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Wadsworth

City · Medina County · 24,003 residents · 1.4% municipal income tax

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Local events in Wadsworth

15 events in the next 90 days from 2 public calendars. All local events in Wadsworth

  1. Wadsworth Trick-or-Treat

    6 to 8 p.m. · From City of Wadsworth

  2. Giving Thanks to Our Veterans - November First Friday

    5:30 to 8 p.m. · From City of Wadsworth

  3. Carrousel of Crafts

    10 a.m. to noon · From City of Wadsworth

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Notable people from Wadsworth

Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans

How Wadsworth began

Wadsworth was founded March 1, 1814, named for General Elijah Wadsworth, a Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer who owned the largest share of the land that became Medina County. It incorporated as a village on January 1, 1876 and chartered as a city on January 1, 1931. The town's defining 19th-century landmark, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, was built in 1842 in the Greek Revival style; its 20th-century industry was matches -- the Ohio Match Company, built by E.J. Young starting in 1896, made Wadsworth a strike-anywhere-match manufacturing center until the plant closed in the 1980s, a legacy the city still marks with its annual Blue Tip Festival. Today Wadsworth is a Medina County city of about 24,000 roughly 12 miles southwest of Akron.

Settled 1814-03-01, incorporated 1876-01-01 (village); 1931-01-01 (city), by settled on land largely owned by General Elijah Wadsworth.

Where the name comes from

The town was named for General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817), a Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer who was the largest single landowner in the territory that became Medina County.

Before the town

No Native village, mound, trail or documented encounter site specific to Wadsworth turned up in the sources we checked; the town was founded in 1814, nine years after the 1805 Treaty of Fort Industry opened Medina County to settlement. The Medina County history carries the fuller treaty context, the Paleo Crossing Clovis-era site in Sharon Township, and the one specific, dated Native encounter located in the county -- Potawatomi hunters meeting a squatter in Liverpool Township in 1810.

Timeline

  1. — Wadsworth is founded on land largely owned by General Elijah Wadsworth.
  2. — Medina County formally organizes with Wadsworth as one of its original 18 townships.
  3. — A post office opens in Wadsworth.
  4. — St. Mark's Episcopal Church is built in the Greek Revival style at what is now 146 College Street.
  5. — Wadsworth incorporates as a village.
  6. — E.J. Young builds the Ohio Match Company in Wadsworth, launching the city's strike-anywhere-match industry.
  7. — Wadsworth charters as a city.
  8. — St. Mark's Episcopal Church is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  9. — The Ohio Match Company plant, by then the city's signature industry for nearly a century, closes.

Stories

The Town Named for Its Largest Landowner

When settlers organized a township on the Connecticut Western Reserve land west of the Cuyahoga in 1814, they named it for the man who owned more of it than anyone else: General Elijah Wadsworth, a veteran of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Wadsworth never lived to see the small farm town grow past a few hundred residents -- it stayed a village of scattered mills and shops through most of the 19th century -- but the name endured through the town's slow incorporation as a village in 1876 and, more than half a century later, as a city in 1931. By the time Wadsworth chartered as a city it had already begun the industrial transformation, built on matches rather than farming, that would define its 20th century.

The Blue Tip Town

In 1896, entrepreneur E.J. Young built the Ohio Match Company in Wadsworth, and for most of the next century the small Medina County city became known for something almost nobody thought about buying deliberately: strike-anywhere matches. The company's blue-tipped matches shipped out of Wadsworth by the boxcar for decades, giving the town steady industrial employment long after many of its farm-township neighbors had nothing left but agriculture. The match plant finally closed in the 1980s, done in by changing consumer habits and safety regulation rather than any single disaster, but the town never let the memory go: Wadsworth still holds an annual Blue Tip Festival named directly for the strike-anywhere matches that once rolled off its production lines.

Photographs

Color postcard of the Ohio Match Company factory in Wadsworth, published by Curt Teich & Co.
Color postcard of the Ohio Match Company factory in Wadsworth, published by Curt Teich & Co. (early 20th century)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Postcard looking west along Broad Street in downtown Wadsworth, Ohio.
Postcard looking west along Broad Street in downtown Wadsworth, Ohio. (1911)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America, no known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · medinaco.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

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

  1. St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchBuilding · Wadsworth · listed 1973
    Address
    146 College St.
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County · ZIP 44281
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1973
    NRIS reference number
    73001506
    Coordinates
    41.02579, -81.73137

    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.

Every historic place in Medina County on the full map

Water

City wells drawing from local sandstone bedrock aquifers plus a well field roughly 6.5 miles away in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, tapping the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Wadsworth's boundary: 1 health center, 1 dialysis center, 2 nursing homes, 2 fire and EMS stations, 3 power plants, 1 high-hazard dam, 10 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 3 public charging sites, 19 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Community health centers (1)

  1. Medina County - WadsworthHealth center · Wadsworth
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Wadsworth
    Coordinates
    41.02717, -81.75445

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.

Dialysis centers (1)

  1. Fmc - Wadsworth DialysisDialysis · Wadsworth
    Address
    1160 Williams Reserve Blvd., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Dialysis stations
    13
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2010-04-06
    Phone
    (330) 336-8070
    Medicare ID
    362757

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Altercare of Wadsworth4 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    147 Garfield St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Certified beds
    90
    Residents on an average day
    66
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Individual
    Chain
    ALTERCARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 335-2555
    Medicare ID
    365268

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

  2. Wadsworth Pointe5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    540 Great Oaks Trail, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Certified beds
    64
    Residents on an average day
    55
    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
    SABER HEALTHCARE GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 336-1141
    Medicare ID
    366237

    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. Wadsworth Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service Station 1Wadsworth
    Address
    343 College Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Coordinates
    41.02515, -81.73854

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

  2. Wadsworth Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services Station 2Wadsworth
    Address
    338 Weatherstone Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Coordinates
    41.05878, -81.73797

    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.

Power plants (3)

  1. DG AMP 1048 WadsworthSolar · 6 MW
    Capacity
    6 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    DG AMP Solar, LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2019
    EIA plant code
    62942

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. DG AMP Rittman RdSolar · 3 MW
    Capacity
    3 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    DG AMP Solar, LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2020
    EIA plant code
    62941

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Wadsworth HBS RTO BTMPetroleum · 11 MW
    Capacity
    11 MW
    Main source
    Petroleum
    Technology
    Petroleum Liquids
    Operator
    American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Generating units
    4
    Built
    2020
    EIA plant code
    66464

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.

High-hazard dams (1)

  1. Brye Lake Dam PoorUnnamed tributary to Holmes Brook · condition: poor
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 06/24/2020)
    River or stream
    Unnamed tributary to Holmes Brook
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    12 ft
    Storage
    23 acre-feet
    Completed
    1988
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Medina County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Sterling Oaks Sr Complex
    Last inspection
    06/04/2025
    Emergency action plan
    No
    NID ID
    OH03057

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.

Public schools (10)

  1. Central Intermediate SchoolWadsworth
    Address
    151 Main St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    584
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    29.24
    NCES school ID
    391002903600

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Franklin Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    200 Takacs Dr, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    248
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    14.95
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    89.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    012286
    NCES school ID
    391002901892

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

  3. Grizzly Academy1.5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    524 Broad St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    16
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    2.3
    Report card, 2025-26
    1.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    44.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    020854
    NCES school ID
    391002910877

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

  4. Isham Memorial Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    325 Sunset Blvd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    354
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    19.64
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    017533
    NCES school ID
    391002901893

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

  5. Lincoln Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    280 N Lyman St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    226
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    12.75
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    79.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    020784
    NCES school ID
    391002901894

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

  6. Overlook Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    650 Broad St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    399
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21.99
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    93.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    028969
    NCES school ID
    391002901895

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

  7. Valley View Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    625 Orchard St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    330
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.48
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    86.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    038158
    NCES school ID
    391002901896

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

  8. Wadsworth City School District Online AcademyWadsworth
    Address
    524 Broad St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    8
    NCES school ID
    391002906080

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Wadsworth High School4.5 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    625 Broad St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,591
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    81.26
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    88.8%
    Four-year graduation rate
    96.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    038935
    NCES school ID
    391002901897

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

  10. Wadsworth Middle School4 of 5 stars · Wadsworth
    Address
    150 Silvercreek Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    School district
    Wadsworth City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    634
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    42.46
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    85.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    005710
    NCES school ID
    391002901891

    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. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Wadsworth
    Address
    110 Humbolt Ave, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    210
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    18.5
    Students per teacher
    11.3514
    Phone
    (330) 334-6272
    NCES private school ID
    A2302256

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Ella M. Everhard Public LibraryCentral library · Wadsworth
    Address
    132 Broad St., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Ella M. Everhard Public Library
    Open
    3,640 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    19,506 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    138,944
    System's loans, FY2024
    556,023
    People the system serves
    28,621
    Phone
    (330) 334-5761

    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. National Air Racing MuseumMuseum · Wadsworth
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Wadsworth
    Coordinates
    41.06441, -81.72585

    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.

  2. Wadsworth Area Historical SocietyHistorical society · Wadsworth
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Wadsworth
    Coordinates
    41.02784, -81.72958

    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. Wadsworth Police DepartmentWadsworth
    Address
    120 Maple Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Coordinates
    41.02720, -81.72898

    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. Comfort Inn & Suites Wadsworth - Tesla Destination3 Level 2 · Wadsworth
    Address
    5 Park Center Dr, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Ports
    3 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772, Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla Destination
    Phone
    877-798-3752

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

  2. King Street Parking Lot - Level 2 (Standard) Chargers2 Level 2 · Wadsworth
    Address
    129 King Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    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. King Street Parking Lot - Level 3 (Fast) Charger DC fast1 DC fast · Wadsworth
    Address
    120 Maple Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    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.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (19)

  1. Admiral Machine Division of Cable TechnologiesToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    931 Seville Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281DMRLC931SE
    EPA registry ID
    110006209753

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

  2. Advanced Elastomer Systems L PToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    1000 Seville Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281MNSNT1000S
    EPA registry ID
    110000389160

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

  3. Bmca Insulation Products IncToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    470 Suth Main St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    44281BMCNS470SU
    EPA registry ID
    110002111492

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

  4. Ebner Furnaces, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    224 Quadral Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281BNRFR224QU
    EPA registry ID
    110001620915

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

  5. Fluid Tite Castings LtdToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    1030 Seville Rd., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281CLFFC1030S
    EPA registry ID
    110000389133

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

  6. Goldsmith & Eggleton, IncToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    300 First Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4428WGLDSM3FIRS
    EPA registry ID
    110009821434

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

  7. Jc Whitlam ManufacturingToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    200 W. Walnut St., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281JCWHT200WE
    EPA registry ID
    110000389151

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

  8. Kleen PolymersToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    145 Rainbow Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4428WPRFRR145RA
    EPA registry ID
    110059574358

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

  9. Luke Engineering and Mfg Co IncToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    456 South Blvd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281LKMFG456SO
    EPA registry ID
    110000766662

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

  10. National Metal Abrasive CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    142 Auble St., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281NTNLM142AU
    EPA registry ID
    110000389179

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

  11. Novex IncToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    258 Main St., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281NVXNC258SO
    EPA registry ID
    110000389188

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

  12. Parker HannifinToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    135 Quadral Dr, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4428WPRKRH135QU
    EPA registry ID
    110067126318

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

  13. Physics International CoToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    901 Seville Rd., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281PHYSC901SE
    EPA registry ID
    110002111508

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

  14. Preferred Compounding Corp.Toxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    145 Rainbow St, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4428WPRFRR145RB
    EPA registry ID
    110070559779

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

  15. Remington Products CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    961 Seville Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4428WRMNGT961SE
    EPA registry ID
    110012175243

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

  16. Rohrer Corporation (1652100108)Toxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    717 Seville Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4428WRHRRX717SE
    EPA registry ID
    110004692128

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

  17. Soprema Headquarters AdditionToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    310 Quadral Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4428WSPRMS31QUA
    EPA registry ID
    110006293420

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

  18. Sun Chemical Corporation Packaging Ink DivisionToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    471 E. Bergey St., Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281THLNG471EB
    EPA registry ID
    110000814691

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

  19. Western Roto Engravers IncToxics Release Inventory · Wadsworth
    Address
    668 Seville Road, Wadsworth, OH 44281
    County
    Medina County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44281WSTRN668SE
    EPA registry ID
    110000850703

    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 (8)

  1. Fish Kill Reached water2025-07-14 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2025-07-14
    What spilled
    Fish Kill
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001167

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

  2. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-09-07 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2024-09-07
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001541

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

  3. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-03-20 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2024-03-20
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000441

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

  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-04-08 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2023-04-08
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000536

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

  5. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-05-05 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2022-05-05
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    75 gallons
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2205EPA0000634

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

  6. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2022-04-22 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2022-04-22
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2204EPA0000557

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

  7. Material Unknown2021-04-01 · Wadsworth Twp
    Reported
    2021-04-01
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Wadsworth Twp, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000443

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

  8. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2026-02-23 · Wadsworth
    Reported
    2026-02-23
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Where
    Wadsworth, Medina County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000228

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44281 Wadsworth 72% City wells drawing from local sandstone bedrock aquifers plus a well field roughly 6.5 miles away in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, tapping the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer 3.8 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1977 Wadsworth City · 4.5 stars overall 1.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 2 of 2 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2022-11-08 13: 13 Proposed Tax Levy City of Wadsworth 6,1952,880Passed (68.26% for), unofficial
2021-11-02 7: 7 Proposed Municipal Income Tax Wadsworth City 3,0361,694Passed (64.19% for), unofficial

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Treasurer (unofficial count) Christian Baughman (REP) 1,829, 100.0%
2025-11-04 President of Council (unofficial count) Daniel J. Rospert (REP) 1,855, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 4 (unofficial count) Angela May (DEM) 350, 50.0%; David Parish (REP) 350, 50.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 3 (unofficial count) Jeanne Hines (REP) 115, 43.4%; John Allen Schulze (DEM) 150, 56.6%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 2 (unofficial count) Jon Yurchiak (REP) 523, 100.0%
2025-11-04 Member of Council, Ward 1 (unofficial count) Ralph J. Copley (REP) 485, 45.03%; Mike Reese (DEM) 592, 54.97%
2025-11-04 Member of Council at Large (unofficial count) Zach Berger (REP) 1,347, 31.26%; Chris Maxwell (REP) 1,368, 31.75%; Thomas Stugmyer (REP) 1,594, 36.99%
2023-11-07 President of Council (unofficial count) David L. Williams (REP) 6,169, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Mayor (unofficial count) Robin Laubaugh (REP) 6,990, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Auditor (unofficial count) Catherine Fix (REP) 6,270, 100.0%
2023-05-02 Mayor (REP primary) Robin Laubaugh 2,052, 61.13%; Bob Thurber 1,305, 38.87%
2021-11-02 Treasurer (unofficial count) Lisa M. Jones (REP) 3,643, 100.0%
2021-11-02 President of Council (unofficial count) Bob Thurber (REP) 3,658, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 4 (unofficial count) Bruce Darlington (REP) 583, 59.49%; Michael Reese (DEM) 397, 40.51%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 3 (unofficial count) Jeanne Hines (REP) 586, 60.54%; Justin Terrill (DEM) 382, 39.46%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 2 (unofficial count) Jon Yurchiak (REP) 1,068, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 1 (unofficial count) Ralph J. Copley (REP) 792, 59.95%; Joy Martin (DEM) 529, 40.05%
2021-11-02 Member of Council at Large (unofficial count) Patricia Haskins (DEM) 2,237, 20.81%; Daniel J. Rospert (REP) 2,751, 25.6%; Thomas A. Stugmyer (REP) 2,918, 27.15%; David L. Williams (REP) 2,842, 26.44%
2019-11-05 President of Council Bob Thurber (REP) 2,229, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 4 Bruce Darlington (REP) 479, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 3 Jeanne L. Hines (REP) 349, 65.36%; Lee R. Potts (DEM) 185, 34.64%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 2 Jon Yurchiak (REP) 629, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council, Ward 1 Ralph J. Copley (REP) 677, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Member of Council at Large Patricia Haskins (DEM) 1,819, 32.72%; Thomas Stugmyer (REP) 1,888, 33.96%; David L. Williams (REP) 1,852, 33.32%
2019-11-05 Mayor Robin Laubaugh (REP) 2,342, 100.0%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Medina County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 180,994 people.

Nearby places

Sharon Township, Medina County Wadsworth Township, Medina County Guilford Township, Medina County Copley Township, Summit County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.85 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
37.2 in
3.1 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
30.6 in
a normal year brings 40.6 in
a normal year
40.0 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.85 — 29
September 2026 4.32 — 30
August 2026 4.40 — 31
July 2026 3.79 — 31
June 2026 3.43 — 30
May 2026 5.04 — 31
April 2026 7.14 0.1 30
March 2026 4.49 1.4 31
February 2026 0.86 8.9 28
January 2026 1.92 20.3 31
December 2025 2.40 12.3 31
November 2025 1.59 3.8 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 59.7 in
Driest year1963 — 23.6 in
Snowiest year2010 — 77.1 in
Wettest day on record5 July 1969 — 5.36 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day9 November 1913 — 17.90 in
Deepest snow on the ground9 November 1913 — 22.01 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Wadsworth, 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.

48,624 days of records, 1893-01-01 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 Wadsworth: 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
84
those placed on the map inside Wadsworth
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Air pollution24
Hazardous waste16
Wastewater and stormwater discharge16
Site assessment6
State water loans5
Sewer and water-line construction4
State sewer loans3
Wetland and stream fill3
Contaminated-site cleanup1
Landfills1
Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities1
Public drinking water1
3 smaller programs
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS INC Air pollution report
WADSWORTH SOLID WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
WADSWORTH CITY PWS State water loans
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WADSWORTH CITY PWS State water loans
WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS INC Hazardous waste notice of violation
WADSWORTH CITY PWS State water loans
WADSWORTH WWTP State sewer loans
CHICK-FIL-A INC - FSU 06186 WADSWORTH Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CREEKSIDE COMMONS PHASE 1 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
HIGHLANDS OF SHARON PHASE 3 Sewer and water-line construction permit
HIGHLANDS OF SHARON PHASE 3 Sewer and water-line construction permit
WADSWORTH SOLID WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
WADSWORTH CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
CHICK-FIL-A INC - FSU 06186 WADSWORTH Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WADSWORTH WWTP State sewer loans
BRICKYARD RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
WADSWORTH WWTP State sewer loans
BRICKYARD RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Wetland and stream fill permit
WADSWORTH 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 Wadsworth, Ohio in?

Wadsworth is a city in Medina County, Ohio, with 24,003 residents.

When was Wadsworth, Ohio founded?

Wadsworth was settled 1814-03-01; incorporated 1876-01-01 (village); 1931-01-01 (city). Founders on record: settled on land largely owned by General Elijah Wadsworth. Source

How did Wadsworth, Ohio get its name?

The town was named for General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817), a Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer who was the largest single landowner in the territory that became Medina County. Source

What ZIP code is Wadsworth, Ohio?

Most of Wadsworth is in ZIP code 44281.

Where does Wadsworth, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Wadsworth (Wadsworth City): City wells drawing from local sandstone bedrock aquifers plus a well field roughly 6.5 miles away in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, tapping the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer.

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