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    014597
    NCES school ID
    390449301862

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  4. Hastings Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1850 Hastings Ln, Upper Arlington, OH 43220
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    720
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    32.49
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    91.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    015602
    NCES school ID
    390449301863

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  5. Jones Middle School5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    2100 Arlington Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    750
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    53
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    91.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    018531
    NCES school ID
    390449301864

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  6. Tremont Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    2900 Tremont Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    700
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    37.8
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    92%
    Ohio building IRN
    037465
    NCES school ID
    390449301865

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  7. Upper Arlington High School5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1625 Zollinger Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,895
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    86.49
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    96.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    037945
    NCES school ID
    390449301866

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  8. Upper Arlington Online Academy3 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1950 N Mallway Dr, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    57
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    3.96
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    73.7%
    Four-year graduation rate
    81.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    019643
    NCES school ID
    390449306078

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  9. Wickliffe Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    2405 Wickliffe Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    493
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    27.95
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    041194
    NCES school ID
    390449305751

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  10. Windermere Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Upper Arlington
    Address
    4101 Windermere Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43220
    School district
    Upper Arlington City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    532
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20.34
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    98.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    041715
    NCES school ID
    390449301868

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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 (3)

  1. Mountview Christian Preschool & KindergartenPrivate, religious, independent · Columbus
    Address
    2140 Fishinger Rd, Columbus, OH 43221
    Kind
    religious, independent
    Students, 2023-24
    8
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    1
    Students per teacher
    8
    Phone
    (614) 451-8691
    NCES private school ID
    A9707673

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  2. St Agatha SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Columbus
    Address
    1880 Northam Rd, Columbus, OH 43221
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    185
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    13
    Students per teacher
    14.2308
    Phone
    (614) 488-9000
    NCES private school ID
    01059993

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  3. St Andrew SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Columbus
    Address
    4081 Reed Rd, Columbus, OH 43220
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    436
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    33
    Students per teacher
    13.2121
    Phone
    (614) 451-1626
    NCES private school ID
    A2370962

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Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (3)

  1. Lane Road BranchBranch · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1945 Lane Road, Upper Arlington, OH 43220
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Upper Arlington Public Library
    Open
    3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    10,205 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    470,340
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,499,017
    People the system serves
    36,298
    Phone
    (614) 459-0273

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  2. Miller Park BranchBranch · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1901 Arlington Ave., Upper Arlington, OH 43212
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Upper Arlington Public Library
    Open
    3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    4,396 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    470,340
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,499,017
    People the system serves
    36,298
    Phone
    (614) 488-5710

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  3. Upper Arlington Public LibraryCentral library · Upper Arlington
    Address
    2800 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Upper Arlington Public Library
    Open
    3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    60,517 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    470,340
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,499,017
    People the system serves
    36,298
    Phone
    (614) 486-9621

    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 (2)

  1. Ohio To Erie Trail FundHistorical society · Columbus
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Columbus
    Coordinates
    40.05123, -83.06697

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    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  2. Upper Arlington Historical SocietyHistorical society · Upper Arlington
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Upper Arlington
    Coordinates
    40.01376, -83.06539

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    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. Upper Arlington Police DepartmentUpper Arlington
    Address
    3600 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Coordinates
    40.03113, -83.05097

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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 (10)

  1. 3360TREMONTROAD EYESEVC@5POINTS2 Level 2 · Upper Arlington
    Address
    3360 Tremont Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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  2. CITY OF UA MSC TREMONT RD2 DC fast2 DC fast · Upper Arlington
    Address
    3600 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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  3. HUNTINGTON LANE AVE1 Level 2 · Columbus
    Address
    1531 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43221
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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  4. HUNTINGTON NORTH ARLINGTON1 Level 2 · Columbus
    Address
    4661 Reed Rd, Columbus, OH 43220
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  5. LAZ PARKING COL AGW 36 Level 2 · Columbus
    Address
    1359 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43221
    Ports
    6 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  6. LAZ PARKING COL AGW 42 Level 2 · Columbus
    Address
    1375 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43221
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  7. LAZ PARKING COL KINGSDALE 12 Level 2 · Upper Arlington
    Address
    3181 Northwest Blvd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  8. UPPER ARLINGTON LANE AVE MOB 14 Level 2 · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1480 W Lane Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  9. WESTMONT - LANE WESTMONT - LANE4 Level 2 · Columbus
    Address
    1690 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43221
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

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

  10. Whole Foods Market1 Level 2 · Upper Arlington
    Address
    1555 W Lane Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    614-481-3400

    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.

Stations and terminals (4)

  1. Mallway Park at Arlington AveTransit center or station · Upper Arlington
    What it is
    Transit center or station
    City
    Upper Arlington
    Coordinates
    39.99927, -83.06175

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. North Star Rd & Northwest BlvdTransit center or station · Upper Arlington
    What it is
    Transit center or station
    City
    Upper Arlington
    Coordinates
    39.99668, -83.04882

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Northwest Blvd and Zollinger RdTransit center or station · Upper Arlington
    What it is
    Transit center or station
    City
    Upper Arlington
    Coordinates
    40.01896, -83.05748

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Tremont Center at Tremont RdTransit center or station · Upper Arlington
    What it is
    Transit center or station
    City
    Upper Arlington
    Coordinates
    40.01367, -83.06769

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map.

Spills reported since 2021 (8)

  1. Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)2025-05-23 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2025-05-23
    What spilled
    Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2505EPA0000834

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

  2. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-09-18 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2024-09-18
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001597

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

  3. Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)2024-06-15 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2024-06-15
    What spilled
    Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0001008

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

  4. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2024-03-30 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2024-03-30
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000498

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

  5. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-12-28 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2023-12-28
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002100

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

  6. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-12-27 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2023-12-27
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    60 gallons
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002097

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

  7. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-12-05 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2023-12-05
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    20 gallons
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002019

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

  8. Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)2022-09-12 · Upper Arlington
    Reported
    2022-09-12
    What spilled
    Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)
    Where
    Upper Arlington, Franklin County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2209EPA0001395

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
43221 Upper Arlington and Columbus 61% Big Walnut Creek at the plant's low-head dam and screen house on Morse Rd, below Hoover Dam 7.0 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1959 Upper Arlington City · 5 stars overall 1.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43220 Columbus 47% Big Walnut Creek at the plant's low-head dam and screen house on Morse Rd, below Hoover Dam 6.1 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1970 Upper Arlington City · 5 stars overall 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43212 Columbus 12% Big Walnut Creek at the plant's low-head dam and screen house on Morse Rd, below Hoover Dam 4.8 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1942 Columbus City · 2.5 stars overall 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Who holds office

OfficeNamePartyTerm endsContact
COUNCIL ()Heidi Munc
COUNCIL ()John J. Kulewicz
COUNCIL ()Todd Walter
COUNCIL ()Nic Fortkamp
COUNCIL ()Ben Tracy
COUNCIL ()Ukeme Awakessien Jeter
COUNCIL ()Laura Oldham

Roster as of 8/17/2026: county board of elections.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Ben Tracy 14,402, 18.42%; John Cousins 9,772, 12.5%; Laura Oldham 13,976, 17.87%; Michael B. Stafford 10,424, 13.33%; Nic Fortkamp 14,568, 18.63%; Ukeme Awakessien Jeter 15,048, 19.25%
2023-11-07 UA For Member of Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Andrej Rotter 14,640, 19.48%; Heidi Munc 20,626, 27.44%; John J. Kulewicz 22,994, 30.59%; Todd Walter 16,910, 22.5%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Franklin County: 45 ZIP codes, 42 cities, villages and townships, 1,356,733 people.

Nearby places

Columbus Grandview Heights Norwich Township, Franklin County Perry Township, Franklin County Hilliard Clinton Township, Franklin County Marble Cliff

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.55 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
47.9 in
14.2 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
18.6 in
a normal year brings 17.7 in
a normal year
39.7 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.55 — 28
September 2026 6.83 — 30
August 2026 9.73 — 31
July 2026 4.15 — 31
June 2026 3.73 — 30
May 2026 6.90 — 31
April 2026 3.96 — 30
March 2026 7.10 2.7 31
February 2026 2.15 2.8 28
January 2026 1.78 13.1 31
December 2025 2.22 8.6 31
November 2025 1.90 1.5 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2018 — 59.2 in
Driest year1934 — 23.1 in
Snowiest year1910 — 47.9 in
Wettest day on record14 September 1979 — 5.23 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 10.81 in
Deepest snow on the ground9 February 1896 — 20.98 in

Mostly estimated. Only 24% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Upper Arlington - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

47,953 days of records, 1893-06-01 to 2026-10-28. 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 Upper Arlington: 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
81
those placed on the map inside Upper Arlington
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge41
Voluntary cleanup15
Sewer and water-line construction12
Hazardous waste8
Medical waste2
Contaminated-site cleanup1
Site assessment1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
LANE AVE SHOPPING CTR UPPER ARLINGTON Voluntary cleanup inspection
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
LANE AVE SHOPPING CTR, UPPER ARLINGTON Voluntary cleanup inspection
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
UPPER ARLINGTON NORTHWEST BOULEVARD REHABILITATION - PHASE 3 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WELLINGTON UPPER SCHOOL Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
AMERICAN NITRILE GROVE CITY Sewer and water-line construction cleanup cost recovery
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NORTHAM PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ARLINGTON SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER Voluntary cleanup inspection
NORTHAM PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SPEEDWAY 45511 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SPEEDWAY 45511 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ARLINGTON SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER Voluntary cleanup inspection
SWAN CLEANERS #31 Hazardous waste compliance letter
SWAN CLEANERS #31 Hazardous waste compliance letter
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GOLF CLUB Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
NCHP PHASE 2B PIPELINE REPLACEMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ARLINGTON SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER Voluntary cleanup inspection
CITY OF UPPER ARLINGTON Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
LANE AVE SHOPPING CTR, UPPER ARLINGTON Voluntary cleanup inspection
NORTHAM PARK PHASE 3 Wastewater and stormwater discharge 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 Upper Arlington, Ohio in?

Upper Arlington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, with 36,793 residents.

When was Upper Arlington, Ohio founded?

Upper Arlington was settled 1913; laid out 1914; incorporated 1918. Founders on record: King Gibson Thompson and Benjamin Sells Thompson (King and Ben Thompson). Source

How did Upper Arlington, Ohio get its name?

The Thompsons first marketed their new subdivision as the 'Country Club District.' By 1917 it was known instead as 'Upper Arlington' — 'Arlington' for the neighboring village immediately to its south on the Scioto River, which had briefly carried that name before incorporating in 1901 as Marble Cliff, and 'Upper' for Upper Arlington's position north/upstream of it. Source

What ZIP code is Upper Arlington, Ohio?

Upper Arlington is served by ZIP codes 43221, 43220 and 43212; 43221 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Upper Arlington, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Upper Arlington (Columbus Public Water System): Big Walnut Creek at the plant's low-head dam and screen house on Morse Rd, below Hoover Dam.

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